A user guide to self-assessment and improvement planning

There are some useful tools and documents available:

• Approaches to self-assessment – Chesterfield College case study (PDF file, 143kb)
• Areas of learning self-assessment checklist (Word document, 35kb)
• Balancing strengths and weaknesses (Word document, 61kb)
• Checklist for the introduction to the SAR (Word document, 54kb)
• Developing partnership agreements (Word document, 29kb)
• Developing partnership skills (Word document, 370kb)
• Developing a learner involvement strategy (PDF file, 173kb)
• Encouraging participation in self-assessment and improvement planning (Word document, 52kb)
• Engage to Learn e-learning resource (online course)
• Equality and Diversity in Self-assessment (PDF file, 1.85MB)
• From here to entitlement: 14-19 national partnership self assessment toolkit (Word document, 1MB)
• Governance self-assessment checklist (Word document, 85kb)
• Ground rules for partnerships (Word document, 24kb)
• Key considerations in equality and diversity (Word document, 56kb)
• Leadership and management self-assessment checklist (Word document, 40kb)
• Learning Resource Services Toolkit (Word document, 265kb)
• LSIS SAR guide – improvement standards mapped to the CIF (Word document, 112kb)
• LSIS SAR guide – status report checklist (Excel file, 55kb)
• Managing risk in self-assessment and improvement planning (Word document, 92kb)
• Ofsted – Case studies on self-assessment
• Ofsted – how colleges improve (PDF file, 149kb)
• Ofsted inspects – a framework for all Ofsted inspection and regulation (PDF file, 885kb)
• Ofsted – Learner-centred self-assessment
• Ofsted – Self-assessment reporting
• Partner responsibilities in strategic partnerships (Word document, 26kb)
• Partnership responsibilities tool (Word document, 215kb)
• Quality handbook Wales (Word document, 691kb)
• Quality Improvement Cycle (Word document, 45kb)
• Reviewing organisational self-assessment systems (Word document, 38kb)
• SAR guide – evaluative words (Word document, 55kb)
• SAR guide – evidence sources (Word document, 80kb)
• SAR guide – good practice data (Word document, 67kb)
• SAR guide – quality cycle (Word document, 64kb)
• SAR guide – quality cycle – blank (Word document, 37kb)
• Self-assessment and improvement planning – a continuous process (Word document, 67kb)
• Self-assessment and the Framework for Excellence (Word document, 77kb)
• Self-assessment and Framework for Excellence case studies
• Self-assessment for support staff (Word document, 74kb)
• Self-assessment of health, safety and welfare: Guidance for organisations funded by the LSC (PDF file, 390kb)
• Self Assessment Review Template (Microsoft Word document, 154KB)
• Self-assessment: Updated Guidance for the Further Education System (LSC/LSIS Sept 08) (PDF file, 446kb)
• TTG delivery partnership QA framework (Word document, 388kb)
• Value for money (Word document, 55kb)
• WBL providers' self-assessment case studies