Who is this template for?
This template is designed for Headteachers in Wales, providing a clear and structured framework for a comprehensive whole-school self-evaluation that is fully aligned with the National Resource for Evaluation and Improvement (NR:EI).
Why use this template?
This template provides a clear, comprehensive framework to ensure your self-evaluation is rigorous, effective, and fully aligned with the national evaluation and improvement resource.
- Ensure Inspection Readiness: It provides a clear, structured framework that mirrors the official national resource, ensuring your self-evaluation is comprehensive and inspection-ready.
- Create a Single Source of Truth: It creates a single, living hub for your School Improvement Plan (SIP), consolidating all judgements, evidence, and actions in one accessible place and removing the need for separate, static documents.
- Save Valuable Time: The ready-made structure, built around the four key themes of the NR:EI, removes the need to start from a blank page and allows you to focus immediately on meaningful evaluation.
- Drive Meaningful Improvement: The process moves beyond a simple audit to help you create a clear, actionable improvement plan that is directly informed by your analysis, ensuring a continuous cycle of improvement.
- Strengthen Leadership and Accountability: It provides a transparent, evidence-based process that supports robust conversations with governors, local authorities, and inspectors, demonstrating a clear and confident approach to school improvement.
How does it work?
This template uses the intuitive, step-by-step iAbacus process to guide you from reflection to action. You will evaluate your school's performance across the key themes and components of the National Resource: Evaluation and Improvement, making judgements against the following levels: Red, Amber, Green.
The key areas evaluated are:
- Leadership
- Strategic Vision
- Pedagogy (Learning, teaching & curriculum)
- Professional Learning, innovation and collaboration
- Staffing and Resources
- Systems, policies and procedures
- Learning and Teaching
- Pedagogy
- Professional learning, collaboration and innovation
- Curriculum
- Establishing a vision
- Designing, planning and trialling
- Well-being, equity and inclusion
- Curriculum
- Promoting Good Health
- Attitudes and relationships
- Safeguarding
- Equity
- Inclusion
Gaining Strategic Insight
For leaders overseeing multiple schools, such as a Director of Education or the CEO of a federation, iAbacus provides an invaluable strategic overview. By using the 'Stack' feature to compare the 'Whole-School Self-Evaluation' abacuses from each academy, you can quickly gain a group-wide perspective. This allows you to identify schools that may require targeted support, pinpoint successful strategies in high-performing schools that can be replicated, and ensure a consistently high standard of provision for all learners.
Clear, Professional Reporting
With a single click, your evaluation can be exported into a polished, visually compelling PDF report. This is the perfect document to present to an inspector as a summary of the school's self-evaluation, demonstrating a robust and transparent approach to improvement planning with all judgements backed by clear evidence. For a Trust Board reviewing trust-wide performance, a report generated from a 'Stack' or 'Overlay' offers a powerful, comparative overview to inform strategic decisions.
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How to Get Started
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