INSET Training: Effective Assessment and Feedback – Practical, Purposeful and Impactful

This ready-to-deliver INSET session provides practical guidance on how to make assessment and feedback more impactful while reducing workload. Aimed at secondary school teachers and leaders, the session is built around cognitive science, classroom research, and best practices across schools.

With a focus on using assessment to drive learning rather than overwhelm staff, this session encourages a culture of purposeful practice and actionable feedback. It’s ideal for CPD days, departmental training or twilight sessions.

What’s Included:

Fully editable PowerPoint presentation

Clear session objectives and agenda

Practical strategies for feedback and assessment

Group reflection task and discussion prompts

Tools and ideas to take away immediately

Key Topics Covered:

Different types of assessment and their classroom applications

High-impact feedback that leads to improvement

Techniques to reduce marking time while increasing impact

How to build student ownership of feedback

Avoiding common assessment and feedback pitfalls

Perfect for:

Secondary school INSET days

ECT/NQT training and support

Assessment coordinators and teaching leads

Whole-school CPD on workload reduction

Practical, realistic, and designed to improve both teaching and student progress.