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The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament.Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and childcare services in England do so to a high standard for children and students.
Following the Scotland Act 1998 the Inspectorate was made an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government in 2001, and HMIe was answerable to the Scottish Ministers for the running of the Inspectorate and the whole inspection system in Scotland. In 2003 it employed 178 staff who were based in Edinburgh, Inverness, Glasgow and Dundee. [1]
Education in Scotland (Taylor & Francis, 1998) online. Munn, Pamela, et al. "Schools for the 21st century: the national debate on education in Scotland." Research Papers in Education 19.4 (2004): 433–452. Online; Passow, A. Harry et al. The National Case Study: An Empirical Comparative Study of Twenty-One Educational Systems. (1976) online
S. List of Schools of Ambition; Scottish Community Education Council; Scottish Council for Research in Education; Scottish Council of Independent Schools
Education Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Foghlam Alba) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government, tasked with improving the quality of the country's education system. Education Scotland is responsible for inspecting Scotland's state–funded primary and secondary schools, as well as nursery schools which form part of a primary school.
Learndirect was formerly owned by the Ufi Charitable Trust, a not-for-profit organisation which sold Learndirect and its parent Ufi Limited to LDC in 2011. [6] Ufi was created in 1998 to take forward HM Government's stated vision of a 'University for Industry' in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and launched Learndirect in 2000.
The SQA's functions and responsibilities are laid out in the Education (Scotland) Act 1996 as amended by the Scottish Qualifications Authority Act 2002.Until their merger, the two major Scottish examination authorities were the Scottish Examination Board (SEB) and the Scottish Vocational Education Council (SCOTVEC).
Historically, school boards operated in Scotland from 1872 to 1918. [1] A new wave of school boards were established by the School Boards Act 1988, [2] which mandated that they be set up in education authority schools in Scotland. Boards consisted of elected parent and staff members and other members co-opted by the elected members.