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Data use in special schools/PRUs – defining what we do well and using it to improve

Woodfield Hub Meeting

15 May 2014

Penny Barratt and Andre Bailey 1

Data in special schools and PRUs: the ongoing issue

A standardised approach is needed

for schools to use data to inform and

improve their practice and deliver better outcomes for

pupils.

Special schools/PRUs are not using data to its full potential

in terms of improving and

informing practice

No national guidelines and

no standardised approach – all

special schools/PRUs have different

ways of managing the data

Data management

systems used in mainstream

schools are not relevant for

schools/PRUs

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• A report which recognises and recommends best practice to define: what data should be collected and why how data should be recorded, presented and analysed (including triangulation

techniques) how should data ultimately be used in order to inform teacher practice.

• By doing this, we hope to: learn from each other increase your knowledge and give you the confidence to use data effectively enable you to inform and improve data management and practice in the classroom

What we want to produce

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• Share how you manage data in your school

– Fill in a short online survey – you will be emailed the link

– Provide your assessment policy and some sample data to rachel.corcoran@challengepartners.org

• By Friday 23rd May

…we will do the rest!

Where you come in

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What we do with your input

KICK-OFF todayAUDIT of existing

practice

EVALUATE AND IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICE (data experts to collate

and analyse)

WRITE THE REPORT

PUBLICISE and distribute the report within

CP and beyond

Potential to also gather information from schools

outside of CP

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• How will we manage your data?– Data security is very important– No named school data in the actual

report; only best practice and case studies

– Any data which is shown will be anonymised

• What happens to the report?– It will be distributed to CP schools

for you to use as you wish– It will be put on the CP website– Shared with the DfE

Any questions?

• What kind of data sample should be provided?

– Information on the data that you collect

– Data sets that are used internally to inform practice

– Data that is presented to governors– Data that would be presented for a

CP review or OFSTED