Bridge Schools Inspectorate was a schools inspection agency approved by the British Government to carry out inspections of certain independent schools on behalf of the Secretary of State in the Department for Education (DfE). The agency was approved in 2008 and operated within section 162 (A) of the Education Act 2002. Schools within the BSI mandate are designated independent schools within membership of the Christian Schools Trust (CST) or the Association of Muslim Schools.River School report, lead section Retrieved 26 February 2016 As of September 2009, 55 schools in the UK that provide a distinctive religious curriculum alongside secular studies, fell within the remit of the BSI.Ofsted report on BSI 2008/09 Retrieved 3 September 2010; 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13
The work of the BSI, which was monitored by Ofsted, was to report whether the schools fulfill the government's requirements and whether its religious content conformed to the requirements of their religious associations to the Department for Education. Inspections were carried out by retired HMI schools inspectors.BSI home page Retrieved 3 September 2010
It ceased operating on 30 September 2015, following a damning OFSTED report into their work.Ofsted report on BSI 2013/14Bridge Schools Inspectorate response to Ofsted 2014 report"Ofsted warning over private faith schools", BBC, 24 November 2015
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