This guidance has been written for schools who want to understand how a child rights approach supports the current Ofsted education inspection framework. It sets out how the three RRSA Strands and nine Outcomes align with key areas of inspection, including safeguarding, inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, early years, post-16 provision, and leadership and governance. This guidance will enable you to clearly map how elements from the new inspection framework can clearly align with rights respecting best practice.

Grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the Rights Respecting Schools Award helps schools to place equity, inclusion, dignity and children’s voices at the heart of their work. The mapping below shows how rights-respecting practice can strengthen your school’s culture, improve outcomes for pupils, particularly those who face barriers, and provide clear evidence of impact for inspection and self-evaluation.