Scottish schools inspections from 2019-2022: FOI release

Information requested

A full list of inspections for Scotland in years 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22. You further clarified you required information on school inspections.

Response

The information you have requested on school inspections which were carried out in academic year 2019-20 and where a report has been published is available from - List of all Scottish schools and date of their last inspection: FOI release - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the link above, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy.

Routine school inspections were paused in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Routine school inspections resumed in August 2022. Therefore there is no inspection data for routine school inspections available for academic years 2020/21 and 2021/22.

During this period HM Inspectors continued to carry out inspections instructed by Scottish Ministers in response to identified risk. Additionally, HM Inspectors carried out post registration inspections on newly registered independent schools.

The data relating to these inspections is detailed below.

Post Registration Inspections

Seed No.	Centre	Type	Publication Date	QI 1.4	QI 2.3	QI 2.2	QI 3.1
1004972	Olivewood Primary School	Independent	21/06/2022	4	4	4	4
1004956	Fairview International School	Independent	07/06/2022	5	5	4	5

Special Inspection under Section 66 Education (Scotland) Act 1980

Seed No.	Centre	Type	Publication date	QI 1.1	QI 1.4	QI 2.1
5580048	Spark of Genius (Harbour Point School)	Independent	22/06/2021	1		1

Notes

1. HM Inspectors use the quality framework How good is our school? (4th edition) (HGIOS4) when inspecting schools. The quality indicators used in inspections carried out during academic year 2020/21 and 2021/22 are as follows:

Quality Indicators

QI 1.1	Self-evaluation for self-improvement
QI 1.4	Leadership and management of staff
QI 2.1	Safeguarding and child protection
QI 2.2	Curriculum
QI 2.3	Learning, teaching and assessment

Quality Indicator gradings

1	Unsatisfactory
2	Weak
3	Satisfactory
4	Good
5	Very good
6	Excellent

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