Managing appraisal

Download our template forms to gather 360-degree feedback for staff and headteacher performance reviews, and save yourself time if you're making your own.

Understand the performance management cycle for teachers. Plus, get advice on setting and monitoring objectives, and reviewing teacher performance.

Understand your legal responsibilities for performance-managing teachers who are on maternity leave. Get tips on how to schedule appraisals for teachers on family leave, and set targets and objectives for staff on other types of family leave.

Effective meetings with middle leaders will enable you to track progress and manage issues. Read expert advice on how senior leaders can prepare for and hold line management meetings, and download an example meeting planner for the academic year.

Use our checklists to help your line managers know what’s expected of them, and audit your whole-school performance management procedures.

Get an overview of your requirements for appraising teachers and support staff, and see a case study of a staff-led approach to teacher appraisal.

Understand what teacher appraisal reports need to contain and how to complete them, and download our template report to help you review your teachers' progress and objectives.

Use our 'teacher on a page' report to track a teacher's performance across an appraisal cycle.