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Esther Best

64 published school inspection report(s) available.

School reports

64

Published school inspection reports linked to this profile.

Coverage window

2023 to 2026

The years currently covered by linked published reports.

Other linked reports

16

Linked reports outside the current school report pack scope.

New inspection format

16 linked report-card style inspections

Esther Best was lead inspector on 8 of these reports.

16 Report-card inspections

School reports used

64

Published school inspection reports currently available for this pack.

16 report-card style

Other linked reports

16

Linked report types that are not used in a report pack.

First report

9 Mar 2023

Earliest linked published report currently attached to this inspector.

Latest report

21 Apr 2026

Most recent linked published school report on this profile.

Public coverage overview

Linked school report coverage

This public view shows the coverage summary and a short sample of linked school inspection reports for this inspector.

64 school reports 16 report-card style

Cornwall

21 Apr 2026

Included in pack Report-card style

Cornwall - Secondary

31 Mar 2026

Included in pack Report-card style

Dorset

24 Mar 2026

Included in pack Report-card style

Cornwall - Secondary

3 Mar 2026

Included in pack Report-card style

Cornwall

24 Feb 2026

Included in pack Report-card style

59 more linked school reports are included in the one-off Inspector Pack.

Profile summary

What this profile tells you

Status

Eligible

64 published school inspection report(s) available.

Readiness note

Ready for a pack

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Report-card style

16 linked reports

Lead inspector on 8 report-card style reports.

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Compiled linked reports

64 linked school reports compiled into one pack.

Report-card format

16 report-card style inspections identified in the linked history.

AI briefing included

Recurring themes, inspection signals, report chronology, preparation prompts, and briefing notes are locked in the full pack.