SEF: A School Improvement Tool

Children are the best assets one can ever have. The beautiful gift of god, kids give parents a new direction to live and responsibilities to lead their lives with good values and good education. The upbringing of kids is the biggest challenge for any couple, as it is crucial to teach them how to behave in the society, how to become a good student, a good citizen. In fact, before a teacher at a playschool, parents, basically a mother is the first teacher. She teaches her child to walk, eat, recognize colours, vegetables, fruits, basic eating etiquettes, respecting elders, etc. if the mother is negligent of her child’s education, his/her future is certainly in dark. But, as the child grows up, the level of education also increases; the responsibilities are equally shared by schools and parents. Education is very important, it’s the life. Education is the most important asset one can ever have. It is the basic parameter to have a worth and say in the social circle; the thing which matters the most is quality of education. Proper education is very important for a child’s mental and social development. In this context, a large number of schools are mushrooming and are following SEF patterns. The Self-evaluation Form (SEF) helps schools assess the ongoing effectiveness of their education provision. It is a way to inspect the standards of schools. It’s a regime under which more importance will be given to student’s attainment, and this determines the status of a school.

Parents make their best efforts to enrol their ward’s name in the best school. Education is important, and what is more important is the quality of that education which is only possible in a good school. Nowadays, a lot of schools are deploying innovative ideas to make studies interesting for students. And, with a number of schools opening up, self monitoring or self-evaluation becomes utmost crucial to know the stand. SEF helps a school to monitor the identifying goals in the best possible manner. Many schools in the UK have adopted this strategy of school evaluation and have turned better in understanding their strength and weaknesses. Moreover, the latest SEF concentrates on three major spheres- teaching quality, student’s outcome and how effective is the school’s leadership.

Also, it is mandatory for the schools to grade themselves on statements in SEF, and also state reasons for the chosen grades.

SEF, actually is the part of School Improvement campaign, where in schools are using software to evaluate themselves. In fact, inspections are also conducted to rank schools as good, bad or outstanding. Increased concentration is on student’s health along with the opportunities provided to them in terms of learning activities that promote awareness.