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High-quality qualifications

Question 1 . What changes should we consider in terms of how qualifications are developed and delivered that you think would improve outcomes for Scotland’s pupils and students?

Please give us your views.
Across most, if not all subject areas, continuous long term evidence to contribute towards assessment and qualifications.

Excellence in learning and teaching

QUESTION 2. How best can we ensure that the views of our teaching professionals are taken into account appropriately within the new qualifications body, and do these proposals enable this?

Please give us your views.
Conducting regular consultations with teaching professionals. The qualifications body should consult with teaching professionals on a regular basis to gather their feedback on proposed qualifications and assessments.

Involving Scotland’s pupils and students in decisions that affect them

QUESTION 3. How best can we ensure that the views of pupils, students and other learners are appropriately represented within the new qualifications body, and do these proposals enable this?

Please give us your views.
Involve pupils and students in the governance of the new qualifications body. This should be done with regular consultation with the learners and ensure to gather their feedback on changes to certain proposals.

High standards for qualifications in Scotland

QUESTION 4. How can we ensure qualifications being offered in Scotland are reliable, of a high standard and fit for purpose?

Please give us your views.
Establish a clear and robust quality assurance framework.

Qualifications in the education and skills landscape: A holistic system

QUESTION 5. How do you think the qualifications body can best work with others across the education and skills system to deliver better outcomes for all?

Please give us your views.
Consult with professionals within all sectors (nursery, primary, secondary and beyond) to ensure outcomes are sufficient.

Purposes of inspection

QUESTION 6. Do you agree or disagree with the purposes set out? Is there anything in addition you would like to see included?

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Agree
Disagree
Is there anything in addition you would like to see included?
It should be clear that the purposes of an inspection should take into account the context and needs being dealt within a particular setting.

Range of establishments and services

QUESTION 7. Do you agree or disagree with the range of establishments to be inspected by HM Inspectors of Education? Is there anything you would change?

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Agree
Disagree

QUESTION 8. Do you have any specific comments on the role of the inspectorate of education in the inspection of publicly funded colleges, initial teacher education, early learning and childcare and / or modern apprenticeships?

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Maximising the impact of education inspection

QUESTION 9. Do you agree or disagree with the priorities set out? Is there anything in addition that you would like to see inspection cover?

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Agree
Disagree
Is there anything in addition that you would like to see inspection cover?
n/a

Addressing the priority issues

QUESTION 10. Do you have a view on these options for establishing the new approach to inspection?

Please give us your views.
Allowing establishments to be involved in the planning of what a proposed inspection would look like in order to share evidence of what the focus of the inspection may be.

QUESTION 11. Do you have a view on how governance arrangements for the inspectorate could be developed to better involve providers, including teachers and other practitioners, pupils and students and parents / carers in inspection?

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QUESTION 12. Do you have a view on how we make sure evidence from inspections is being used as fully as possible to drive improvement and inform policy and on who the inspectorate should report to?

Please give us your views.
Make it easy for people to access the evidence.

Support schools and other establishments to use the evidence to improve

Share the evidence with policymakers.

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