Performance Appraisal

(asked on 24th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.


Answered by
Elizabeth Truss Portrait
Elizabeth Truss
This question was answered on 7th July 2014

The information requested is set out in the table below.

Table 1: 2013-14 Performance Management Outturn Figures for the Department for Education

Performance Rating

Declared Disability

No declared disability

Not declared

Top/Exceeded

14%

26%

22%

Achieving/Achieved

69%

66%

68%

Low/Must Improve

17%

8%

10%

The Department continues to take steps to ensure that its performance ratings are a fair reflection of individual performance. Over the last year, this has included independent members being present at end of year meetings where performance assessments are moderated and training for staff on how to avoid unconscious bias.

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