School inspection under OFSTED continues to generate discussion and controversy.This book contributes to the wider debate about the role and function of OFSTED inspection, particularly as it relates to school improvement and raising standards. What do we know about the impact OFSTED is having on schools, particularly in terms of their development? Is inspection leading to school improvement? What is the impact of inspection on the average school? This book focuses on the impact of OFSTED inspection, and what happens to schools after their inspection. Does inspection help raise standards? What are the consequences of inspection for successful schools?
Author(s): Professor Peter Earley
Edition: 1
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 192
Contents......Page 6
Notes on Contributors......Page 7
1 - Introduction......Page 10
2 - OFSTED and Afterwards? Schools' Responses to Inspection
......Page 22
Section 2 : Case Studies......Page 34
4 - Partners in Pursuit of Quality: LEA Support for School Improvement after Inspection......Page 46
5 - The Use and Impact of OFSTED in a Primary School
......Page 60
Section 3 : School Responses: Towards a Critique of Inspection
......Page 71
7 - Responding to School Inspection: Focusing on Development......Page 86
8 - Raising Standards and Raising Morale: A Case Study of Change......Page 95
9 - Inspection and Change in the Classroom: Rhetoric and Reality?
......Page 106
Section 4 : Reinspection and Beyond
......Page 119
11 - School Improvement or School Control? Teachers' Views on the Long-Term Value of Inspection......Page 135
12 - Inspection without Direction: Schools' Responses to OFSTED Requirements in Moral and Spiritual Education......Page 149
13 - The Inspector Calls Again: The Reinspection of Schools
......Page 162
14 - Conclusion: Towards Self-Assessment?......Page 177
References......Page 186
Index......Page 191
