Improving Schools and Inspection : The Self-Inspecting School

This Book Looks At The Relationship Between School Inspection And School Improvement. The Authors Show How Heads Have Used Inspectors′ Reports To Put In Place Real School Improvement. They Deal With The Contexts Of Inspection And Comparisons Are Made With The Australian Experience Of School Self-review. The Book Focuses On How Schools Have Developed A Culture Of Self-inspection. The Authors Consider The System Of Ofsted Inspections And Ask How Beneficial Inspection Has Been In Encouraging Schools To Develop And Improve. They Suggest There Is Need For A Change And That There Are Alternative Approaches To School Assessment And Improvement, Which Could Be More Effective. They Argue That The School′s Own Evaluation Processes Sh. Cover Page -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes On Contributors -- List Of Figures And Tables -- List Of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 Inspection And Self-inspection -- 2 The Ofsted Approach: A Perspective -- 3 Pre-inspection Preparations And School Development -- 4 The Week Of The Inspection -- 5 Key Issues For Action: Improvement After Inspection? -- 6 The Inspection Of Schools With New Headteachers -- 7 Ofsted And The Governing Body -- 8 Improving Inspection: The Views Of Heads, Inspectors And The Select Committee -- 9 'failing' Schools And The Inner City -- 10 Assisted School Self-review In Victoria, Australia -- 11 Ofsted And School Self-evaluation -- 12 The Self-inspecting School And The Future Of Inspection -- References -- Appendix: A Summary Of The Data Sources -- Index.