The national AfL Strategy supports all schools in developing AfL and securing the effective use of APP for the benefit of all learners.
Many schools already use the self evaluation tables in Annexe A of the AfL Strategy document, published by the DCSF, to evaluate progress in the leadership and management of the whole school development of AfL and the impact this is having on day to day teaching, learning and progress. These are used formatively to inform school improvement planning, and teachers' professional development.
These quality standards are designed to help schools to step back and review, periodically, their progress in developing AfL with APP. They provide a summary profile of strengths and areas for further development.
The Quality Standards exemplification is intended to support the self evaluation process and help secure consistency of judgments across schools nationally. There are primary and secondary versions of the exemplification with minor differences in language to ensure that the wording is appropriate to the phase context.