Inspection of education authority all-through schools combining primary and secondary stages, and also nursery classes where the latter are part of the establishment’s educational provision.

This section aims to help parents to understand the inspection of an all-through school.

There are several sections below that you can read through.

Being ready for inspection
Briefing for parents: this page opens up in a new window and aims to help parents to understand the inspection of an all-through school.
Briefing note for headteachers of all-through schools: this page opens up in a new window and aims to help headteachers understand the inspection process of an all-through school.
Self-evaluation exemplars: this page opens in a new window and aims to help headteachers in completing the self-evaluation form.
Support and advice for Chairperson of Parent Council: this page opens up in a new window and aims to help the Chairperson of the Parent Council understand the process of an all-through school.
Inspection Advice Note: this advice notice opens up in a new document and 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.
Safeguarding/child protection pro forma: this page opens up in a new window and is used by establishments to record safeguarding issues.
Advice on issuing pre-inspection questionnaires for headteachers

Questionnaires:

Terms we use in inspection

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