Sweden

Inspectorate Profile: Sweden

Sweden has a highly decentralized school system, though the curriculum, national objectives and guidelines are decided by the Parliament and Government.  The Swedish Schools Inspectorate, SSI, plays an important role with its program for inspections to ensure that the national objectives become fulfilled.

 The inspection program is based on the Education Act which also gives the SSI powerful tools in the form of, among other, injunctions, penalties and the right to withdraw license for running an independent school. Schools assessed to be “high-risk schools” receive a more comprehensive inspection.

In addition to inspections, the authority is also working with quality control of defined areas within schools, assessment of complaints from individuals, and assessment of license to conduct or expand independent schools.

 The Swedish Schools Inspectorate started in 2008

All details are given in the following link and in the sources given there.