Estyn (Welsh (verb): to extend)'s the office of Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales. It's funded by the National Assembly for Wales, though's independent from it. Estyn's responsible for school inspections, and reporting on school achievement for all levels of compulsory education as well as pre-schools, government-funded training programmes, and further education colleges, including adult education. Estyn's based in Cardiff. As of 2008, the chief inspector's Bill Maxw… (More on Estyn)