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While Ofsted no longer requires a Self-Evaluation Form, almost every school maintains one to guide improvement and be ready for inspection. The Ofsted SEF module gives you a structured, collaborative space to evaluate your school against the framework — from high-level summaries to detailed criteria evidence.

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What the SEF Covers

The Ofsted SEF module is organised to take your school from contextual scene-setting through to detailed, criterion-by-criterion evaluation:
  • School context statements — set the scene before evaluative sections, so that any reader understands your school’s circumstances
  • Progress against the previous inspection’s priorities — record the key priorities from your last Ofsted report and document your school’s response to them
  • High-level school development plan summary — capture your current development plan at a summary level, echoed across the relevant framework areas
  • For each Ofsted framework area:
    • Individual criteria evaluations — record your school’s position against each criterion
    • Optional evidence detail — add supporting evidence at the level of detail that suits your school
    • Outstanding descriptor review — evaluate against the descriptors for outstanding and record supporting evidence
    • A four-part area summary — actions taken, impact of those actions, current strengths, and priorities for further development

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Key Features

  • Evaluate at every level — assess individual criteria in detail, then zoom out to a high-level area summary of strengths and development priorities
  • Hyperlink detailed evidence — attach or link supporting evidence directly to the relevant criteria evaluation
  • Single-page area summaries — each framework area produces a one-page summary covering actions, impact, strengths, and priorities, ideal for governors and wider staff
  • Dedicated context and inspection sections — record contextual information and previous inspection priorities in their own structured sections, separate from evaluative content
The area summaries — one page per framework area — are very useful for sharing with governors, senior leaders, and all staff. They give a single-page picture of actions, impact, strengths, and priorities.

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