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Education inspector

Latest available data: December 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Ofsted inspector Education authority officer Education inspector Education institution inspector Her majesty's inspector of education Inspector of education Inspector of education institutions Inspector of schools School inspector

Education inspectors visit schools to ensure that the staff perform their tasks compliant with educational rules and regulations, as well as overseeing that the school's administration, premises, and equipment conform to regulations. They observe lessons and examine records to assess the school's operation and write reports on their findings. They provide feedback and give advice on improvement, as well as report the results to higher officials. Sometimes they also prepare training courses and organize conferences that the subject teachers should attend.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Researching into current developments in curricula, teaching methods and other educational practices, and advising on necessary changes and possible improvements;
(b) Evaluating and advising on contents of courses and methods of examination;
(c) Researching into audiovisual and other teaching aids and advising on, planning and organizing their introduction in educational establishments;
(d) Documenting subjects and courses developed, and evaluating new courses;
(e) Providing ongoing professional development, training and consultative services to teachers;
(f) Organizing and conducting workshops and conferences to train teachers in new programmes and methods;
(g) Developing the structure, content and objectives of new educational courses and programmes;
(h) Visiting schools periodically and conferring with administrative and teaching staff on questions relating to curricula, teaching methods, equipment and other matters;
(i) Visiting classrooms to observe teaching techniques and to evaluate teachers performance, and scholastic results obtained;
(j) Preparing reports and making recommendations to educational authorities concerning possible changes and improvements in curricula, teaching methods, and other matters.

Knowledge

  • Education science
  • Teacher training without subject specialisation

Digital competencies

  • Planning events and programmes
  • Advocating for individual or community needs
  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Advising on educational or vocational matters
  • Supervising a team or group

Digital competencies

  • Analysing and evaluating information and data

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Supporting others
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Following ethical code of conduct
  • Leading others

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Teaching professionals

Other teaching professionals

Education methods specialists

Related training

Higher education
  • Primary education Bachelor
  • Pedagogy Bachelor
  • Linguistics Bachelor
  • Catalan language and literature Bachelor
  • Spanish language and literature Bachelor

Legend by training level:

Bachelor's degree and Master's degree
HVET: Higher Vocational Education and Training, IVET: Initial Vocational Education and Training, IQP: Initial Qualification Programme
Certificates of professionalism 1, 2, or 3

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Education methods specialists

402

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

40,61%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-16,25% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

71,14%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

33,08%

Part-time contracts

1,10% Turnover index

375

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

9%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Teaching professionals

36%

64%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Teaching professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Other teaching professionals

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Education methods specialists

No experience
12%
Less than 1 year
54%
Between 1 and 2 years
2%
Between 2 and 4 years
10%
Between 4 and 8 years
0%
More than 8 years
22%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
50%
Education
13%
Information and communication
11%
Administrative and support service activities
7%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
6%
Others
13%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.