2017/18 Management Information courses

FFT Aspire - Primary

This workshop is aimed at school leaders in Primary schools and will focus on how schools can use FFT Aspire to analyse their school performance data to support rigorous school self-evaluation and improve school performance.

We will explore the FFT dashboards and help you to analyse, interpret and draw out key messages from school performance data. Schools will look at FFT’s approach to setting challenging targets for pupils as well as Student Explorer which gives details of your pupils’ whole education history - past attainment and progress, absence, previous schools, Pupil Premium and more. The Student Explorer’s ‘alerts’ system allows you to quickly identify need and maximise your pupils’ potential from day one.

Throughout the session we will provide you with the opportunity to reflect upon effective approaches to using school performance data, discuss ideas to enhance your practice and develop strategies for making better use of data within your school.

Please bring your laptop with you to get the most out of this session. You will also need to bring your login details for the FFT Aspire data site. If you haven't yet subscribed to FFT Aspire please email management.information@kent.gov.uk.

Getting Data-Fit for Ofsted (to include Inspection Dashboard) - Primary

This workshop is designed for Primary school Headteachers and senior leadership teams. The session will provide an overview of the range of data available to support Ofsted inspection, look at how best to analyse and present it, and consider important issues such as identification and tracking of vulnerable groups, demonstrating effective use of the Pupil Premium, showing progress in KS1 and KS2, and how to produce a suitable data pack and case studies for Ofsted.

It would be helpful to bring some of your own school data along to the workshop, along with anything you might already have prepared for an Ofsted inspection. By the end of the workshop, schools should feel more confident about using their data effectively and feel more prepared for an Ofsted inspection.

Understanding and using data - Primary

This course is designed for Primary school Headteachers and senior leadership teams. The session will run through the new look Making Figures Speak For Themselves reports issued to schools this Summer by Management Information as well as covering the Analyse School Performance (ASP) analysis. The course will show you how to access the ASP platform and run through the similarities and difference between the old RAISEonline reports and the replacement ASP reports. We will explore what all the data sets mean and how they might be used within school.

Please bring a copy of your 2017 reports with you to the training session. By the end of the workshop, schools should feel more confident understanding the new reports and how they can inform school improvement.

Preparing for the School Census - All phases incl. Academies

This course is aimed at office staff and data managers in Primary and Secondary schools and provides an excellent opportunity for schools to see how to prepare and extract the data required for the School Census from SIMS and how to submit this to the Local Authority or the DfE via COLLECT. The school Census is a statutory requirement. The workshop is run jointly by EIS and Management Information and is suitable for LA maintained schools and Academies.

Preparing for the School Census - Special and PRUs

This course is aimed at office staff and data managers in Special schools and Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and provides an excellent opportunity for schools to see how to prepare and extract the data required for the School Census from SIMS and how to submit this to the Local Authority. The school Census is a statutory requirement. The workshop is run jointly by EIS and Management Information and is suitable for LA maintained schools and Academies.

Preparing for the School Workforce Census

This workshop is aimed at office staff, data managers and bursars who are responsible for running and checking the School Workforce Census statutory return. The first part of the session is an overview of the statutory requirements of this return followed by the opportunity to see how to prepare and extract data required for the SWC from SIMS before submitting to the Local Authority or the DfE (depending on local arrangements). Please note that if you usually load direct to the DfE we are unable to show you how to load your file into their database COLLECT. The workshop is presented jointly by Management Information and EIS and is suitable for schools and academies who use SIMS. Delegates do not need to have previously run a SWC however a working knowledge of SIMS Personnel is desirable. This workshop is ideal for those staff mentioned above who are new to the School Workforce Census or who would like a refresher on how to complete this annual return.

Preparing for the School Workforce Census - Secondary

This workshop is aimed at office staff, data managers and bursars who are responsible for running and checking the School Workforce Census statutory return. The first part of the session is an overview of the statutory requirements of this return followed by the opportunity to see how to prepare and extract data required for the SWC from SIMS before submitting to the Local Authority or the DfE (depending on local arrangements). Please note that if you usually load direct to the DfE we are unable to show you how to load your file into their database COLLECT. The workshop is presented jointly by Management Information and EIS and is suitable for schools and academies who use SIMS.

Delegates do not need to have previously run a SWC however a working knowledge of SIMS Personnel is desirable. This workshop is ideal for those staff mentioned above who are new to the School Workforce Census or who would like a refresher on how to complete this annual return.

N.B. Please note this course includes a section on secondary curriculum which is not covered in the all phases workshops.