44 inspection reports published on Department's website [education.ie]
- Published: 17 May 2011
A total of 44 school inspection-reports were published today on the Department of Education and Skills' website. New inspection reports on the web today comprise:
- 5 whole-school evaluations (WSEs) at primary level
- 3 whole-school evaluation (WSEs) at post-primary level, including 10 subject inspections
- 6 stand-alone subject inspections
Since 6th February 2006, school inspection reports such as WSE and subject inspections are published on the Department of Education and Skills' website at regular intervals throughout the school year.
There are now 4,580 school-inspection reports on the website, representative of 1,846 schools or 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 visit 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.
This is followed by factual verification of the report and a timescale is also built into the process for the school to respond to the WSE report. At the end of this process the WSE report including an appendix with the school's response (if the school has made a response) is published on the Department's website.
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