Section outline

  • Schools and departments are now tending to offer more freedom and scope in designing a feedback policy that is fit for purpose. Key principles in designing or updating feedback policies are:

    • departmental approaches may be different because of different demands of the subject
    • departmental policies should be carefully aligned with the whole school feedback policy, even where there are differences between department
    • the curriculum should drive assessment and students should be assessed based on what they have been taught, and given feedback that helps them to improve 
    • feedback policies should have regard for teacher workload as well as the benefit to students.

    Resources in this section are intended to inform thinking about feedback within English departments and can be used and adapted as needed by the school or individual teacher.