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HOW GOOD IS OUR SCHOOL? - THE JOURNEY TO EXCELLENCE

REFERENCES AND SOURCES OF SUPPORT

Improving Scottish Education, HM Inspectorate of Education (2006)

Missing out: a report on children at risk of missing out on educational opportunities, HM Inspectorate of Education (2006)

More than 9 to 4: out of school hours learning in Scottish Education, Scottish Executive (2006)

Learning in 2(+) Languages, Learning and Teaching Scotland (2005)

Parents’ views on improving parental involvement in children’s education, Scottish Executive (2005)

Happy, safe and achieving their potential: a standard of support for children and young people in Scottish schools: the report of The National Review of Guidance 2004, Scottish Executive (2005)

A Climate for Learning, HM Inspectorate of Education (2005)

Residential care and education: Improving practice in residential special schools in Scotland, Care Commission and HM Inspectorate of Education, 2005

A Curriculum for Excellence, Scottish Executive (2004)

Personal support for pupils in Scottish schools, HM Inspectorate of Education (2004)

The Children’s Charter, Scottish Executive (2004)

Assessment is for learning website: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/assess/

Count us in: achieving inclusion in Scottish schools, HM Inspectorate of Education (2002)

How good is our school? HM Inspectors of Schools (1996), second edition, HM Inspectorate of Education (2002)

How good is our school? Guides to self-evaluation, HM Inspectorate of Education

• Planning for improvement (2003)
• Planning for improvement: features of best practice (2003)
• International education (2003)
• Education for citizenship (2003)
• Curriculum flexibility (2003)
• Two health issues: education about drugs, education about responsible relationships and sexuality (2003)
• Inclusion and equality: evaluating education and care placements for looked after children and young people (2003)
• Inclusion and equality: evaluating education for pupils with additional support needs in mainstream schools (2004)
• Inclusion and equality: promoting race equality (2004)
• A guide to Charter Mark for Scottish pre-school centres and schools (2004)
• The health promoting school (2004)
• Using ICT in learning and teaching (2004)
• Quality indicators in Enterprise in Education (2004)
• Inclusion and equality: meeting the needs of gypsies and travellers (2005)
• Libraries supporting learners (2005)
• School-college partnerships (2005)
• A guide to Investors in People (forthcoming)
• Ensuring effective transitions (forthcoming)

How good is our school? Guides to self-evaluation will also be produced on: links with parents, English as an additional language and Hungry for Success.

Learning with care: the education of children looked after away from home by local authorities, Scottish Executive (2001)

The Child at the Centre, HM Inspectors of Schools (1998)

Effective Primary Schools, Scottish Office Education Department (1989)

Effective Secondary Schools, Scottish Office Education Department (1988)

SOURCES OF QUOTATIONS (IN ADDITION TO ABOVE)

The Primary Memorandum (1965)

The purpose of education, Martin Luther King Jr (from a speech given at Morehouse College, Atlanta, 1948)

The New Meaning of Educational Change, Michael Fullan (Cassell Education Ltd; 1999)

My Pedagogic Creed, John Dewey (first published in The School Journal; January 1897)

What these children are like, Ralph Ellison (speech given at Bank St College, Dedham, Massachusetts; 1963)

The Origins of Intelligence in Children, Jean Piaget (1936 {first English translation: International Universities Press, 1952})

The Children (Scotland) Act 1995

The Republic, Plato

The Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle

Montrose and Leadership, John Buchan (1930 lecture)

Address to the Unco Guid or the Rigidly Righteous, Robert Burns (1786)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J K Rowling (Bloomsbury; 2005)

The Personal Life of David Livingstone, William Garden Blaikie (Murray; 1894)

How can parents help their children’s learning?: A guide for parents, families and schools. (University of Strathclyde)

All other quotations come from a consultation exercise undertaken by HM Inspectorate of Education in preparation for this publication.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Every education authority in Scotland has contributed to the development of this guide. HM Inspectorate of Education would like to thank the following, in particular:

• children, young people, staff and representatives of the wider school community who contributed their views of what they thought was an ‘excellent school’
• children and young people, teachers, support staff, headteachers, parents, partner agencies and education officers in schools and early education centres visited by HMI
• staff, headteachers and education officers who attended the consultation seminars held in June and December 2005
• researchers and academic staff from universities and teacher education institutes from across the United Kingdom who contributed ideas and commented on drafts of the materials throughout the project.

Thanks are also due to the following consultants who contributed to this resource: Stewart Jardine, Mike Kincaid and Ernest Spencer.

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