Improving Scottish Education

Introduction

Improving Scottish Education is the first ever HMIE report to look at all stages of Scottish education. It draws on findings across all sectors of the main inspection and review programmes, aspect inspection tasks and HMIE's wider knowledge of the education system as gathered through liaison activities, engagement with research and activities in other inspection contexts.

Launch presentation for Improving Scottish Education: HM Senior Chief Inspector, Hampden National Stadium, 21 February 2006.

You can access each of the sections of the report by selecting the appropriate link below.

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Section 1

• Overview commentary by HM Senior Chief Inspector, Graham Donaldson

Section 2

• Report on the pre-school sector
• Report on the primary sector
• Report on the secondary sector
• Report on the special school sector
• Report on the college sector
• Report on the community learning and development sector

Section 3

• Thematic section looking at some significant issues across sectors

Section 4

• Short section on improvement, particularly in the schools sector, and what are likely to be the main focuses of HMIE inspection activities over the next few years.

This web-site version of the report presents full inspection data and additional supporting information. This comprises:

• Inspection data: evaluations from inspections in all sectors and stakeholder questionnaire data from primary and secondary school inspections. You can access the inspection information for each sector through the sector report itself.
• Qualifications data related to the secondary sector
• Some demographic information on Scotland
• Summary information on the educational policy context for each sector
• List of and hyperlinks to reports and other publications mentioned in Improving Scottish Education and to other relevant publications.

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