The Swedish Schools Inspectorate (

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: ''Statens skolinspektion''), commonly known as the School Inspectorate (Swedish: ''Skolinspektionen''), is a

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headed by a

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appointed by the government. The primary aim of the Swedish Schools Inspectorate is to contribute to school improvement and development. The overall goal is a school system where all children have equal rights to a good education and knowledge in a secure environment. The agency has two types of assignments. One of them is to conduct regular supervisory audits, and the other one is to conduct

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control. Regular supervision is conducted in every

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by three-year intervals, while quality control is conducted randomly or at the request of someone, often

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. The agency has the opportunity to decide on complaints, orders or

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s with a penalty to get school boards to implement necessary measures. As a last resort, the

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may withdraw the authorization for

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, adopt measures on the

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local principal's expense, or to close a school. Several other missions, such as auditing of grants for schools and reviews of test results, is also conducted by the agency. The agency was formed on 1 October 2008 on the initiative of

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but is a separate agency from the

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Director-Generals

* Ann-Marie Begler, 2008-2015 * Helén Ängmo, 2016-

Schools closed by the agency

* Fredens skola;

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Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...

, closed on 28 September 2011 * Kunskapsboningen;

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, closed on 22 December 2011 * Central Skola Al-Hud;

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, Stockholm County, closed on 6 July 2012. * Lundsbergs skola;

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, Sweden's oldest

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, closed temporarily on 28 August 2013. The

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in Stockholm County ruled on 6 September 2013 that the school should be re-opened on 9 September 2013.Lundsberg to be re-opened on 9 September 2013.
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