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inspectorate Definition

in·spec·tor·ate (-it, -āt′)

noun

  1. the position or duties of an inspector
  2. inspectors collectively
  3. the district supervised by an inspector

inspectorate Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • merge: The cut and thrust of debate and development has covered everything from pay to targets, from assessment success to merging inspectorates.
  • establish: He also established the first inspectorates of schools, the ancestors of your OFSTED.
  • create: We announced in the Budget that we will create four new inspectorates to replace the current eleven.

Adjective modifier

  • independent: CSCI is the single, independent inspectorate for all social care services in England.
  • single: From April 2004, CSCI is the single inspectorate for social care.
  • Welsh: This makes it hard for them to cover the national curriculum effectively according to a discussion paper from Estyn, the Welsh inspectorate.
  • criminal: Second, a criminal justice inspectorate breaks with the principle of a tighter focus.
  • nuclear: Wrong, replied the Director General of the UN nuclear inspectorate, the IAEA.

Modifies a noun

  • report: The inspectorate report to the Secretary of State who will then issue guidance to Fire Authorities on what is expected of them.

Noun used with modifier

  • prison: Prisons inspectorate issues critical report of HMP Doncaster, run by Serco.
  • justice: Now the Home Office plans to merge the body into a wider justice inspectorate.
  • weapon: Through such measures, the Iraqi leadership was deprived of any incentive to comply with the weapons inspectorate.
  • planning: HJ Banks, of County Durham, last night said they had submitted an appeal to the planning inspectorate.
  • railroad: The railroad inspectorate has passed the design for the down loop.
  • housing: To support work on improving housing conditions, the ODPM will establish a single housing inspectorate to drive up standards in housing provision.

Possessives

  • school: The review was carried out by Jim Rose, a former director of inspections at England's schools ' inspectorate, Ofsted.

Preposition: of

  • constabulary: The success of joint procurement shows that the approach outlined in Her Majesty's inspectorate of constabulary 's document " What price policing?

Preposition: for

  • care: From April 2004, CSCI is the single inspectorate for social care.
  • child: The core proposition is for an enlarged Ofsted as a new single inspectorate for children and learners, operational from April 2007.

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