Orders of the Day — Education Bill [Lords]

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:29 pm on 14 March 2005.

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Photo of Ruth Kelly Ruth Kelly Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills 4:29, 14 March 2005

My hon. Friend is doubtless aware that we are already piloting that new approach in schools, where the response has been overwhelmingly positive. We are working with schools to see how they can use the self-evaluation method to best effect. The key is to move away from a process-based system to one based on outcomes. In that way, the self-evaluation reports produced by schools will give a true reflection of what they do, how they are perceived and how they work with parents and the wider community. Of course, a school can use whatever approach works best for it in arriving at its self-evaluation report, but we shall continue to work with schools to make sure that they are constantly improved.