Self-evaluation for improvement: Summary guide - Daycare of children services
About this summary guide
This guide sets out the main structure for self-evaluation. It gives a clear overview of the key steps and ideas so you can see how the process fits together. When you want more detail or examples at any stage, you can use the Self-evaluation for improvement – step by step guide alongside this one.
What is self-evaluation?
Self-evaluation is a reflective process that helps you understand how well your service is working and where improvement is needed. It involves looking at achievements, systems and day-to-day practice to see what is going well, what needs to change, and how your actions are making a difference for children and families.
This guide follows the self-evaluation for improvement cycle, which includes these three self-evaluation questions.
How are we doing?
How do we know?
What are we doing now?
Using the cycle will help you to:
understand how well your service is performing
recognise strengths and areas for improvement
plan and monitor your improvement work.