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Governors - data for monitoring

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handmademitlove · 19/06/2019 07:39

What data do you receive to help you monitor school performance? Over the last few years we have gone from too little data to too much data so I would like to get an idea of what other schools do.

As a starting point , at the moment we get all year groups predicted p8 and a8, 5+ passes, by subject, by group ie pp, send, eal etc.

That is a lot of data to look through.

Any suggestions of good practice or examples from other schools would be appreciated!

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handmademitlove · 19/06/2019 11:23

The problem is that the amount of data at secondary level is many times that at primary. All the data training courses in our area are for primary only - presumably because no one has yet found a sensible solution for secondary.

We do get summaries from SLT - but are told that we need to triangulate this information with the available data. But there is so much of it! I just wonder how other secondaries manage this?

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BubblesBuddy · 19/06/2019 10:19

I’m primary but I would expect all of that plus boys and girls progress in secondary.

However, you should get an executive summary. This should cover the main headline issues and point you towards key stats. It should also link in with your Improvement Plan. Therefore it focussed the data on what you have identified as requiring attention.

Also you can ask your Teaching and Learning Committee (or similar) to write concise minutes detailing what they have pulled out as important from what the data they see. The main thing is that governors are informed, able to question the Head and ensure that the Improvement Plan is actually being delivered. You should also be able to flag up issues which might need to included in the Plan, such as poorer performance by boys for example.

As a Primary Governor, my HTs Report was 35-40 pages long. It included core subjects so fewer than secondary. Most secondary governors I know received a “book” from the Head but most get an executive summary which our LA recommends. This is the way to go in my view because it’s focussed without losing detail.

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