Word file: Self-evaluation challenge questions



Self-evaluation- a possible starter list of challenge questions

The suggested list of questions below is drawn from How good is our school? (4th edition), quality indicators 1.1 Self-evaluation for self-improvement, 1.2 Leadership of learning, 1.3 Leadership of change and 1.4 Leadership and management of staff. They may be useful in the process of reviewing approaches to self-evaluation in your school. It can also be helpful to adapt and add to the lists below using the quality indicators mentioned above or drawing on other quality indicators appropriate to your context. The same process can be used with the Features of highly-effective practice.

|Questions for Your School |Evidence |Next steps / points for further consideration |

|1.1 How do we ensure improvement for the learner is central | | |

|to all self-evaluation activity? | | |

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|1.1 How well have we identified our whole-school, | | |

|departmental and individual strengths and areas for | | |

|development through self-evaluation? | | |

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|1.1 How effective are we at ensuring an inward, outward and | | |

|forward focus in our evaluation and improvement activities? | | |

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|1.2 How reliable is our evidence of impact on pupil | | |

|learning? | | |

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|1.2 To what extent do our quality improvement processes lead| | |

|to improvements in learning and teaching? | | |

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|1.3 What strategies do we use to guide the strategic | | |

|direction and pace of change? Is this carefully planned to | | |

|ensure sufficient time for embedding improvements? | | |

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|1.3 To what extent are our tools for change impacting | | |

|positively on staff and improving outcomes for learners? | | |

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|1.4 How well do PRD and school improvement planning being | | |

|about improved outcomes for children and young people?  | | |

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