Overview

Explores the best acknowledged ways to maintain and improve school education in the UK

Highlights ways for achieving required standards (such as DfEE standards)

Explores the need to find the right balance between external inspection and internal self-examination as methods for identifying sustainable improvements in schools.

While predominantly directed at quality in schools, the book looks outward to quality assurance routes used in FE/HE colleges. It provides a practical opportunity for assessing the effectiveness of methods of quality measurement and shows that inspection is a necessary, but not solely sufficient, condition to develop quality.