This page provides information about our principles of inspection and review and latest framework documents.
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Principles of Inspection and Review 2010
This document tells you about the principles which we are committed to following in the design and implementation of our inspection and review frameworks.
Each year, we inspect and report on the quality of education in a sample of pre-school centres, primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, community learning and development services, colleges, and residential educational provision. We also inspect the education functions of local authorities.
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New arrangements for inspecting schools in Scotland
The school inspection framework document, published on 11 August 2011, covers a range of sectors, including stand alone pre-school centres, primary including those with nursery classes, secondary including community learning and development (CLD) as part of secondary, and aspects of transition, special, independent and all-through schools. It also has implications for continuing engagement.
You can find out more about the consultation on the proposals to change the way schools are inspected in Scotland on our website.
Education Scotland Inspection Advice Note
This advice notice, published in August 2011, sets out an adjustment in expectations, in line with national implementation expectations, for our evaluation of QI 5.1 (Curriculum) and QI 5.9 (Improvement through self-evaluation) for inspections which are announced from August 2011.
Terms we use in inspection
To find out more about inspections, view information by sector using the left-hand side menu links.