Self-review and attestation

About self-review and attestation

Self-review

Self-review is an ongoing process to examine an organisation’s performance. It identifies strengths and weaknesses so the education provider can make actual, worthwhile improvements to their practice.

It is a flexible, scalable, fit-for-purpose process. What self-review looks like in practice will depend on the size of the education provider, its learners, and its overarching education purposes.

Self-review is a core component of quality assurance policies and criteria across all types of education provider.

Attestation

An annual declaration that providers make to NZQA. Providers attest that self-review of learner wellbeing and safety practices under the Code is taking place.

The attestation is made by completing an attestation form signed by or authorised by the CEO, Principal, or Chair of the Governing Board.

What you need to do

Self-review

Your organisation will need to evaluate its performance by:

• gathering data about its learner wellbeing and safety practices, for example, its processes, learner support, and input from diverse learners or other stakeholders
• reflecting on the data to identify gaps, strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities)
• coming to conclusions about its own effectiveness
• using the reflections to make ongoing improvements to pastoral care of learners.

All education providers need to keep a record of their self review, including the evidence.

For tertiary providers, their self review report must be readily available, in an accessible format, to learners, staff and the general public including on their website.