Information for teachers and school leaders – Post Primary
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A Guide To Inspection in Post-Primary Schools
This guide provides a general overview of the approach to inspection followed by the Department of Education Inspectorate and also an outline of each of the inspection types used in post-primary schools. It replaces the previous version published in 2016.
Looking at Our School 2022: A Quality Framework for Post-Primary Schools
This document provides a set of standards against which post-primary schools can consider how well they are performing in relation to teaching and learning and leadership and management. It replaces the previous version published in 2016.
Participation with purpose means that children and young people’s views are listened to, taken seriously and given due weight with the intention of leading to an outcome or change within the decision-making process. This series of videos created by the DE Inspectorate in 2024, in collaboration with a number of post-primary schools, shares how these schools promote and facilitate the development of student participation and student leadership
St. Mary’s Holy Faith Secondary School Glasnevin, Dublin
Procedure for the review of inspections carried out by the Department of Education Inspectorate under Section 13(9) of the Education Act 1998
This document sets out the steps that can be taken by a practitioner or teacher, the owner/manager of an early learning and care setting or the board of management of a school or other education and training facility to have an inspection carried out by the Department of Education Inspectorate reviewed. It replaces the previous version published in 2015 and is effective from 01 September 2022.