Janet Ouston, Peter Earley, Brian Fidler

• Contributors. Abbreviations and Acronyms. Introduction Janet Ouston, Peter Earley and Brian Fidler. Part 1: OFSTED Inspections 1. The Early Experience of OFSTED Vin Davis Part 2: The Handbook 2. Where Angels Fear John Fitz and John Lee 3. The Handbook for the Inspection of Schools: Models, Outcomes and Effects Janet Maw Part 3: The Inspectors’ Perspective 4. ‘A Fit and Proper Person…’ – The Training of Inspectors Carol Donoughue 5. Inspecting by the Book Christopher Bowring-Carr 6. OFSTED: A Registered Inspector’s View James Learmonth 7. Lay Inspectors: Insiders and Outsiders David Hustler and Valerie Stone 8. Value for Money: How Schools are Assessed by OFSTED Rosalind Levačić and Derek Glover 9. An Analysis of School Inspection Reports Jean Northam Part 4: The Schools’ Perspective 10. Schools’ Experiences of Inspection Sheila Russell 11. Secondary Schools’ Repsonses to OFSTED: Improvement through Inspection? Janet Ouston, Brian Fidler and Peter Earley 12. Teachers’ Perceptions of Inspections Nicola Brimblecombe, Michael Ormston and Marian Shaw Part 5: Parents’ and Governors’ Perspectives 13. Parents’ Responses to School Inspections Janet Ouston and Val Klenowski 14. The OFSTED Experience: A Governors’ Eye View Maureen O’Connor Part 6: The Political Perspective 15. Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat Policies Gillian Shephard, David Blunkett and Don Foster. Concluding Note. References. Index.

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Janet Ouston, Peter Earley, Brian Fidler

• Contributors. Abbreviations and Acronyms. Introduction Janet Ouston, Peter Earley and Brian Fidler. Part 1: OFSTED Inspections 1. The Early Experience of OFSTED Vin Davis Part 2: The Handbook 2. Where Angels Fear John Fitz and John Lee 3. The Handbook for the Inspection of Schools: Models, Outcomes and Effects Janet Maw Part 3: The Inspectors’ Perspective 4. ‘A Fit and Proper Person…’ – The Training of Inspectors Carol Donoughue 5. Inspecting by the Book Christopher Bowring-Carr 6. OFSTED: A Registered Inspector’s View James Learmonth 7. Lay Inspectors: Insiders and Outsiders David Hustler and Valerie Stone 8. Value for Money: How Schools are Assessed by OFSTED Rosalind Levačić and Derek Glover 9. An Analysis of School Inspection Reports Jean Northam Part 4: The Schools’ Perspective 10. Schools’ Experiences of Inspection Sheila Russell 11. Secondary Schools’ Repsonses to OFSTED: Improvement through Inspection? Janet Ouston, Brian Fidler and Peter Earley 12. Teachers’ Perceptions of Inspections Nicola Brimblecombe, Michael Ormston and Marian Shaw Part 5: Parents’ and Governors’ Perspectives 13. Parents’ Responses to School Inspections Janet Ouston and Val Klenowski 14. The OFSTED Experience: A Governors’ Eye View Maureen O’Connor Part 6: The Political Perspective 15. Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat Policies Gillian Shephard, David Blunkett and Don Foster. Concluding Note. References. Index.

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Janet Ouston, Peter Earley, Brian Fidler

• Contributors. Abbreviations and Acronyms. Introduction Janet Ouston, Peter Earley and Brian Fidler. Part 1: OFSTED Inspections 1. The Early Experience of OFSTED Vin Davis Part 2: The Handbook 2. Where Angels Fear John Fitz and John Lee 3. The Handbook for the Inspection of Schools: Models, Outcomes and Effects Janet Maw Part 3: The Inspectors’ Perspective 4. ‘A Fit and Proper Person…’ – The Training of Inspectors Carol Donoughue 5. Inspecting by the Book Christopher Bowring-Carr 6. OFSTED: A Registered Inspector’s View James Learmonth 7. Lay Inspectors: Insiders and Outsiders David Hustler and Valerie Stone 8. Value for Money: How Schools are Assessed by OFSTED Rosalind Levačić and Derek Glover 9. An Analysis of School Inspection Reports Jean Northam Part 4: The Schools’ Perspective 10. Schools’ Experiences of Inspection Sheila Russell 11. Secondary Schools’ Repsonses to OFSTED: Improvement through Inspection? Janet Ouston, Brian Fidler and Peter Earley 12. Teachers’ Perceptions of Inspections Nicola Brimblecombe, Michael Ormston and Marian Shaw Part 5: Parents’ and Governors’ Perspectives 13. Parents’ Responses to School Inspections Janet Ouston and Val Klenowski 14. The OFSTED Experience: A Governors’ Eye View Maureen O’Connor Part 6: The Political Perspective 15. Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat Policies Gillian Shephard, David Blunkett and Don Foster. Concluding Note. References. Index.

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