Providing Inspection Services for Department of Education, Department of Culture, Arts & Leisure and Department for Employment & Learning.

Welcome to the Education and Training Inspectorate website. Our aim is to be a highly regarded and influential organisation fully dedicated to the education and well-being of all learners. We provide inspection services for the Department of Education, the Department for Employment and Learning and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and seek to promote improvement through Inspection and the dissemination of findings.

In the interests of continuous improvement we welcome your feedback on all aspects of the inspection process and on the content of this website (email: inspectionservices@deni.gov.uk). We are committed to making the information we provide as accessible as possible and will consider requests to provide key information in other languages and formats, in large print and on audiocassette or disk.

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Announcements

17 June 2008 - Associate Assessor Recruitment 2008. Further Information.
11 June 2008 - Report of a Survey of Vulnerable Children and Young People - November 2006-May 2007 has been published today. Vulnerable Children and Young People
11 June 2008 - An Evaluation by the Educaton and Training Inspectorate of Informaton and Communication Technology (ICT) in Special Schools - May 2007 has been published today. The report highlights the many examples of the good use of ICT and assistive technology in the schools and the improvements, including the implementation of Classroom 2000 (C2k), across the sector. ICT in Special Schools
Improving Quality : Raising Standards (IQ : RS) - A Revised IQ:RS for Colleges and Training Organsiations is due to be published in June 2008. Watch here for further details.
16 April 2008 - A Report on the Children and Young People Funding Package - An Evaluation of Early Developments 2007 has been published today. A Report on the Children and Young People Funding Package - An Evaluation of Early Developments 2007
4 February 2008 - Marion Matchett, the Chief Inspector of the Education and Training Inspectorate in Northern Ireland, today published a report evaluating the arrangements for the implementation of the Revised Northern Ireland Curriculum during the 2006/2007 school year. Revised Curriculum
A Report on the Independent Evaluation of the Inspection Process by Pricewaterhouse Coopers 2006/2007 shows that most leaders and teachers consider inspection to be beneficial. Pricewaterhouse Coopers Report 2006/2007

I hope you find this site useful and we would welcome any feedback. If you would like to leave feedback please email inspectionservices@deni.gov.uk.