Ms Breda Naughton:

We in the administration have to talk to and listen to the inspectors, and they always talk now about the quality of the learning, the teaching and the assessment. It is the quality of learning that is key for young people. When I was in school, we did not dare open our mouths, whereas in class now it is very much a dialogue between the teacher and the young people, and between the young people and their peers. That dialogue allows them to interact and to learn so much better than if they are just sitting there, learning by rote and spitting it all back.