People Development | The National College

The leading online appraisal solution for education

People Development to raise standards

Our People Development membership connects individual objectives to organisation priorities, creating clarity, accountability, and a culture of ongoing improvement across the workforce.

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Features

What’s included

Bring together appraisal, professional development, and improvement plans in one platform. Every goal can be aligned to national or bespoke frameworks and connected to your organisation’s priorities, so personal growth helps raise standards for everyone.

Included software

Self-evaluation

Objective Setting

Quality Assurance

Review Meetings

People Reports

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Unified Appraisals

Streamline appraisals with integrated software to document objectives and reviews in one place.

People-First Strategy

Prioritise your team by putting people at the heart of your strategic improvement cycle.

Self-Directed Development

Empower education teams to take ownership of their professional growth.

Goal-Aligned CPD

Connect CPD to personal and setting-wide objectives to ensure every goal drives progress.

Benefits

Embed development into strategy

People Development gives education leaders peace of mind that appraisal is not a compliance exercise, but a tactical driver of strategic improvement. Connecting individual objectives to development priorities creates clarity, accountability, and a culture of ongoing growth across the workforce.

Empower ownership, not process

Enable every team member to take responsibility for their development using structured self-evaluation, reflection, and clear goal-setting. Objectives are aligned to both national standards and organisational priorities, reinforcing shared expectations.

Continuous feedback, not annual events

Go further than yearly reviews. Encourage regular check-ins, open conversations, and useful feedback that truly supports professional growth instead of just filling out forms.

Quality assurance with clarity

Use flexible frameworks to track progress, keep expectations clear, and maintain high standards across your teams. Leaders stay informed without needing to micromanage.

Insightful reporting that drives improvement

Generate clear, trust-ready reports that show alignment, progress, and development impact across your education team. Turn appraisal activity into concrete evidence of culture and improvement.

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Testimonials

Trusted by thousands of education institutions worldwide

Discover why education leaders and teams rely on The National College to enable fair evaluation, connect people to goals and raise standards.

“The platform provides a central space for staff to audit their own skill base, and align their professional development to departmental, school or trust priorities, and we can add links to relevant CPD that will add value. The platform pulls all of those processes and documents together neatly in one place.”

Darren Bland

Chief Finance and Operations Officer
The Community Inclusive Trust

“Having a one-stop-solution where you can record everything relating to staff development is a game changer... It’s helped us produce useful data and information that we can present to governors, to school leaders and for inspection.”

Judith Holden

Deputy Head
Bromsgrove School

“We are developing a coaching culture, using measures such as the Teachers’ Standards to identify areas where staff members feel confident, together with expectations for the next phase in their career... The conversations are very much about development rather than an autopsy on what’s happened.”