An Inspector Calls: Ofsted and Its Effect on School Standards [Hardcover]

The UK government's education policy is based on the setting of targets, yet the fear and loathing that an Ofsted inspection can generate is widely known. This text critically assesses the role, impact and effect of the inspection body and dissects its usefulness.The impact of Ofsted on schools; Ofsted inspection and primary schools - the effect on teachers; the effects of Ofsted on secondary school standards; improvements or control - an American view of English inspection; is Ofsted helpful?; inspection and education - the indivisibility of standards; standards and school inspection - the rhetoric and the reality; Ofsted inspections and socially deprived schools; the Ofsted lay inspector - a neglected species; primary school development and Ofsted inspections; Ofsted and the inspection of teacher training; conclusion - a proposal for the improvement of the inspection system in England and Wales.US? Individual authors, 1999