100 inspection reports published on Department's website [education.ie]
- Published: 06 October 2011
A total of 100 school inspection-reports were published today on the Department of Education and Skills' website.
New inspection reports on the web today comprise:
- 27 whole-school evaluations (WSEs) of primary schools
- whole-school evaluations (WSEs) of post-primary schools, including 15 subject inspections and 2 programme evaluations
- 46 stand-alone subject inspections at post-primary level
- 6 stand-alone programme evaluations at post-primary level
Since 6th February 2006, inspection reports on schools and centres for education are published on the Department of Education and Skills' website at regular intervals throughout the school year.
There are now 4,945 inspection reports on the website, representative of 2,001 schools and centres for education.
WSEs are conducted in primary and post-primary schools.
WSE reports comment on the quality of the school's management and planning, teaching and learning, 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 a team of inspectors visits the school for a period of time to conduct the evaluation.
Full Story: www.education.ie
