Why conduct a pupil-led work scrutiny?
Getting pupils to lead a work scrutiny can:
- Affirm pupil voice
- Encourage them to feel part of the learning experience
- Motivate and empower them
- Show you how much they understand
Embed it into your whole-school approach
Effective scrutiny should:
- Reflect the school culture
- Be supported by teachers, and not portrayed as a challenge to their practice
- Be rigorous enough to justify the time spent on it
Update your assessment policy and subject monitoring schedule to include:
- Who will conduct the pupil-led scrutiny
- When it’ll take place, e.g. in or outside of lessons
- How your school will triangulate it with other monitoring and assessment processes
3 ways you could organise the scrutiny
1. Get older pupils to evaluate younger pupils’ books
This could be particularly useful if year 7 or 8 pupils look at year 6 work to comment on ‘secondary readiness’.
This way,