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Digital dissemination
As schools work closer together in the form of clusters and academy trusts,
George Carey looks at the importance of sharing data between organisations and how schools can get the most out of it
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chools are sometimes accused of working as silos and it is said that school leaders and teachers don’t spend enough time sharing their experience and expertise with their peers. Now with the emergence of an increasing amount of federations and clusters, there seems to be
an improved climate of cooperation, and much more information changing hands, in the pursuit of better education provision. Even for those institutions not involved in these more formal sharing arrangements, the flow of performance information, in particular, is now greater than ever. The recent introduction of the Data Dashboard is one of
many initiatives that shows the Government’s desire to develop the dissemination of school information to all interested parties and that schools themselves would be wise to get on board, if they want to keep up in this new environment. That particular tool has been launched to provide information for an estimated 300,000 school governors, but the data displayed on the dashboard is also available to the public, providing key information about the performance of every state primary and secondary school. The School Performance Data Programme is yet another example of the Department for Education’s drive to make better use of information, seeking to improve its enquiry and publication services by rationalising and reorganising its websites, systems, data and contracts relating to school performance data, creating a one-stop shop for all data enquiries and information that the Department publishes on school performance. Now familiar, Reporting and Analysis for Improvement through school Self-Evaluation (RAISEonline) provides
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