APPOINTMENT OF A SUCCESSOR
"We recognise the formal position that Crown appointments cannot be made subject to Parliamentary veto. However, we believe that Parliament should be given an advisory role in the appointment or re-appointment of HM Chief Inspector. We recommend that the Chief Inspector would continue to be appointed by the Crown on the advice of the Prime Minister, as at present, but before the appointment (or re-appointment) was confirmed, this Select Committee should be given the opportunity to take evidence in public from the nominee and report to Parliament on the proposed appointment. A debate could then be held in the House on the Committee's report. Although the Government would not formally be obliged to make time for such a debate, we recommend that the Government should give an undertaking to do so."Fourth Report, Session 1998-99, paragraph 205.
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55. It was announced by the Secretary of State
for Education and Employment on Thursday 16 November 2000 that
Mr Mike Tomlinson had been appointed to a one-year term as Her
Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools.[97]
We intend to hold a Confirmation Hearing on the appointment
proposed by Government at any time of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector
of Schools.
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
"We recommend that a regular debate be held in the House on HMCI's annual report. Such debates could be preceded by oral evidence from HM Chief Inspector to this Committee, and his evidence (and perhaps a report from the Committee) could usefully inform the debate."Fourth Report, Session 1998-99, paragraph 204.
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56. We welcome the recent expansion of the opportunities
for debate on select committee Reports in Westminster Hall.[98]
We intend to press for a debate on the work of OFSTED to enable
the whole House to consider the future conduct of this non-Ministerial
Government Department, which has such a key role to play in encouraging
the raising of standards in the education provided to the children
of this country.
1 via the Committee's home page at www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/edemhome.htm Back
2
Fourth Report from the Education and Employment Committee, Session
1998-99, The Work of OFSTED, HC 61-I. Back
3
Sixth Report from the Education and Employment Committee, Session
1999-2000, Standards and Quality in Education: the Annual Report
of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools 1998-1999, HC
345. See also the Government's and OFSTED's Responses in the
Seventh Special Report from the Education and Employment Committee,
Session 1999-2000, HC 861. Back
4
OFSTED Corporate Plan 2000, August 2000. Back
5
First Report from the Education and Employment Committee, Session
2000-01, Early Years, HC 33. The advertisement placed
in The Guardian on 18 October 2000 included among the requirements
of the post "the ability to establish credibility with the
early education and social care sector". Back
6
Appendix 1. Back
7
QQ. 111-112. Back
8
Q. 110. Back
9
Q. 114. Back
10
Q. 115. Back
11
As these documents were produced for illustrative purposes only,
they are not for publication. Back
12
See www.ofsted.gov.uk Back
13
Report of an inquiry by Sir William Macpherson of Cluny, The
Stephen Lawrence Inquiry, Cm 4262-I, February 1999. Back
14
Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: the Home Secretary's Action Plan, March
1999, page 37, Recommendation 69. Back
15
Audrey Osler and Marlene Morrison, Inspecting Schools for Race
Equality: OFSTED's Strengths and Weaknesses. A Report for the
Commission for Racial Equality, published by Trentham Books
for the Commission of Racial Equality, Stoke on Trent, July 2000. Back
16
Osler and Morrison, page xii and xix. Back
17
OFSTED press release 19 July 2000. Back
18
Letter from Gurbux Singh to Chris Woodhead, 12 September 2000. Back
19
Letter from Gurbux Singh to Chris Woodhead, 12 September 2000. Back
20
Letter from Chris Woodhead to Gurbux Singh, 14 September 2000;
Q. 66. Back
21
Letter from Chris Woodhead to Gurbux Singh, 14 September 2000. Back
22
