Self-Evaluation Statement (SES / SEF / SED)

You may be considering the best way to update your current self-evaluation document to take account of the new Ofsted Framework 2025. Focus Education can help you break the back of your self-evaluation document production using our exclusive proforma aligned with the new Ofsted framework.

"The school’s self-evaluation process is sharp, focused and accurate. This leads to the setting of appropriate priorities in the school improvement plans.” - Ofsted comment on a Focus Education produced self-evaluation document

Writing Your Self-Evaluation Document

What we do

We offer a service to help you organise your self-evaluation document. We look at each of the areas outlined in the report card, consider the documents you send us, and give you a very good draft. 

Focus Education has created an exclusive proforma, aligned with the new Ofsted framework, to take your information and break it down to the essentials that Ofsted looks for.

We transfer your information, leaving you with a strong self-evaluation ready for your school leadership team to review before an inspection.

This activity takes place away from your school. Our experienced consultants will complete it and send it back to you.

What you need to do

We require copies of the following to complete your Self-Evaluation Document:

  • Latest SEF or SES (whatever state it’s in)
  • Last Ofsted report
  • Last religious report (if relevant)
  • The latest SAT results
  • School improvement plan (again, whatever state it’s in)
  • Anything else you may feel is relevant
  • We will access your website and use any relevant information

You may need to provide specific examples for the SEF to better reflect your school. This service costs £350.

If you want to see a sample of a completed SEF, please email us and we can send you one.

How to book your self-evaluation document writing service

To book us to produce your self-evaluation document, get in touch with Linda Davies today. For a sample, questions or bookings, please contact the consultancy department email Linda Davies. 


School Improvement Plan

We also work with schools to produce a school improvement plan to their specifications.

We have a sample for you to look at (it is broadly in line with the EEF recommended way of setting one out. Please email us to request this.

What we would need for this is:

  • Your priorities going forwards
  • Knowledge of any commercial schemes in use (especially for maths and English, phonics and writing)
  • Your latest Inspection report

We will leave the financial and personnel sections empty for you to complete.
This service costs £350.

How to book your school improvement plan writing service

To book us to produce your School Improvement Plan, please get in touch with Linda Davies today. For a sample, questions or bookings, please contact the consultancy department email Linda Davies. 

A Small Selection of Testimonials...

"Thank you for the Report Card SEF, it's great and does indeed capture our school brilliantly. Thank you also for your thoughts on the standard of our school."

"Thank you so much for the SEF Report Card. It is amazing - especially considering what I was able to send you! You have done a wonderful job of capturing the essence of our school, and it is lovely to hear that you think we can aim for 'Exceptional'."

"Thank you for turning this around so quickly! I am pleased with what you have done and you have definitely saved me a lot of time in producing this."

"Thank you so much for this document. I really do appreciate your work on this and how it captures our journey as a school." 

"I’d just like to say thank you so much for creating this for me. I am delighted with it and it gives me a great platform to tweak."  

"Thank you for the prompt turnaround with our SEF. This has given us a great starting point that we can build upon and has saved us hours of man time." 

"Thank you very much for this - it is amazing! A big thank you - it has saved me masses of time with this work." 

"Just got my SEF and I'm absolutely delighted with it. It does exactly what I wanted and captures the essence of the school - it's great! I'm in the process of editing and adding logos to the document and it's very much appreciated, especially in these particular times and the speed of the turnaround. Thank you to all at Focus."