Support staff appraisal

  • Admin staff: performance management
    Read advice on performance management for your school's admin staff, including how to use professional standards and set objectives.
  • Caretakers/site managers: performance management
    Read guidance on setting objectives and carrying out appraisal for caretakers and school site managers.
  • Improve efficiency in your school office
    Boost the productivity and effectiveness of your school office by examining your organisational techniques, procedures and use of software. Also find examples of staff training opportunities.
  • Midday supervisors: performance management
    Read advice on performance management for your school's midday supervisors, including how to collect evidence for appraisals, and links to professional standards. Plus, download our template observation form to help you evaluate staff in the playground or lunch area.
  • Monitoring the effectiveness of teaching assistants
    Read advice on evaluating the effectiveness of teaching assistants (TAs) and download template surveys, to check how much time TAs spend on different tasks each day and across a week.
  • Support staff: performance management
    You're not required to conduct formal appraisals for school support staff including teaching assistants (TAs), but it is good practice. Read guidance on how to manage this process, including appointing appraisers and handling underperformance.
  • Support staff: performance management templates
    Download our template reports to carry out mid-year and annual performance reviews for support staff.