Trust level data – Seeing the big picture

Posted by Jan Harrison on Feb 16, 2022 10:30:09 AM

Multi Academy Trust (MAT) leaders are all too aware of the need to have accessible and reliable data available to inform their decision-making. It’s crucial to be able to respond appropriately to dynamic contexts in their schools, and to ensure that every decision makes the best use of resources for improving student learning outcomes.

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Topics: questa, ICT Schools, MATS-first analytics, school data audits, MATS, analytics, data analytics for MATs, data analytics for Schools, evidence based decision making, ICT reviews, data management, ICT vision & strategy

How a data warehouse can aid strategic decisions

Posted by Jan Harrison on Nov 8, 2021 2:07:15 PM

As a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) leader or Trustee, you desire consistent data reporting that will provide you with an accurate picture of your Trust and schools. For example, assessment data might be collected in different ways across each of the schools in the Trust, but as a decision maker how do you gain the oversight that breaks down the barriers of different age phases, assessment approaches and terminologies? Read on to find out how we can answer this kind of question.

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Topics: questa, ICT Schools, MATS-first analytics, school data audits, MATS, analytics, data analytics for MATs, data analytics for Schools, evidence based decision making, ICT reviews, data management, ICT vision & strategy

Data for Strategic Decisions

Posted by Jan Harrison on Jun 9, 2021 4:56:46 PM

Multi Academy Trust (MAT) leaders have an abundance of data at their fingertips, but it isn’t always easy to find it, pull it together for analysis and understand exactly what the data is saying. Being able to do this is critical for continued strategic improvement of the Trust and its’ schools.

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Topics: questa, ICT Schools, MATS-first analytics, school data audits, MATS, analytics, data analytics for MATs, data analytics for Schools, evidence based decision making, ICT reviews, data management, ICT vision & strategy

National Data Benchmarking for Schools & MATs - what you need to know

Posted by Jan Harrison on Oct 1, 2019 12:00:00 PM

The Department for Education (DfE) has kicked off its publication of 2019 performance tables this autumn (17 October 2019) with provisional accountability measures for secondary schools in England. More national data sets are due to follow in December, January and March.

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Topics: schools, trusts, school improvement, improve pupil outcomes, data analytics for MATs, data analytics for Schools, data management, performance tables

Data in MATs and Academies: Five steps to drive self-evaluation and improvement

Posted by Jan Harrison on May 14, 2019 1:00:00 PM

Most multi-academy trusts (MATs) and academies are busy collecting, saving and crunching enormous amounts of data.  But all too often this data is unable to be turned into truly useful information.

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Topics: data, data analytics for MATs, school data, data management

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