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Children, Schools and Families Committee - First Report
School Accountability

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 30 November 2009.

CONTENTS

Conclusions and recommendations

Summary

1 Introduction

Context for the Inquiry and Report

The need for an accountability system

Overview of the accountability system

2 Schools' Self-Evaluation, Self-Improvement Partners and Local Authorities

School governance

Self-evaluation

School Improvement Partners

The role of local authorities

School performance and improvement

School budget and finance

Statutory powers

3 The Inspectorate

Background: the duties of the Chief Inspector and the functions of Ofsted

The need for an independent inspectorate

The role of Ofsted in school improvement

The evaluation of provision: the need for a balanced picture of school provision

Performance data based on test results

Indicators of other aspects of provision

4 Achievement and Attainment Tables and the School Report Card

Achievement and Attainment Tables

The effects of Achievement and Attainment Tables on schools

Accounting for the full range of a school's work

School Report Card

The proposals

Contents of the school report card

Terms of Reference

Appraisal of the school report card

5 Conclusion: complexity, consistency and coercion

Complexity

Consistency

Coercion: are schools really free to drive their own improvement?

Conclusion

Formal minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of unprinted written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 88-II)

Monday 16 March 2009
Wednesday 1 April 2009
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Wednesday 29 April 2009
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Wednesday 8 July 2009

WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 88-II)

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Prepared 7 January 2010