98 inspection reports published on Department's website [education.ie]
- Published: 12 April 2011
Today (12 April, 2011), 98 school inspection-reports were published on the Department of Education and Skills' website. The new inspection reports on the web today consist of:
- 21 whole-school evaluations (WSEs) at primary level
- 4 whole-school evaluations (WSEs) at post-primary level, including 15 subject inspections and 1 programme evaluation
- 53 stand-alone subject inspections
- 4 stand-alone programme evaluations
Since 6th February 2006, school inspection reports are published on the Department of Education and Skills' website at regular intervals throughout the school year.
Today’s publication brings the total number of school-inspection reports on the website to 4,536, representative of 1,841 schools and centres for education.
WSE reports comment on the school's management, planning and management of resources, the effectiveness of teaching and learning, its arrangements for student assessment, supports for students, provision for minority groups and home-school links.
Depending on the size of the school, an inspector or team of inspectors visits the school for a period of time to evaluate management and planning; teaching and learning and supports for pupils.
Following this evaluation phase of WSE, inspectors discuss the findings and recommendations with school management and members of the teaching staff.
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