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The seven levels of NQT success

NQTs
As this year's NQTs embrace the arrival of the summer, SecEd's CPD expert Margaret Adams offers her advice on reflecting on your first year at the chalkface.

As you approach the end of your NQT year you will be reviewing your performance with senior people in school. You will also be making your own, more private, judgements about how the year has gone.

Your own perception of your success is important. It will shape the way you prepare for your second year in teaching. 

However, when you look back, it is easy to make lop-sided judgements, focusing on what happened this half-term, or this month, or this week rather than reviewing the year as a whole. It is also easy to dwell on the disasters and ignore your triumphs.

To help you gain a more accurate view of your successes try measuring yourself against the seven-point scale in this article. Use the scale to work
out the success you have achieved to date. 

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