Our annual performance review cycle will commence on 24 August. This is our opportunity each year to reflect on individual performance and set a clear direction for ongoing development. A few key points to note ahead of this: 

• You’ll complete a short self-assessment reflecting on your year, and your manager will complete their own assessment independently.

• Before ratings are finalised, your manager’s ratings are reviewed by their own manager,  this is a consistency check, which is why there’s a gap in the timings between your manager finishing their assessment and your review conversation.

• How you’ve gone about your work, not just what you’ve delivered, is part of the overall picture your manager brings to the conversation.

• If you joined on or after 1 April 2026 or if you are on a max term contract this cycle doesn’t include you, you’ll be part of next year’s review instead.

Key dates:

• Self-assessments due:  by 9 September

• Manager assessments due: by 9 September

• Skip-level calibration due: by 23 September

• Review conversations: by 9 October – submit and discuss in the same meeting

Please click here to view the Employee Toolkit with tips and FAQs to get you started.