How many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority area have not had a full inspection in the last (i) 10, (ii) 15 and …

I have asked Graham Donaldson, Chief Executive of HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE), to respond. His response is as follows:Over recent years, HMIE has increased the number of schools inspected each year. In 1996-97 152 school inspections were completed. This rose to 299 in 2002-03. I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-34083 on 3 March 2003, which explained that we are aiming to have inspected all primary schools by 2009 and all secondary schools by 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.Schools which have not yet been inspected are given priority when we plan the annual inspection programme. However, there are other factors to take in account. These include:ensuring the programme provides sufficient data about the performance of education authorities;ensuring the programme includes a broad range of schools: rural and urban; small medium and large; with a high, medium and low percentage of the roll receiving free meal entitlement, and are located across all 32 local authorities in Scotland, and ensuring the programme can provide a representative sample of data about education in Scotland.Details of the number of primary and secondary schools, by local authority area, not inspected in the last 10, 15 and 20 years is given in the following table:Local Authority | Number of Schools Not Inspected in the Last:
10 Years | 15 Years | 20 years
Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary | Primary | Secondary
Aberdeen City | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0
Aberdeenshire | 52 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0
Angus | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0
Argyll and Bute | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0
Clackmannanshire | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Dumfries and Galloway | 40 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 0
Dundee City |