School review framework to be published in July

The framework used for the external evaluations of Manx schools is set to be published in July, the education minister has said.

Daphne Caine said the pilot began in January 2024 and would not be published until July to allow for further consultation with teachers and trade unions.

Caine told the House of Keys there could be further "tweaks" to the Quality Assurance Framework as a result of that so was not yet finalised.

She confirmed findings for individual schools would not be published but key findings and themes from the reviews would be made public through summary reports.

The minister told MHKs making the full reports public could "hinder open professional development".

Several MHKs raised concerns about the decision with Arbory, Castletown and Malew MHK arguing that the Department of Education, Sport and Culture was "lacking in transparency".

Lawrie Hooper MHK said it was "unusual" for an inspection framework not to be made public and parents would not know what the schools were being assessed against without the methodology.

Before the launch of the pilot schools on the island were not subject to formal inspections and external validations of their own self-reviews.

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