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Which Organisations are Inspected

The Education and Training Inspectorate inspect organisations that receive funding for education and training, including:

  • Pre-school centres including Nursery Schools and classes;
  • Primary, Post-primary and Special Schools;
  • Alternative Education Provision Centres;
  • Independent Schools for the purpose of registration;
  • Institutes of Further and Higher Education;
  • Work Based Learning and Employment programmes;
  • the Youth and Community sector;
  • Initial Teacher Education organisations; and
  • Those aspects of the services of the Education and Skills Authority which pertain to learning and teaching and standards, including the quality of post-inspection support.

The Inspectorate provides inspection services and information about the quality of education being offered to:

  • The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
  • The Department of Education
  • The Department for Employment and Learning
  • The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

The Inspectorate uses a Memorandum of Understanding and Service Level Agreements to guide the work with the relevant departments: a selection of these documents is linked below.