Education inspector
Also called school inspector, OFSTED inspector, inspector of schools
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.
What you'd do
Education methods specialists · ILO- Researching into current developments in curricula, teaching methods and other educational practices, and advising on necessary changes and possible improvements
- Evaluating and advising on contents of courses and methods of examination
- Researching into audiovisual and other teaching aids and advising on, planning and organizing their introduction in educational establishments
- Documenting subjects and courses developed, and evaluating new courses
- Providing ongoing professional development, training and consultative services to teachers
- Organizing and conducting workshops and conferences to train teachers in new programmes and methods
- Developing the structure, content and objectives of new educational courses and programmes
- Visiting schools periodically and conferring with administrative and teaching staff on questions relating to curricula, teaching methods, equipment and other matters
- Visiting classrooms to observe teaching techniques and to evaluate teachers performance, and scholastic results obtained
- Preparing reports and making recommendations to educational authorities concerning possible changes and improvements in curricula, teaching methods, and other matters
- Indoors and outdoors
- A mix of sitting and standing
- Constant contact with people, including the public
- Good freedom to decide
- Often more than 40 hours a week
- Deadlines most weeks
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Limited prospectsFewer jobs than in most work will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
About averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €1,700 a month (Hungary) to €9,900 (Luxembourg), before tax.
Pick a country at the top of the page to see typical pay there, for people under 30, and compared with all jobs.
Among professionals in the EU, women earn 21% less per hour than men. Professionals · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Usually a degreeA degree in education science is the usual route.
823 institutions in the EU offer education bachelor's degrees. Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.
Will AI change it?
In some tasksAI could take on part of some tasks, but none fully.
Average task score 0.39 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
See the score for each of the 10 tasks
Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for education methods specialists. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).