Appraisal Pack 2026/27
Appraisal Pack 2026/27: 17 editable Word documents for school leaders running a low-workload appraisal and performance management cycle.
Word · A4, Letter · 17 files · about 4 pages
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The Appraisal Pack 2026/27 gives you everything you need to run a fair, low-workload appraisal and performance management cycle in a school in England this year, updated for the July 2026 pay award and the DfE's developmental approach to appraisal. Built by practising school leaders in the HeadteacherChat community.
What's inside
- How to use the pack
- 2026 pay award and STPCD: what school leaders need to know
- Updating appraisal and pay policies for 2026/27: a two-stage checklist
- Setting appraisal objectives for 2026/27, including UPS teachers
- Appraisal September launch sheet 2026/27
- Teacher appraisal planning and review statement, with MPS, UPS and support staff versions and a filled example
- Informal focused support plan, with a filled example
- Headteacher performance management evidence record, with an assistant and deputy head version and a filled example
- Capability transition checklist and formal hearing notice, with a filled example
Delivered as one zip file of 17 editable Word documents. Adapt the wording to your own school, trust or local authority policies before use.
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