A SEF is a snapshot of your school at a point in time
It identifies your school's strengths and weaknesses and (often) grades the school against the Ofsted inspection framework or another basis for grading. In completing the self-evaluation form (SEF), your senior leadership team can determine which areas of improvement to focus on.
There's no set format that your school has to use to present the SEF
Your leaders might choose to organise your school's SEF around the inspection framework and school inspection toolkit. This may help them to evaluate where your school currently sits on the 5-point grading scale for each evaluation area.
However, Ofsted doesn't require, or expect, schools to complete a formal, written self-evaluation using the inspection criteria. Inspectors only want to see that that your school has a clear and strategic approach to improvement.
It's part of your school's wider