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REPORT ON THE INQUIRY INTO THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING INSPECTORATE AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS
TOGETHER WITH MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS, MINUTES OF EVIDENCE RELATING TO THE REPORT, FIFTH REPORT |
| Volume: |
Volume 1 |
| By: |
Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee for Education, Mervyn Storey |
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Paperback |
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£30.12 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0339605294 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780339605299 |
| Publisher: |
TSO |
| Pub. date: |
18 June, 2014 |
| Series: |
Northern Ireland Assembly Reports |
| Pages: |
430 |
| Synopsis: |
The Committee for Education agreed that professional, independent, broadly-based, balanced inspection of schools is and should continue to be an essential component of the school improvement process. The Committee recommends that the Department should adequately resource school improvement services so as to equitably support improving outcomes in all schools across Northern Ireland. School improvement services should be aligned with school inspection in a single organisation in line with the practice in Scotland. The governance arrangements for the new inspection and improvement service must ensure the professional independence of inspection with an appropriate separation between this and the improvement function. The Committee found it difficult to reconcile the very different reported experiences and perceptions of the school inspection process, in some part owing to poor or unforeseen inspection outcomes and a high stakes environment created by concerns relating to school sustainability.However, the Committee also felt that schools had reasonable concerns that would be addressed by providing: improved communication; more transparent practices in respect of inspection moderation; and a more independent complaints procedure coupled with more reliable school feedback channels. In respect of school inspections, the Committee agreed that a more collaborative approach between ETI and schools was preferable and that this would be facilitated by: greater use of 3rd party questionnaires; revised inspection reports (written in plain English for parents while providing more detail for schools); use of less pejorative descriptors; a consistent role for District Inspectors on inspection teams with more time for pastoral support. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
TSO |
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Returnable |
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