Life Skills Assessment System
A structured Excel-based workflow for recording progress against your provision’s own life skills curriculum, supporting independence, personal development and preparation for adulthood.
Excel-based - Microsoft 365 · Built around your curriculum
The Life Skills Assessment System helps staff record and review progress across the wider skills that matter in specialist SEND provision. It brings life skills, independence, personal development and preparation for adulthood into one structured assessment workflow, supporting teaching, intervention and reporting.
Built to make wider progress visible
One structured framework
Organise life skills assessment across clear areas, sub-areas, levels and success criteria, so staff can record progress consistently.
Designed for SEND provision
Built around the reality of specialist settings, where progress may be seen through independence, confidence, communication, safety, self-care and community participation.
Formative and practical
Use live judgement scores to identify strengths, next steps and areas where learners may need further teaching or support.
Excel-based and familiar
Designed in Excel for settings already working within Microsoft 365, with familiar grids, navigation and reporting outputs.
System Preview
A look inside the Life Skills Assessment System.
Whole-class overview
See the full class group list and identify whole-class bottlenecks where learners may need further teaching, support or intervention.
Markbook
Record judgement scores against the life skills curriculum using a simple RAG-style 1–3 scale, helping staff track progress consistently.
Curriculum and subject mapping
Use a generic SWS Life Skills framework or your provision’s own curriculum, with success criteria linked to relevant subjects so wider progress feeds into one assessment workflow.
Individual reports
Generate learner reports showing current progress, comparison with previous attainment, and suggested next steps.
Learner analytics
View individual learner progress across life skills areas, with printable summaries that can support annual reviews, parent/carer meetings or home feedback.
Built around your curriculum
The system provides the assessment structure, markbook, reporting workflow and implementation support. Provisions can start from a generic SWS Life Skills framework or use their own curriculum content, which can be configured around learning pathways, levels and reporting needs.
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