A method statement is your written answer to a quality question: how you will deliver a particular part of the service. It carries the majority of the scored marks in most care tenders, so writing them well is the single highest-value skill in bidding. Here is the structure that scores.

Start by dissecting the question

Before writing a word, break the question into its parts. A question that asks how you will assess needs, plan support, manage risk and review outcomes is four questions. List every verb and every bullet, because each one is a place to win or lose marks. Most middle-band answers fail here, by answering the headline and missing the sub-parts.

Open with a direct thesis sentence

Lead with a sentence that answers the question head-on, so the evaluator knows immediately that you have understood it. Do not open with company history or a mission statement. The first line should preload your answer and mirror the commissioner's own wording.

Use specification-mirrored headings

Structure the answer with headings that echo the question and the specification. This makes it effortless for the evaluator to find each point and tick it off against the mark scheme. An answer the evaluator can score quickly scores higher.

Make every paragraph operational

Each paragraph should carry a named role, a named action, a named system or record, a timeframe or frequency, and an escalation or audit route where relevant, then say why that mechanism improves safety, quality or outcomes. This is the difference between a top band and a middle band. We assess within 48 hours using our electronic care planning system, with the registered manager signing off each plan, beats we carry out timely assessments every time.

Replace adjectives with evidence

Strike out person-centred, robust, holistic and tailored unless a named mechanism or measurable result follows immediately. Add a short, real example with an outcome to prove the approach works in practice. Evidence is what lifts the score.

Answer every bullet, in order, within the word limit

Cover each printed point in the order asked, and stay inside the word or page limit, which is a hard ceiling. Leave a small buffer rather than padding. An answer that covers everything concisely beats a longer one that misses a bullet.

Close the evaluator's questions

Before submitting, read each answer as an evaluator and ask: who does this, when, with what, to what standard, and what was the result. If any of those is unanswered, the mark is at risk.

Method statements that win

Writing to the mark scheme is a learnable discipline, and it is what we do. We write care method statements that score in the top band, with a 92% win rate across 200+ submissions, and most of our writers ran care services before they wrote bids. Get a free, honest review of a method statement.