Education Scotland Quality Indicator Summary Analysis Published
4 Jun 2014 04:28 PM
An Official Statistics Publication for
Scotland.
94 per cent of
pre-school centres and 90 per cent of schools have been evaluated as
satisfactory or better by Education Scotland.
Scotland’s
Chief Statistician yesterday released statistics relating to a summary analysis
of the evaluations of the first post-baseline sample of pre-school centres and
schools in relation to the three Reference Quality Indicators which inform the
National Performance Framework (NPF). Schools include primary, secondary,
all-through and special
In the first
post-baseline sample, 396 pre-school centres were inspected which accounted for
16 per cent of all private, public and voluntary pre-school centres open at
September 2013. Of those inspected 94 per cent were evaluated as satisfactory
or better in all of the three Reference Quality Indicators, 74 per cent were
evaluated as good or better and 32 per cent as very good or better in all three
Reference Quality Indicators. The proportion of pre-school centres evaluated as
very good or better has shown a statistically significant increase over the
baseline. The pre-school centres receiving evaluations of satisfactory or
better shows no significant change over the baseline.
In the first
post-baseline sample, 420 schools (primary, secondary, all-through and special)
were inspected which accounted for 16 per cent of all publicly funded schools
open at September 2013. Of those inspected 90 per cent were evaluated as
satisfactory or better in all of the three Reference Quality Indicators, 69 per
cent were evaluated as good or better and 24 per cent as very good or better in
all three Reference Quality Indicators. The proportion of schools receiving
satisfactory or better evaluations has remained unchanged over the
baseline.
The figures were
produced by independent statistical staff free from any political interference,
in accordance with professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics.
Notes To
Editors
National
Performance Indicator Criteria
Data from this
publication will populate two National Indicators in the National Performance
Framework (NPF):
•increase the
proportion of pre-school centres receiving positive reports; andâ—¦increase the
proportion of schools receiving positive reports.
The NPF criteria
established in 2007 are based on the three Reference Quality
Indicators:
•QI 1.1
Improvements in Performance: standards of attainment over time; overall quality
of learners’ achievement; and impact of the school/centre improvement
plan;
• QI 2.1 Children’s/Learners’ Experiences: the extent to which
learners are motivated and actively involved in their own learning,
and
•QI 5.3
Meeting Learning Needs: tasks, activities and resources; identification of
learning needs; the role of teachers and specialist staff; and meeting and
implementing the requirements of legislation..
A positive
inspection report is achieved when an evaluation of satisfactory or better is
achieved in ALL three of the Reference Quality Indicators
The full
statistical publication is available athttp://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/s/genericresource_tcm483124
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This publication
contains the evaluations of pre-school centres and schools (primary, secondary,
all-through and special) in the first post-baseline sample. The sample has been
designed to cover a range of schools within Scotland
Official
statistics are produced by professionally independent statistical staff –
more information on the standards of official statistics in Scotland can be
accessed at:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/About