Ofsted Fit Person Interview & Inspection Readiness Questions — Children's Homes

125 questions. 250 follow-ups. 46 pages. 

Two resources meant to be used together, because the manager registering a home this month is the manager facing an inspection six months from now.

The Fit Person Interview. 50 questions, 19 pages.

Ofsted interviews the Responsible Individual and the Registered Manager separately: 30 questions for the RI, 32 for the manager, twelve of them shared. Includes the eight answers that must match, because you are interviewed apart and a mismatch is what an inspector notices. Plus what to do on the day, and what happens if it does not go well. For new homes, and for established homes appointing a new manager or responsible individual.

Inspection Readiness. 75 questions, 27 pages.

Inspections are unannounced. There is no evening before, so this is a working tool, not a revision guide. It is weighted the way the framework is: how well children are helped and protected is a limiting judgement, so that part is the longest. Includes what inspectors ask your responsible individual, your staff and the children, because they speak to all of them without you present.

What makes them different

• Every question carries the two follow-ups an inspector asks when the first answer is thin. Nothing is ever asked once, and the follow-up is where the assessment happens.

• A weak answer and a strong answer side by side, not a model answer to memorise.

• Scoring sheets in both, so you can see where you stand.

  
  

This is not a script, and both documents say so on page one. Inspectors recognise a recited answer immediately. The point is to find what you cannot yet evidence, then fix it.

Instant download. PDF and editable Word. Checked September 2026. General guidance, not legal advice.