School Self-Evaluation
School self-evaluation provides an opportunity for the whole school community, including students, parents and all staff, to reflect on student outcomes in light of their goals, targets and key improvement strategies from the previous planning cycle. This includes examining teaching and learning strategies, the performance and development culture and other aspects of school operations so they can be strengthened and supported to improve student outcomes.
Effective schools consistently reflect on their performance as a matter of course. School self-evaluation merely formalises this process and makes the process accessible to all school communities.
The school self-evaluation process has been streamlined and adopts the Effective Schools Model to assist schools to evaluate current practice and inform the selection of improvement strategies.
Guidelines and Templates
- School Self-Evaluation Guidelines (PDF - 831Kb) - provides the rationale for preparing a self-evaluation, describes its context within the Framework and outlines the processes involved in undertaking a self-evaluation.
- Step-by-step Guide to Completing the School Self-Evaluation Report (PDF - 1.1Mb) - describes in detail the processes involved in undertaking a self-evaluation, including focus questions and possible information sources that will help answer the key questions posed by the self-evaluation.
- School Self-Evaluation Template (Word - 146Kb) - is available to assist schools to prepare their self-evaluation report.
- Summary of information sources that can be used in school self-evaluation and school review (PDF - 29Kb) - is not a prescriptive nor exhaustive document but rather another source of information for schools to consider when developing their school self-evaluation.
- Template for an information page or “ flyer ” (PDF - 673Kb) - has been developed to assists schools in informing their school communities about the upcoming year of self-evaluation, review and planning.
- Suggested procedure for SSE discussions (PDF - 34Kb) - outlines a possible process for schools to follow in developing their School Self-Evaluation and engaging the school community in doing so.
- Focus questions (PDF - 92Kb) - table format of step by step guide focus questions.
Examples
Extracts from completed school self-evaluations are available below, illustrating how some schools have responded to the various aspects of the self-evaluation. Examples include extracts from primary and secondary school self-evaluations and a range of school sizes including small schools. See: