In this section we aim to help educators, parents and adult learners to better understand the process of inspection in independent schools.

There are several sections below that you can read through.

Being ready for inspection.
Briefing for parents: this page aims to help parents to understand the inspection of an independent school.
Briefing note for headteachers of independent schools: this page opens up in a new window and aims to help headteachers understand the inspection process of an independent school.
Briefing note for staff in independent schools: this page opens up in a new window and aims to help staff understand the inspection process of an indpendent school.
Safeguarding/child protection pro forma: this page opens up in a new window and is used by establishments to record safeguarding issues.
Independent School inspection reports: this is a link to the Independent School inspection reports page.
Improving Scottish Education: this link navigates you directly to the Improving Scottish Education report.
How Good is our School: this link navigates you to a revised framework of indicators which help you to work out where your school is in improving its quality and aiming for excellence.
The Child at the Centre: provides all sectors in pre-schools education and the early stages of primary schooling with the tools to support self-evaluation and improvement.
Advice on issuing pre-inspection questionnaires for headteachers.

If you are looking for some information regarding secondary school inspections which is not listed on the sections above, please do not hesitate to contact HMIE on the 'Contact Us' section on your left.