Quality Assurance Review

for Staff of

Pre-five Services

Glasgow© COLEG

The Quality Assurance Framework

The Review is one part of a Quality Assurance system which includes:

continuous professional development centre self-evaluation development planning (Child at the

Centre) standards & quality report

The Review

Estimated to last for one day

Is confidential

Will be rigorous

Carried out by Pre-School Service Dept

The Review Process will…

Focus carefully on the outcome of the audit process

Check the accuracy of the outcomes Confirm or adjust priorities Assist in planning for development Identify best practice

Centre Heads/Managers will…

Take a full part in the review of their own centre (once every 3 years)

Be called upon the assist in the review of one other similar centre (once every 3 years)

Roles and Responsibilities

The Directorate will… Decide on the community/cluster

establishments to be reviewedThe Adviser will… Liaise with EdIS review team, Learning

Community Principal and Centre Heads, including Heads of primary schools with nursery classes

Allocate Lead reviewers and establishments Allocate Peer Reviewers

The Review Team

The Lead Officer – a member of the Directorate, Education Improvement Service or Principal Officer

The Centre Head A Peer Reviewer – a colleague from a

similar centre elsewhere in the city

The question which the Team will try to answer:

“How good is the Centre’s self-evaluation?”

Format of the Review

The Review is divided into four sections: consideration of documentary evidence observation of the provision made discussion compilation of the report which will

include ‘Best Practice’ information

Supporting Documentation

Covers the seven Key Areas of The Child at the Centre

Draws upon Glasgow City Council’s Monitoring package

Provides step-by-step guidance for the review team - to minimise subjectivity and provide rigour and consistency

Prior to the Review

Review team members will be informed of date, time and place of review

Head of Centre will: collect documentation and submit to Lead

Reviewer identify parents who can be available on

review day nominate staff who will be available to talk to

reviewers

The Lead Officer will…

manage the review process be a full member of the review team keep Directorate and Learning

Community Principals informed of the outcome of the review

ensure that development planning priorities match review outcomes

The Head as Reviewer will…

manage and organise the review day be a full member of the review team take account of the outcome of the

review when creating the Development Plan

The Peer Reviewer will…

use shared experiences to support the head during the review

be a full member of the review team advise on any ‘Best Practice’ issues

identified during the review conduct a brief parents’ meeting

Following the Review

The report will be typed up and be submitted to the appropriate member of

the Directorate passed to the Head, Learning

Community Principal and to the Education Improvement Service

considered by EdIS on submission of the Development Plan