Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason (a) The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and (b) RAF Cranwell are not rated by Ofsted.

Both the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the Royal Air Force Officer Training Academy (at Cranwell) were inspected by Ofsted using the Ministry of Defence Inspection Framework (care and welfare) during the 2022-23 academic year. Both training establishments were graded as Good (Level 2) for Overall Effectiveness and the full reports can be found in the Ofsted Annual Report for 2022-23 which can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/welfare-and-duty-of-care-in-armed-forces-initial-training/welfare-and-duty-of-care-in-armed-forces-initial-training-2022-to-2023#establishments-inspection-history

Ofsted conduct approximately a dozen inspections of Ministry of Defence training establishments per year. It is expected that both Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Royal Air Force Officer Training Academy (Cranwell) will be inspected in the next academic year 2025-26.