Our Approach: Youth Work

We inspect eligible youth work providers at least once during a six-year cycle of inspection.  

Find out more detail in our inspection guidance resources below.

The animation below outlines our inspection process.

After each inspection, we publish our findings in a report on our website.  

When preparing for inspection, take a look at our glossary of terms in relation to youth work inspections:

Each year we publish the HMCI’s annual report. This includes a summary of our inspection findings as well as examples of effective practice and areas for development within the sector.

We also publish a range of reports and tools to support development across education settings.