Contents

Letter to The Rt Hon David Blunkett MP

Preface

Commentary

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Sixth forms in schools

Special schools

Schools requiring special measures and schools with
serious weaknesses

The education of young people who have disengaged
from mainstream education

Youth work and adult education

Independent schools

Teacher education and training

Local education authority support for school improvement

 

Annexes

Annex 1	Inspection evidence
Annex 2	Interpreting inspection evidence
Annex 3	The sample of schools
Annex 4	1998 Key Stages 1 and 2 test results
Annex 5	Achievement of boys and girls in single-sex and
	mixed schools
Annex 6	Average improvement trend between 1995 and 1998
	against eligibility for free school meals
Annex 7	Statistical Summary
Annex 8	GCSE scores for different subjects in secondary schools
Annex 9	OFSTED Publications 1997/98

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