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Ofsted head right - 2's looking after school paperwork (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

origami

'paperwork' is the definition.
(artworks made from paper)

'ofsted head right 2's looking after school' is the wordplay.
'head' says to take the initial letters.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'a' becomes 'II' (Roman numerals).
'looking after' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are guarded or looked after).
'school' becomes 'gam' (I've seen this in other clues).
The initial letter of 'ofsted' is 'o'.
'ii' enclosing 'gam' is 'igami'.
'o'+'r'+'igami'='ORIGAMI'

(Other definitions for origami that I've seen before include "Delicate operations" , "Art originally created in simple materials to design bird forms" , "Eastern art" , "Paper-folding skill" , "folding process" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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