§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many full inspections have been undertaken by Her Majesty's Inspectorate in primary, middle and secondary schools, respectively, in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Mark CarlisleThe number of full inspections of maintained primary, middle and secondary schools between 1970 and 1979 reflect the policy on inspection adopted in response to the report on Her Majesty's Inspectorate by the Select Committee on Education and Science in 1967–68. Details are as follows:
the national primary and secondary surveys and their feasibility studies. Numerous routine visits are also made each year to schools of all types. In 1976, the last year for which figures for all types of inspection visits are available, Her Majesty's inspectors visited just over a quarter of all maintained primary 193W schools and about two-thirds of all maintained secondary schools.