Step four involves monitoring and evaluating progress and should be incorporated into the action plan.

Schools should pick a unit of performance that they can monitor easily on a regular basis. The unit is typically one of those initally identified in the review.

Results of monitoring should be regularly updated and displayed. This has an important impact on maintaining momentum. Also make sure that when targets are met, success is celebrated! It is important that records are kept of your monitoring throughout your programme, as this information will be required for your final application.

Displaying your monitoring results in the form of pie charts and graphs is a very effective way of illustrating your progress, be it on your notice board or in your application.