Written by Adrian Gray, a former Executive Committee member. It shows that school inspection has been a key factor in the European educational landscape for 200 years. The book also explains how inspection and evaluation approaches have changed and developed, especially over the last fifty years, reflecting changing ideas about school leadership and accountability - and also responding to technical changes such as new data and exam systems. This is an important step for SICI as they seek to grow and extend their influence on best inspection practice. They will be developing a number of conference presentations around the content of the book which will be adapted to the needs of audiences such as policymakers, school leaders and new school inspectors. The content will be of great value for education policymakers and inspectors globally as we see how inspection works in different contexts.