The Inspectorate is the division of the Department of Education and Skills responsible for the evaluation of primary and post-primary schools and centres for education. Inspectors also provide advice on a range of educational issues to school communities, policy makers in the Department and to the wider educational system.
All inspectors are experienced teachers. Many have also worked as school principals, deputy principals or as advisors with school support services. Others have experience in curriculum design and the implementation of assessment practices in school management and in educational research.
THE INSPECTORATE:
- Provides an assurance of quality and public accountability in the education system
- Carries out inspections in schools and centres for education
- Conducts national evaluations
- Promotes best practice and school improvement by advising teachers, principals and boards of management in schools
- Publishes inspection reports on individual schools and centres for education
- Reports on curriculum provision, teaching, learning and assessment generally in the educational system
- Promotes the Irish language
- Provides advice to policy makers in the Department of Education and Skills and to the wider educational system.
All reports are available on the Department of Education and Skills website.
COLAISTÉ NA RÍOCHTA INSPECTION REPORTS
The following Subject Inspection Reports are also available on the Department of Education and Skill’s (DES) website at www.education.ie under the “Inspectorate” link. Click on each link below to see the Inspectors Report for each subject. All of the reports highlight the outstanding level of teaching and learning that takes place in Colaisté na Ríochta. The school will have further inspections and these will be published on our school website after publication by DES.