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The Education and Training Inspectorate appointed two Nutritional Associates in December 2006 to monitor and promote improvement in the implementation of the Catering for Healthier Lifestyles programme and the approaches schools and employing authorities are taking to the promotion of healthy eating. 

In 2008, the Education and Training Inspectorate carried out a comprehensive evaluation of the use and impact of learning environments across the schools and wider education service. The evaluation included Learning Northern Ireland, which is the regional virtual online learning environment of the Classroom 2000 (C2k) managed service solution. The purpose of this follow-up evaluation is to determine the extent to which the key recommendations outlined in the original evaluation have been addressed by the various stakeholders.

An estimated 3-4% of the school population in Northern Ireland is identified with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. 

The safeguarding proforma and how it is used by schools/organisations, including at the point of inspection, has been subject to a comprehensive review over the past year.  This review has been part of the development of inspection consultation process.

The purpose of this report is to share the main findings relating to Planning for Learning, Teaching and Learning, and Leadership and Management, and report on the progress towards addressing the three key areas for improvement, first identified in Better Mathematics (2007), and later updated in Follow-up to Better Mathematics (2010). It is based on evidence gathered during 96 inspections of post-primary mathematics departments between September 2010 and June 2014.

The safeguarding proforma and how it is used by Further Education Colleges (FE) and Work Based Learning (WBL) organisations, including at the point of inspection, has been subject to a comprehensive review over the past year.  This review has been part of the development of inspection consultation process.

Inspection Type: Inspection

During September 2009 the Education and Training Inspectorate carried out a third phase evaluation of the strategic and operational planning for the use of Information and Learning Technology (ILT) across the six area-based further education colleges, as outlined in Circular FE 09 / 09 from the Department for Employment and Learning. 

This report summarises the findings of an evaluation of the provision at level 3 for the priority skill area of construction and the built environment, in the six area-based colleges of further education. Construction and the built environment includes architecture, building, civil engineering and planning. The further education provision for the priority skill area of construction and the built environment at level 3 comprises of full-time and part-time professional and technical courses to prepare students for employment in, and to up-skill existing employees within, the construction sector of Northern Ireland’s economy.

 Type: General Inspection

The report summarises the findings of an evaluation by the Education and Training Inspectorate of level 3 work on the National Qualifications Framework in the priority skills areas of computing and information and communications technology, construction and the built environment, electrical and electronic engineering, and mechanical and manufacturing. The colleges’ provision of priority skill area programmes funded by the Department for Employment and Learning under Apprenticeships NI programme was not included in the evaluation. The evaluation took place during the second and third terms of the 2009/2010 academic year.

This report summarises the findings of an evaluation of the provision at level 3 for the priority skill of electrical and electronic engineering in the six area-based colleges of further education. 

This report summarises the findings of an evaluation of the provision at level 3 for the priority skill of information and communication technology (ICT) and computing in the six area-based colleges of further education .