Ofsted Parent View link
A link to Ofsted Parent View, the survey where parents give their views on the school, or its logo or poster. Showing it on the website is encouraged.
Check this on my websiteWho it applies to
- Published on
- The school's own website
- School type
- Academies and maintained schools
- School stage
- All stages, from early years to sixth form
- Does not apply to
- No school types are excluded
When is it due?
- Renewal
- No fixed date
The official sources set no renewal date. Keep it accurate whenever it changes.
What's needed
Consider publishing a link to Ofsted Parent View on the parents or about-us page, inviting parents to give their views.
What it must contain
1 part- Displays the Ofsted Parent View logo, link or posterGood practice
What the official sources say
Set out in 1 official source:
Ofsted Parent View: guidance for schools
You can add a link to Ofsted Parent View on your own: – website – school newsletter – emails and letters to parents
Good practice§ Use Ofsted Parent View link and images
You can download Ofsted Parent View logos, links and poster .
Good practice§ Use Ofsted Parent View link and images
Questions schools ask
Does every school have to publish the Ofsted Parent View link?
The official sources we check set no requirement for academies. The official sources we check set no requirement for maintained schools.
When does the Ofsted Parent View link need to be published?
Renewal: No fixed date. The official sources set no renewal date. Keep it accurate whenever it changes.
What must the Ofsted Parent View link include?
Displays the Ofsted Parent View logo, link or poster.
Where does the requirement for the Ofsted Parent View link come from?
It is set out in Ofsted Parent View: guidance for schools.
Changes to the official sources
Dated change notes published by the Department for Education on the sources above.
27 November 2025 · Ofsted Parent View: guidance for schools
Guidance revised to align with the renewed education inspection framework.
5 April 2022 · Ofsted Parent View: guidance for schools
Added link to a new 'request Parent View guest accounts' form.
29 August 2019 · Ofsted Parent View: guidance for schools
Added Ofsted Parent View poster for schools to use to encourage parents to share their views on their child's school.
8 July 2019 · Ofsted Parent View: guidance for schools
First published.
We last checked these sources on 21 September 2026.
Is this on your school's website?
We check your site the way an inspector or a parent would find it: page by page, against the official wording of each requirement. If it's there, you get the page and the words we found. If it isn't, you get every place we looked.
Check this one requirement free, or scan your whole site against every requirement.
Official wording that does not apply to schools (2)
We publish a school’s result to any given question only when there are at least 10 responses from parents to that question.
We publish national response rates for all schools for both maintained and independent schools 3 times per year.
Official sources last checked 21 September 2026 · register version 1.0.4