Presentation Policy
Date:
September 2014
Signed (Head Teacher):
Signed (Chair of Governors):
R. Haltof
Aims
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To establish high expectations and pride in everything we do – both of ourselves and of
the children.
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To create a clear and consistent set of guidelines for the presentation of children’s
learning.
Objectives
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To motivate each individual to present their work in the best possible way.
To enable children to recognise work that is presented to a high standard.
To ensure each child knows the standard of presentation that is expected of them.
To create consistency in standards of presentation across the school.
General Expectations
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All handwriting which is on display for the children – on the interactive whiteboard,
books, whiteboards, display etc – should be correctly formed, legible, neat and where
applicable, joined.
All classrooms to have a child-friendly list of the presentation expectations presented
clearly and used as reference for pupils and staff.
Use marking code for poor or inadequate presentation in exercise books.
Pencils should be used in all Maths books and for drawings and diagrams.
Margins, if required, in books and on paper should be drawn in pencil with a ruler.
Pencil and ruler must be used for all diagrams, grids, shapes, tables, etc. Use the lines
in exercise books as a guide.
At Key Stage Two, pens should be used for written work as soon as possible, at the
point where the teacher judges the child’s handwriting to be sufficiently neat and fluent.
The Folens Spectrum scheme is the agreed scheme for teaching handwriting.
Handwriting should be taught at least once a week.
Pens must be fibre tip. No biros to be used.
Every page should be written on. A new piece of work does not have to start on a new
piece of paper. A ruled line should be drawn at the end of a piece of work before
moving on to the next piece.
If a mistake is made, draw one neat line through the mistake. Do not over write or
scribble out.
No doodles in books or on front of books or on book labels.
Pencil crayons only for colouring in books.
Worksheets should be trimmed down before being stuck in and glued neatly inside the
page.
Labels should be used for the front of exercise books indicating name and year group
of pupil, or clearly and neatly handwritten by a teacher.
In some subjects, ability level colour coded stickers are used. Make these clearly visible.
Expectations of Layout
 The date and learning objective should be stuck in or written neatly and underlined with
a ruler.
 In KS1 and KS2 the Learning objective should be recorded as LO:___________
 In Foundation Stage the use of WALT is used to introduce the learning
objective.
 In Key Stage Two, the short date “8/3/12” should be used for Maths and Science
lessons. The long date “Wednesday 8th March 2012” should be used for other lessons.
In Key Stage One the short date will be used in all lessons but practise/opportunities
should be given for Year 2 pupils to write the long date where possible, especially
towards the end of the year in readiness for KS2.
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Children should write up to the margin.
Leave one line before the start of a new paragraph or indent at the start of a paragraph.
Write on the line.
In Maths, calculations should be clearly set out and numbered.
In Maths, the decimal point must sit on the line.
In Maths, use one square per digit/sign in KS1, progressing to 2 digits per square in
KS2.
 Fractions should be written with one number per square progressing to one fraction per
square for KS2.
It is the responsibility of all staff to monitor and reinforce the presentation policy.
Outcomes of Policy
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Children of all abilities are able to present their work to the highest possible standard,
increasing their confidence, self esteem and pride in their work.
There is consistency across the school in terms of the standard of presentation
expected.
Monitoring of Presentation Policy
The Senior Leadership Team will collect examples of children’s work at least half-termly to
ensure the policy is being implemented consistently. This policy will be reviewed every two
years by staff and governors.