How Good is Our School?

This revised edition of How good is our school? will replace all previous versions. Along with a revised edition of Child at the Centre, this document forms the third part of How good is our school? The Journey to Excellence.

HM Inspectors will continue to use the 2002 edition of How good is our school? in inspections until January 2008. From that date the new edition of How good is our school? will be used.
List of QIs to be used from January 2008.

The indicators within How good is our school? reflect the developing context within which schools now operate. They focus specifically on the impact of schools improving the educational experience and lives of Scottish pupils through learning and their successes and achievements, particularly the broad outcomes for learners within Curriculum for Excellence and the vision statement for Scotland's children.

Self-evaluation has become increasingly embedded across Scottish education and has contributed well to improving performance and raising attainment and achievement for all learners. I commented in Improving Scottish Education on the great strides taken by educational establishments in becoming aware of their own strengths and weaknesses, placing Scotland at the forefront of quality improvement internationally. I commend this third edition of How good is our school? to you in taking forward our collective commitment to continuous improvement and excellence. 

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Graham Donaldson
HM Senior Chief Inspector of Education



Please note that this publication was launched on Friday 23 March in John Ogilvie High School, Hamilton.