Tricostar is a provider of on-line services that help schools evaluate, communicate and educate.

Tricostar School Self Evaluation for Schools and their Local Authorities
The brainchild of Sefton's Principal Adviser for Standards and developed in association with Sefton Education Authority, Tricostar Evaluation gives you the tools to objectively evaluate your performance and communicate your aims, ensuring you deliver education to the highest standards.
Quite simply, Tricostar Evaluation enables educational establishments to easily incorporate effective on-going self-evaluation of their performance as a vital part of their day-to-day school management tasks. By featuring a range of tools linked directly to OFSTED criteria, users can be sure that they are meeting their requirements. But Tricostar Evaluation is not just about meeting inspection requirements; it is a genuine aid to improving performance.

OFSTED Changes

With changes to the OFSTED inspection process, OFSTED can now give less than 48 hours notice of an inspection. For your help Tricostar Education have put together a guide about surviving the new OFSTED inspection process:

"How To Survive an OFSTED Inspection"
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