Improvement Through Inspection? by Peter Earley, Brian Fidler... - 9781138504028

Taylor & Francis

Improvement Through Inspection?Complementary Approaches to School Development\nAuthor(s): Peter Earley, Brian Fidler, Janet Ouston\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138504028, 978-1138504028\nSynopsis\nOriginally published in 1996, the title of this book poses the question whether the motto of the Office for Standards in Education was an apt statement of its effects in practice. Beginning with the state of knowledge about OFSTEDs early impact, the Editors review the range of complementary approaches to school improvement most of them driven by the schools themselves that were in operation, alongside the OFSTED system of inspection at the time.\n\nThe major part of the book is taken up with the main quality initiatives that were at work in primary and secondary schools including Investors in People, Deming, TQM, partnerships, professional competence, strategic planning and effective governorship. Each chapter ex.