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Your assessment and feedback policy shapes workload and learning across the whole school. A good one improves teaching and protects staff time; a poor one drives marking that helps no one. We review your assessment and feedback policy and how it works in practice, so it does what it should.
What Is Assessment & Feedback Policy Review?
It’s an independent review of your assessment and feedback policy and, crucially, how it plays out in classrooms. We look at what the policy asks for, whether it’s grounded in evidence, whether it improves learning, and whether it’s creating workload that doesn’t help pupils.
We focus on impact and workload together, so your policy improves learning without exhausting staff, and reflects what actually works.
Who Is It For?
It’s designed for all education settings: maintained schools, academies, and multi-academy trusts, Alternative Provisions, and SEND Units/Hubs. Headteachers, senior leaders, and assessment leads use it to sharpen their policy and reduce unnecessary workload.
Many schools ask for it when marking workload is high, when rewriting their policy, or when feedback isn’t improving learning as it should.
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What Does It Cover?
We shape the work around your priorities. You can have a broad review or a tight focus. Our most common areas include:
- What your assessment and feedback policy asks for
- Whether it’s grounded in evidence
- How it works in practice across the school
- The impact of feedback on learning
- Whether pupils act on feedback
- The workload the policy creates
- Consistency of practice between staff
- How assessment informs teaching
How This Helps Your School, Academy, Trust, or Alternative Provision
1
Cut unnecessary workload
We find the marking that adds hours but not learning, so you can strip it out and protect staff.
2
Improve the impact of feedback
We check whether feedback helps pupils improve, and how to strengthen it where it doesn’t.
3
Ground your policy in evidence
We check your policy against what actually works, so it’s built on evidence not habit.
4
Match policy to practice
We see how the policy really plays out, so you can close the gap between paper and reality.
5
Support teacher retention
Marking is a leading cause of teacher stress. A better policy protects your staff.
6
Build consistency
We check how consistently the policy is applied, so pupils get fair, effective feedback everywhere.
7
Strengthen assessment
We check that assessment genuinely informs teaching, not just records data.
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How It Works
- 1We agree the scope of the review with you.
- 2Our team reviews your assessment and feedback policy in detail.
- 3We look at how it works in practice through work and conversations.
- 4We check the impact on learning and the workload it creates.
- 5We compare your policy to the evidence on effective feedback.
- 6We produce a clear report with practical next steps.
What You Get at the End
You receive a clear, practical written report. It includes:
- Whether your policy improves learning
- Where it’s creating unnecessary workload
- How consistently it’s applied across the school
- Practical next steps you can act on straight away
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Key Features of Our Service
Impact and workload together
We balance improving learning with protecting staff time.
Evidence-informed
We measure your policy against what actually works.
Grounded in practice
We check how the policy really plays out in classrooms.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only with education settings. We know feedback is powerful and marking is exhausting, and how to get the balance right. Our review helps you assess well and protect staff, with every decision staying focused on children.
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Next Steps & How to Get Started
- Speak to one of our experts. We’ll explain how we work, answer your questions, and shape the right approach for your school.
- We agree dates and focus that suit your calendar, in person or online, and confirm everything in writing.
- Contact us today to discuss how we can support your school, academy, trust, and alternative provision.
- We’re ready to help and support you.
Who We Work With
We support settings of every type across England and internationally.
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