Use this guide to create success criteria that make quality visible without reducing learning to a generic checklist. It explains what context to provide and how to refine the result into specific, observable and student-friendly expectations.
What to Provide
The year group or age phase selected in the form. The subject being taught. The activity or task for which success criteria are needed.
What It Creates
A focused set of success criteria written for the age group and task. Criteria grouped into logical areas so students can understand the expected process and outcome. An editable basis for teacher feedback, self-assessment or peer assessment.
Review Before Use
Make sure each criterion is observable, specific and directly linked to the learning objective. Remove vague wording, duplicated criteria and requirements unrelated to the assessed learning. Check that the language and number of criteria are manageable for the students.
Success Criteria Generator practical guide
Use this guide to create success criteria that make quality visible without reducing learning to a generic checklist. It explains what context to provide and how to refine the result into specific, observable and student-friendly expectations.
Who it helps
Teachers creating clear, student-facing expectations for a task or activity.
Information to provide for the best results
- The year group or age phase selected in the form.
- The subject being taught.
- The activity or task for which success criteria are needed.
What the tool creates
- A focused set of success criteria written for the age group and task.
- Criteria grouped into logical areas so students can understand the expected process and outcome.
- An editable basis for teacher feedback, self-assessment or peer assessment.
Review before use
- Make sure each criterion is observable, specific and directly linked to the learning objective.
- Remove vague wording, duplicated criteria and requirements unrelated to the assessed learning.
- Check that the language and number of criteria are manageable for the students.
Practical examples
- Generate student-friendly success criteria for a persuasive writing task.
- Create assessment criteria for a science investigation with observable evidence of understanding.
- Draft differentiated success criteria that can be adapted for support and extension.
- Create success criteria in student-friendly language with a short example of what each criterion looks like.
- Draft a checklist students can use for self-assessment before editing a writing, science or project task.
Frequently asked questions
- What are success criteria used for?
- They help students understand what successful work should include and help teachers give clearer feedback during or after a task.
- Should success criteria be shared exactly as generated?
- They should be reviewed and edited so the language matches the students, task, subject and classroom expectations.
- Can the tool create criteria for any subject?
- It can draft criteria for many subjects if the prompt gives the task, year group, learning objective and expected evidence.
- Can it make success criteria student-friendly?
- Yes. Ask for simple language, examples and a checklist format so students can use the criteria independently.
- Can success criteria support self-assessment?
- Yes. The criteria can be framed as a student checklist for reviewing, improving or explaining their own work.
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