How are schools inspected?

Standards at Island schools are monitored by a cyclical School Self Review and Evaluation (SSRE), a system by which schools consider how well they are performing under five headings. A senior officer from the DEC is responsible for quality assuring schools and visits them regularly to ensure a focus is maintained on striving for improvement. In addition, on a three-yearly cycle, an external validator from off the Island visits a school and can agree with, or revise, these judgments.