The quote in the title is from W. Edwards Deming and is at the heart of this article. Public and private schools often belong to quality-assurance bodies that inspect schools. These inspections, for many of those involved, cause stress, necessitate extra work and can feel like pointless tick-box exercises. Academic managers take on extra work and teachers can be nervous about the consequences of a stranger assessing their work, seeing few benefits in the process.
In England, Ofsted is the official body that inspects and regulates state-funded schools to ensure quality education, rating them from ‘Outstanding’ to . . .
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