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Title | Schools receiving positive inspection reports |
Associated Targets | Increase the proportion of schools receiving positive inspection reports. |
Brief Description | The indicator provides information on the percentage of schools that had positive evaluations in all of a reference subset of the quality indicators used by HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) in school inspections. |
Strategic Objective(s) to Which Indicator Relates | This indicator informs progress in relation to the Smarter Strategic Objective, by showing the extent to which there is an improving trend in inspectors' professional judgements about the quality of outcomes for pupils being achieved in the rolling programme of primary, secondary and special school inspections that they undertake. |
More Detailed Definitions |
Definitions of Keywords | The reference subset of Quality Indicators (QI) is: 1.1 Improvements in performance 2.1 Learners' experiences 5.3 Meeting learning needs as published in How good is our school? on the HMIE website ( http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/publication/hgiosjte3-03.html). The definition of school is publicly funded schools (therefore excludes independent sector and independent specials, but will include grant aided). The definition of a positive inspection report is the percentage of schools that have satisfactory or better, good or better and very good or better in all three reference quality indicators as defined in How good is our school? 3 Appendix B. With effect from inspections commencing in April 2008, HMIE will report using the term 'satisfactory' instead of the previous 'adequate', but with the same definition. The indicator will be reported for all schools but will also be disaggregated by Primary, Secondary, Special and All-through. |
Evidence Source | Quality Indicator (QI) evaluations from school inspections carried out by HM Inspectorate of Education from April 2008. The unit of measurement for this indicator is the percentage of schools satisfactory or better, good or better and very good or better for all of the three reference QIs. It is a proxy measure for the quality of Scottish schools. |
Baseline and Past Trends | Representative baselines and trends are not yet available. The baseline will be built up from inspections from April 2008 to March 2011. There will be no evaluation of progress until the baseline three year period is in place. The annual figures during 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 will not be used to comment on progress. When the three year 2008/09 to 2010/11 period is completed it can be compared to subsequent years (2011/12 onwards). |
Methodology for Data Source | The baseline will be compiled from a sample of schools across Scotland inspected over the complete three-year period 2008/09 to 2010/11. The data will be reported for all schools and also split by Primary, Secondary, Special and All-through for the percentage receiving satisfactory or better, good or better, and very good or better in all of the reference subset of quality indicators stated above. Annual results for all schools in each year from 2011/12 onwards will be compared with the baseline. A national sub-sample of inspected schools will also be reported on in each of the first three years. The sub-samples will be notified in advance to the Scottish Government by HMIE and any changes documented. Results for each year will be available for Local Authorities to report on the schools inspected in their areas. |
Data Ownership and Quality Assurance | The data is collated by HMIE for the evaluations made by inspectors for the reference subset of quality indicators. The results are the professional evaluations of HMIE. |
Publication of Data | The results of individual inspection reports are published on the HMIE website after the inspection has taken place ( www.hmie.gov.uk). The indicator based on national sub-samples and a profile of the results for the reference QIs for each year will also be published on the HMIE website annually, with the three year baseline period also to be published in 2011. Annual results will be published from 2012 onwards. A wider set of Quality Indicator evaluations was published in the HMIEImproving Scottish Education publication released in 2009 and also in subsequent publications in this series: http://www.hmie.gov.uk/ImprovingScottishEducation.aspx |
Future issues or reviews | Impact of any inspection model changes on quality indicator evaluations. |