Not printed. Back
23
Not printed. Back
24
Not printed. Back
25
Not printed. Back
26
Not printed. Back
27
QQ. 70-72. Back
28
Q. 72. Back
29
Ev. p. 20. Back
30
Not printed. Back
31
Not printed. Back
32
Not printed. Back
33
Q. 63, Q. 68. Back
34
Consultation on Guidance to schools on Ethnic Monitoring,
DfEE 0311/2000, November 2000. Responses are requested by 16
February 2001. Back
35
Q. 87. Back
36
15 September 2000. Back
37
The Times Higher Educational Supplement, 15 September 2000. Back
38
The Sunday Times, 13 August 2000. Back
39
Not printed. Back
40
Q. 36. Back
41
Sunday Times, 13 August 2000; Q. 32; Q. 39. Back
42
The Guardian, 4 September 2000. Back
43
The Guardian, 4 September
2000. Back
44
Q. 54. Back
45
Q. 44. Back
46
The Guardian, 4 September 2000. Back
47
Q. 57. Back
48
Fourth Report from the Education and Employment Committee, Session
1998-99, The Work of OFSTED, HC 61-I, paragraph 227. Back
49
Letter from Chris Woodhead to Keith Mitchell, Durham's Chief Education
Officer, 23 May 2000. Back
50
Letter from Keith Mitchell to Mike Tomlinson, 16 June 1997. Back
51
Letter from Malcolm Westbrook, OFSTED Registrar, to Keith Mitchell,
20 October 1997. Back
52
Letter from Malcolm Westbrook to Keith Mitchell, 14 October 1998. Back
53
Letter from Keith Mitchell to Malcolm Westbrook, 19 October 1998. Back
54
Letter from Keith Mitchell to A Fermie, 26 October 1998. Back
55
Letter from Simon Ray to Keith Mitchell, 23 November 1998. Back
56
Letter from Keith Mitchell to Simon Ray, 11 December 1998. Back
57
Letter from Chris Woodhead to Keith Mitchell, 23 May 2000. Back
58
See letter from Elaine Rassaby to Keith Mitchell, 18 May 1999,
for full details of her adjudication. Back
59
Letter from Chris Woodhead to Keith Mitchell, 23 May 2000. Back
60
Letter from Keith Mitchell to Elaine Rassaby, 12 May 1999. Back
61
Letter from Keith Mitchell to David Blunkett, 7 June 1999. Back
62
Letter from Estelle Morris to Keith Mitchell, 16 July 1999. Back
63
Letter from Richard Heriot to Keith Mitchell, 25 August 1999. Back
64
Fourth Report from the Education and Employment Committee, Session
1998-99, The Work of OFSTED, HC 61-I. Back
65
Letter from Estelle Morris to Keith Mitchell, 11 February 2000. Back
66
Letter from Simon Ray to Keith Mitchell, 3 March 2000. Back
67
Letters from Keith Mitchell to Chairman of the Education Sub-committee,
9 March and 5 April 2000. Back
68
Letter from Keith Mitchell to Clerk of the Education Sub-committee,
27 June 2000. Back
69
HL Deb 25 October 2000 vol 618 cols 394-407. Back
70
HL Deb 25 October 2000 vol 618 col 405. Back
71
HL Deb 25 October 2000 vol 618 col 401. Back
72
HL Deb 25 October 2000 vol 618 col 406. Back
73
Q. 16. Back
74
Q. 17. Back
75
Q. 19. Back
76
Q. 23. Back
77
Appendix 3. Back
78
Sixth Report from the Education and Employment Committee, Session
1999-2000, Standards and Quality in Education: the Annual Report
of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools 1998-99, HC 345,
Q. 89-90. Back
79
Q. 89. Back
80
Available via www.ofsted.gov.uk. Back
81 Annual
Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools for 1998-99,
March 2000, page 27. Back
82
Swimming in Key Stage 2: A Report from Mer Majesty's Chief
Inspector of Schools, OFSTED, 7 November 2000, page 3. Available
via www.ofsted.gov.uk. Back
83
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Water Safety
Fact Sheet, February 2000. Back
84
Q. 93, QQ. 102-107. Back
85
QQ. 95-101. Back
86
QQ. 108-109. Back
87
Q.117. Back
88
QQ .119-120. Back
89
House of Commons Standing Order No. 152. Back
90
Education (Schools) Act 1992-now consolidated in the School Inspection
Act 1996. Back
91
Q. 24. Back
92
Q. 10. Back
93
Q. 8. Back
94
Q. 8. Back
95
Q. 25. Back
96
Q. 25. Back
97
DfEE Press Release 16 November 2000. Back
98 The
Fourth Report from the Select Committee on the Modernisation of
the House of Commons, Session 1999-2000, Sittings in Westminster
Hall, was approved by the House of Commons on Monday 20 November
2000. From the beginning of the 2000-01 Session, there will be
up to six Thursday afternoon debates a year on select committee
reports selected by the Liaison Committee (a select committee
composed mainly of the Chairmen of the select committees). Back