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Your development record ​

Your development record is a running picture of your refereeing progression. It is built automatically as your society logs reports and feedback - you do not need to maintain it yourself.

Who can see this? ​

Your development record is visible to you, and to members of your society who have a development or training team role (MOD, MOC, Training Team). You cannot see other referees' development records.


Where to find it ​

From My Overview, select the Development tab. This is the main view of your progression for the current season.


What you will see ​

The Development tab showing current grade and the season timeline

Your current grade ​

Your grade is displayed at the top of the Development tab. This reflects your current officiating level as recorded by your society. Grade changes are logged when a MOD or MOC updates your record.

Assessor feedback ​

When a MOD or MOC attends one of your matches and submits a development report, their feedback appears here. Each report shows:

  • The match it relates to
  • The overall assessment summary
  • Any specific areas of feedback (e.g. game management, communication, breakdown work)
  • The date the report was finalised

You will receive a notification when a new report is available.

Note: Feedback only appears once the report has been finalised by the assessor's society role. Draft reports are not visible to referees.

Your season timeline ​

The timeline gives you a chronological view of your season - assessments received, grade changes, reports completed, and any other logged milestones. It is useful for seeing patterns over time rather than looking at individual reports in isolation.


Reading your feedback ​

An open assessor report showing the summary and area feedback sections

When you open a report, you will see:

  1. Match details - the fixture the report relates to, including competition, teams, and date
  2. Overall summary - the assessor's overall view of the match
  3. Area feedback - specific observations by area (if your society uses structured feedback)
  4. Actions or focus points - anything the assessor has flagged for your next match

Take note of recurring themes across reports - these are the areas your training team and assessors believe will make the biggest difference to your development.


What updates your record? ​

Your development record is updated when:

  • A MOD or MOC finalises a report for a match you refereed
  • Your grade is changed by an authorised society member
  • Your society logs a development milestone (e.g. promotion, watchlist note)

You cannot edit your own development record.


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