What Is Education?

Estyn - Dr Russell Grigg - Session 2


In our Second session of Guest Lecturers, we were introduced to a man called Russel Grigg that came to explain to us Estyn. Estyn inspects quality and standards in education and training producers in Wales. Estyn also concentrates at two main areas; First being, looking carefully at learners and their quality of experience and the second would be looking at outcomes and grades and any constitution where learning is happening.
He also pointed out that Estyn provide advice to the Welsh assembly Government  in quality and Standards and then look to promote and to spread good practice.

The Lecturer then mentioned the Three-Fold purposes, which is the three main aspects and reasons behind Estyn; informing, promoting and accountability. Which would be, explaining what the problem is or what can be done about it, then also going forward to help the changes and promoting changes in the educational constitution, and then looking at the overall outcome.

Estyn also provide school reports. Either in Institutions or Thematic - covering the whole of Wales. The Lecturer explained this as having three coggs. The biggest one being the Teachers, Parents and Governors, the middle one being the Learners and Students and the smallest being the Inspectors. I learnt that even though the inspectors give the results of the school or the Education Institution, the Teachers, Parents or Governors are the people, who ultimately have the overall administration of the school to change it and to make it a better learning experience.

Common Inspection Framework
- Outcomes
- Provision
- Management