Memorandum submitted by the Institute
of Physics
The Institute of Physics is a scientific charity
devoted to increasing the practice, understanding and application
of physics. It has a worldwide membership of over 36,000 and is
a leading communicator of physics-related science to all audiences,
from specialists through to government and the general public.
Its publishing company, IOP Publishing, is a world leader in scientific
publishing and the electronic dissemination of physics.
The Institute welcomes the opportunity to submit
a response to the Select Committee on the role of Ofsted. We are
doing this through the SCORE partnership. The SCORE response,
which has also been sent in separately is attached for information.[190]
The response highlights our hope that improving the
quality of teaching and learning across all schools is at the
heart of the inspection process. This systemic improvement can
be achieved through positive engagement with the schools being
inspected and through the collection of data (qualitative and
quantitative) to monitor the impact of national changes.
October 2010
190 Not published here. See separate memorandum on
the Committee's website. Back
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