Feedback is an essential part of effective learning. It helps students understand the subject being studied and gives them clear guidance on how to improve their learning. It can improve a student's confidence, self-awareness and enthusiasm for learning. That’s why, at Summerhill, we are committed to engaging students in a meaningful process of feedback that enhances learning and improves assessment performance. Feedback can take many forms across the curriculum but always has the same aim: to move learning forward. Students are very much part of this process; written feedback always requires a student response, to ensure it ‘feeds forward’ the learning. Teachers follow the principles below to ensure effective feedback is at the heart of all learning: