Best Practice

A partnership approach to inspection and school improvement

Can you make inspection an enriching learning process that is actually good for your school? Colin McLean discusses the concept of peer-review inspections

Inspection. The word strikes fear into the hearts of many school leaders but it can be a process that is less about judgement and more about learning.

In recent years there have been several efforts to give schools an inspection approach that doesn’t feel imposed upon them and is an opportunity for learning and development.

One such approach has been used successfully in a number of London schools – it is a kind of supported peer review.

The aim of this process is to give schools an insight into their provision that informs their self-evaluation and improvement planning. It is all about partnership and involves working with outside partners, which could include peers from other neighbouring or partner schools.

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