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 their school communities.
Guidelines and templates
- School Self-evaluation Guidelines 2012 (PDF - 584Kb) - provide the rationale for preparing a self-evaluation, describe its context within the Framework and outline the processes involved in undertaking a self-evaluation.
- Step-by-step Guide to Completing the School Self-evaluation Report 2012 (PDF - 643Kb) - 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 - 138Kb) - assists schools to prepare their self-evaluation report.
- Summary of information sources that can be used in school self-evaluation and school review (PDF - 100Kb) - list sources of information for schools to consider when developing their school self-evaluation.
- Information page for school communities (PDF - 201Kb) -assist schools in informing their school communities about the upcoming year of self-evaluation, review and planning.
- Suggested procedure for school self-evaluation discussion and planning (PDF - 142Kb) - outlines a possible process for schools to develop their school self-evaluation and engage the school community.
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 self-evaluations from a range of primary and secondary schools. See: