Inspecting subjects and aspects 11-18: design and technology
This Ofsted publication is one in a series that gives guidance on inspection of subjects, in this case Design and Technology. Inspectors’ need to evaluate:
• How high are the standards in design and technology, and are they high enough?
• How well are students progressing?
• How well is design and technology taught?
The booklet seeks to provide guidance to inspectors and inform their activity such that they inspect the same curriculum area in the same way using the same criteria. The publication of this guidance came the year after the publication of the ‘Handbook for the Inspection of Schools, (OHMCI September 1998). The purposes and requirements of school inspection under the provision of Section 10 of the School Inspections Act 1996 were set out in the handbook.
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