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7 years on... Inspecting for school improvement: A collaborative journey

Special educational needs (SEN)
Dubai is committed to become an inclusive, barrier-free society that promotes, protects, and
ensures the success of people with disabilities and special educational needs (SEN). Establishing
good-quality school provision for students and children with SEN is a key step on this journey.
The past three years have seen an increasing focus on the inspection methodology and
reporting processes regarding the quality of school provision for SEN.

Key milestones achieved during the past three years of inspections
Analysing the
performance
of all students

Assessing
the quality
of provision,
based upon
international
standards

The
development
of a uniform
definition for
disabilities and
SEN

Internationally
aligned
categories of
disability and
SEN

Pre-inspection
school visits
to inform
professional
dialogue
regarding SEN

Our inspection of provision for SEN is led by specially-trained and appropriately-experienced
inspectors. The inspection process now includes focused interviews with groups of parents,
alongside deep analysis of a wide range of progress indicators for both groups and individual
students.
For the first time, this years’ inspection reports included a judgment about the overall
effectiveness of provision for SEN. This segment is supported by five evaluative statements
about the strengths and weaknesses of the key aspects of provision for SEN. A summary
evaluation is also provided in the new parent’s section of the inspection report.

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