Getting the data to make a difference.......

The challenge is to move from being data rich to becoming information rich

Main strands in our strategyAssessment for learning as part of best practice

teaching:

As part of target setting agenda through SIMS / SISRA

Individually through review days and personal discussions with subject teachers to set targets

As part of performance management through SISRA

Through data ‘war room’ meetings

Assessment for learning

Largely from DfE The National Strategies

Setting is NOT a strategy for resolving differentiation

Making data accessible to teachers through SIMS

Set up data sheets here as required by different departments. The aim is to put information at the fingertips.

Data sheets accessible through lesson monitor

Right click here to allow you to see G+T/SEN information

FFT Live… chances graphs

•Great for raising aspirations

•Encourage discussion about what is needed to change the chances for an individual

SISRA… saves HOURS and really delivers!

•Used retrospectively to analyse GCSE results•Used proactively to forecast results so that necessary interventions can be put in place.

Data ‘war room’ meetingsWeekly meetings with SLT and Year Head

and, in turn, heads of subjectGive clear focus on ‘state of the nation’Allow targets to be discussed and challengedTargeted groups andSeek to identify under-performance so

interventions can be put in placeStresses the importance of the use of dataDone in room with SIMS/SISRA projected so

data is transparent to all.

Questions to ponder about in your schools...How confident are you that appropriate data is

available to all staff?How confident are you in your predictions for

next year?How confident are you that pupils are working

to ambitious targets?How confident are you about the targeting of

intervention strategies?Who is best placed to take CHARGE of the data..

Is this SLT, or HoD, or the subject teacher?