Support material
Quality Mark guidance booklets
Early Years Quality Mark booklet
Secondary Quality Mark booklet
Extended Services Quality Mark booklet
Hard copies of these booklets, as well as other support/resource materials, are available at a cost. Details of products and prices, and instructions for placing your order, can be found here.
Self-audit templates for initial accreditation and renewal for each award
PQM in the context of the early years self-audit template for initial award (08/04/2010)
PQM in the context of the early years for renewal of award (31/07/2009)
Self-audit template initial award all-through special school (08/04/2010)
Self-audit template for renewal of award all-through special school (31/07/2009)
Primary self-audit template for initial award (08/04/2010)
Primary self-audit template for renewal of award (16/07/2010)
Secondary self-audit template for initial award (08/04/2010)
Secondary self-audit template for renewal of award (31/07/2009)
Self-audit template initial award for extended services providers (08/04/2010)
Paper renewal forms
These paper forms are no longer in use, but you can still use them to tick off parts of the criteria that have been met while you work towards your assessment. The forms that were are using now are electronic and need to be completed and sent to us by the assessor or the local authority Quality Mark contact.
Briefing papers
These briefing papers help establish the Quality Mark in relation to current priorities at school, local authority and national levels.
Briefing on Quality Mark for Early Years (31/07/2009)
Briefing on the Quality Mark for extended services providers (31/07/2009)
Briefing on Secondary Quality Mark links to secondary national challenge (31/07/2009)
Briefing on NCETM Quality Mark for improvement excellence in mathematics in secondary schools national pilot (31/07/2009)
These A4 leaflets provide useful information about the Quality Mark and its links with other initiatives.
How the SQM Links with the National Change Agenda in Secondary Education
Links between the Secondary Quality Mark, the Ofsted SEF and Every Child Matters - SQM (Sept 05)
Links between the Primary Quality Mark, the Ofsted SEF and Every Child Matters - PQM (Sept 05)
A new relationship with schools: improving performance through self-evaluation - PQM
PQM The Intensifying Support Programme
Governors and the Basic Skills Quality Mark