Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Family Learning
How effective are leadership and management in raising achievement and supporting all learners?

In effective self-assessment, the effectiveness of leadership and management is evaluated by the extent to which...

5.4rigorous self-assessment leads to identified priorities and challenging targets for improvement.

Success in adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL provision in the family learning context means...

5.4.1self-assessment procedures are informed by a clear understanding of what constitutes best practice in family learning.
5.4.2staff have a clear understanding of what constitutes appropriate evidence for strengths and weaknesses.
5.4.3staff adopt a rigorous approach to self-assessment and use it as an opportunity to evaluate the quality of their provision honestly and openly.
5.4.4action plans are developed on the basis of the identified strengths and weaknesses.
5.4.5action plans contain targets for improvement that are challenging, attainable and expressed in a way that makes it possible to check whether or not they have been achieved.

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