Assessment for Learning

Step 1: Audit

Audit Template 1
Analysing the current provision for your school
This tool is intended for use by the Senior Leadership Team, and a Lead Governor should also be included.
To use the audit tool, work through each question, choosing the relevant grade.
Use the Evidence column to identify your examples of existing good practice (if you ticked box 1) and/or
the case for improvement (if you ticked boxes 2, 3 or 4). Since the perception of current practice may vary
from one area or one person to another, make sure you identify specific evidence that supports your
response. The audit tools in Step 1, Tasks 1.1 and 1.4 will help you to gather the evidence and answer the
questions.
Once you have identified your priorities, these should be incorporated into the relevant action plan. The
action plan should provide details on how your priorities will be achieved and evaluated, who will be
responsible and when it will be fully implemented. Move on to Step 2 of this Pathway, Strategic Planning,
to create an action plan.
For more guidance on filling out your audit, look at the Audit Exemplars for assessment for
learning in Step 1, Task 1.4 of this Pathway.

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Focused statement

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Strongly
Agree

4
Strongly
Disagree

All of our teachers use

child-friendly learning
objectives in their lessons
to make learning explicit for
pupils.
All of our teachers use
learning objectives to guide
their teaching and assess
how effectively they have
been achieved in terms of
coverage and learning.
All of our teachers use
information from
summative assessments to
inform their planning for
future learning.
Teachers planning

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Not sure

Evidence

signposts the key focuses

for assessment in all
lessons.
Teachers regularly use
assessment for learning
techniques to help pupils
understand what they are
expected to learn and how
they need to improve.
Teachers use a variety of
approaches to giving
feedback to pupils about
improving their learning.
Teachers make good use of
dialogue and questioning in
lessons to inform their
assessment of pupils
learning.
Peer and self-assessment
by pupils are used on a
regular basis by all teachers
and this has a positive
effect on pupils learning.
Teachers routinely use
information from
assessment for learning in
our reporting to parents
and governors.
Teachers use detailed
statements of attainment in
each subject to assess the
different rates of pupils
progress towards mastery
over the year.

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