Adding skills and co-curricular activities to report cards

Updated 24 October 2026

Parents want to know more than exam results: how their child swims, bakes, sings, behaves and leads. Here is how to add all of that to a report card without confusing the academic results.

Skills with marks

Some schools mark practical skills, such as baking, swimming or computer, out of their own number (for example out of 10). Show them in a separate table, below the subjects:

Keep skills out of the total, average, aggregate and position, so a learner’s academic result stays comparable with every other learner’s.

Skills and conduct in words

Conduct, neatness, punctuality, leadership and nursery “How I am growing” skills read better as words than numbers: Very good, Good, Fair, Needs help. A small table with a tick or a word for each is enough.

Clubs, sports and responsibilities

A line or two is enough: “Football team (captain), Debate club, Choir.” Many schools put this beside the class teacher’s comment.

Keep it to one page

Skills tables take space. If the card gets crowded, make the skills table two columns wide, or keep only the skills your school actually assesses each term.