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A good assessment system tells you what pupils know and helps you teach better, without drowning staff in data. Many schools have systems that generate lots of data but little insight, or that add workload without improving learning. We review your assessment system independently, so it does what it should.
Below, we explain what an assessment system review involves, and how it helps you assess smarter.
What Is Assessment System Review?
It’s an independent review of how your school assesses pupils and uses the results. We look at what you assess, how often, how the data is used, whether it’s reliable, and whether the whole system improves teaching and learning or just creates workload.
We focus on making assessment purposeful, manageable, and useful, so your system informs teaching rather than feeding a data machine.
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 assessment system.
Many schools ask for it when assessment feels burdensome, when data isn’t improving teaching, or when reviewing their whole approach to assessment.
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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 you assess and how often
- Whether your assessment is reliable and valid
- How assessment data is used
- Whether the system improves teaching
- The workload the system creates
- How well assessment tracks progress
- Assessment for pupils with SEND
- Whether the system is purposeful and manageable
How This Helps Your School, Academy, Trust, or Alternative Provision
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Assess smarter
We help you build an assessment system that informs teaching without overloading staff.
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Cut unnecessary workload
We find the assessment that adds work but no insight, so you can strip it out.
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Make data useful
We check whether your data is actually used to improve teaching, and how to make it so.
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Ensure reliability
We look at whether your assessment is reliable, so you can trust what it tells you.
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Track progress meaningfully
We check whether your system tracks progress honestly and usefully.
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Support pupils with SEND
We check that assessment works for pupils with additional needs.
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Build a purposeful system
We help you assess for a reason, not out of habit.
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How It Works
- 1We agree the scope of the review with you.
- 2We review your assessment system and how it’s used.
- 3We look at what you assess, how often, and why.
- 4We check reliability, workload, and impact on teaching.
- 5We talk to leaders and staff about how it works in practice.
- 6We produce a clear report with practical next steps.
What You Get at the End
You receive a clear, practical written report. It includes:
- An honest view of your assessment system
- Whether it improves teaching or just creates workload
- Where it can be sharper and more manageable
- Practical next steps you can act on straight away
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Key Features of Our Service
Purposeful and manageable
We focus on assessment that improves teaching without overload.
Impact and workload together
We balance useful data with protecting staff time.
Flexible focus
A phase, a key stage, or your whole system. We adapt to you.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only with education settings. We know the difference between assessment that helps and assessment that just fills spreadsheets. Our review helps you assess smarter, 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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