Differentiation: audit tools and resources

Download our audit to ask teachers to reflect on their use of differentiation in areas such as questioning, resources and tasks set. Plus, see resources and guidance on differentiation strategies and approaches.

Last reviewed on 17 April 2026
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Contents
  1. Give our audit tool to your teachers
  2. Use any identified gaps to improve differentiation
  3. Share these resources and differentiation approaches 

Give our audit tool to your teachers

Download and adapt our tool to help your teachers reflect on their use of differentiation.

KeyDoc: differentiation audit tool DOCX, 128.8 KB
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It covers:

  • Which resources the teachers use
  • How they structure activities and tasks 
  • How they develop inclusive, and appropriately challenging, key vocabulary and language 
  • How they use questioning to help all pupils secure key knowledge and skills

Teachers are asked to consider:

  • Low-achieving pupils
  • High-achieving pupils
  • Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
  • Pupils with English as an additional language (EAL)

We worked on it with our experts, Gulshan Kayembe and Jeremy Bird.

Use any identified gaps to improve differentiation

Your staff may feel less confident differentiating their practice:

The audit will highlight these areas for improvement, either for individual teachers or your whole teaching staff – use the results to inform your