Assessment

Evidence-led insight. Practical improvement.

The ISFE assessment is designed to be rigorous enough to create confidence and practical enough to drive action.

1. Federation profile

Capture organisational scale, resources, structure, membership and sporting context.

2. Self-assessment

Score each ISFE Standard and provide supporting evidence, confidence and priority.

3. Validation

Review evidence and explore context through structured interviews with leaders and stakeholders.

4. Reporting

Produce maturity scores, strengths, risks, priorities and a sequenced improvement roadmap.

The maturity model

One consistent scale across every standard.

  • 0 — Absent: no effective arrangements in place
  • 1 — Emerging: early or informal practice
  • 2 — Developing: partially defined and inconsistently applied
  • 3 — Established: documented, implemented and generally effective
  • 4 — Advanced: integrated, measured and continually refined
  • 5 — World Class: leading, demonstrably effective and externally recognised

More than a score.

Each response also captures evidence, confidence, improvement priority and contextual commentary. This helps distinguish perceived maturity from demonstrated capability and reveals where leadership is ready to act.

Diagnostic assessment

A complete picture of strengths, weaknesses and cross-pillar dependencies.

Benchmarking

Comparable data by sport, country, region, federation size and development stage as the dataset grows.

Progress tracking

Repeat assessments to evidence improvement, support funding decisions and maintain momentum.

Interested in becoming an early assessment partner?

We are open to pilot conversations with federations, ministries, Olympic bodies and sports authorities.