2.5 Supporting improvement and

2.5 Supporting improvement and change through inspection

Our inspections are intended to facilitate improvement and change in schools. Recommendations and advice in an inspection report provide guidance for the school community as it seeks to bring about ongoing school improvement. Following an inspection, the Inspectorate also considers how best to support the school in its improvement journey. It does this through deciding whether further inspection activity is required in a school and, if it is, whether a different inspection model or a follow-through inspection, based on the initial inspection, is more appropriate.