From 1998 Ofsted inspected local education authorities (LEAs), looking at all educational results as well as the management and leadership of these authorities. Since September 2005 these inspections have been replaced with joint area reviews. A copy of the last Ofsted inspection report for the Council of The Isles of Scilly can be downloaded from this site.
The Government introduced the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) which is designed to provide clear and concise information about a council's performance and places them into one of five categories: excellent, good, fair, weak, or poor based on an assessment of the council's proven capacity to improve and its performance in core services (education, social services, housing, environment, libraries and leisure and benefits).
The education scorecard was developed by OFSTED, working with the DfES and LEAs. The scorecard is split into five areas: school improvement, special educational needs, social inclusion, lifelong learning and strategic management. LEAs are classified from 0* - 3 for current performance and capacity to improve. This score feeds in to the overall CPA category and a copy of the 2004 Council of The Isles of Scilly Education scorecard can be viewed here.
Further reports on the Five Islands School, and for each of the pre school playgroups can also be found on the Ofsted web site
