We propose to set up a small group of three  national and international experts in evaluation to oversee the pilot study and to whom it would be accountable.  Members of the Board would be chosen for their expertise in particular phases and sectors eg pre-school, further education etc. For purposes of illustration, we suggest the following, but no-one has so far been approached, nor will they be until the project receives official encouragement.

England: a senior researcher from the team who wrote Beyond Ofsted for the National Education Union

Finland: an expert from the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre

Netherlands: its Chief or Deputy Chief Inspector

Those chosen will be neither personal friends nor former colleagues of the main proposers.  The board must be independent and be seen to be so.