Our role
We inspect education and training providers and advise Welsh Government about the quality and standards of education in Wales.
We do this through inspections and by writing reports on educational themes, which cover a range of sectors and topics, such as reading skills and the curriculum. Our reports are intended to encourage wider thinking and share effective practice.
Your role in inspection
The views and experiences of parents and carers on education are very important to us. You will have the opportunity to feed into the process when your child’s school is being inspected.
You will be asked to complete an online questionnaire and will be invited to attend a meeting with inspectors as part of the inspection process. We also speak to groups of children in the school to ask questions about their views and experience of the school.
Inspection reports are published on our website 45 days after the start of the inspection. This provides an overview of the findings of the inspection team and highlights strengths as well as areas for improvement.
We no longer give overall summative gradings such as ‘Excellent’, ‘Good’, Adequate’ or ‘Unsatisfactory’ but our reports contain a summary of key findings. We also publish a more concise report specifically for parents and carers alongside the full inspection report.
Join our Parents and Carers Community!
We’re now developing a new Parents and Carers Community and welcome parents and carers from a diverse and broad range of backgrounds and experiences to join.
We want to:
- Understand the experiences of education for families like yours
- Find out your views on important areas of education such as pupil well-being, the new curriculum and support for pupils with additional learning needs
- Hear your views on how we inspect, and share our findings with parents and carers
- Enable parents and carers from all backgrounds and all parts of Wales to feed into our work.
Members of our Parents and Carer Community will be invited to take part in national surveys and/or join online focus groups.
Your views are important and will help us and education providers like schools and colleges better support pupils and their families.
To register your interest to join the Parent and Carer Community, please complete this short form: