The website for HMIE http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/publication/index.htm for a new edition of the handbook used by the Scottish inspectors, How good is our school? 2002.

• How Good is Our School? Self Evaluation Using Performance Indicators (1996)
• How Good is Our School? Self Evaluation Using Performance Indicators, (2002)
• Standards and Quality in Scottish Pre-School Education, 1997-2001 (2002)
• Standards and Quality in Primary and Secondary Schools, 1998-2001, (2002)
• Gallacher, N: The Scottish Inspectorate and their Operations, in Bryce & Humes (ed), Scottish Education, (1999)
• Quality Management in Education, Self Evaluation for Local Authority Education Departments (2000)
• The Child at the Centre, (2000)
• Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc Act, 2000
• Sutherland, M B: HMIs and Education in Scotland, 150 Years of Constancy and Change, (1990)

Internet Sites
- http://www.scotland.gov.ik/hmie/
- http://www.sici.org.uk/