The Initial Perceptions and Reactions of Staff on the Announcement of a Policy of Institutional Self-Evaluation

Abstract

This paper seeks to examine the perceptions and reactions of senior colleagues within a large mixed urban comprehensive school to the innovation of a policy of institutional self-evaluation known as Departmental Review. The policy was innovated in September 1977 and continued to be pursued until late 1982. The research was conducted in the period 1980--2.