SEN Capacity Building
Conference
Making Effective Use of Data
Damian Harvey – C2k
“ Don’t worry just gather as much information
as you can and we will decide what to do with
it all later ”
Communication
SIMS .net
Reporting
Monitor and
Review
Home Page
SEN
Capacity
Building and
the Effective
Use of data
Assessment
Manager
Knowledge
Teacher View
Planning
and
Tracking
SIMS .net Home Page
SIMS .net Home Page
Teacher View
Click on the
hyperlinks to view
specific details
about the pupil
SEN Reviews
Invite people
involved with the
pupil to attend
the review, e.g.
Parents or other
staff
Behaviour Management
The Net Points
value is a
useful indicator
of the pupil’s
overall
behaviour
record
Follow Up a Behaviour Incident
The member of staff receives
a message to alert them about
the Behaviour Incident referral
A personal reminder can also
be sent to the referred staff for
follow up (optional). This will
appear on the My Reminders
panel on the Home Page
Add a Behaviour Review
Ability to set up a Review
Meeting for an individual
Pupil to follow up a
behaviour incident.
Includes ability to record
comments on actions
agreed by parents, Pupils
and senior staff.
Behaviour Review Summary
Review details are recorded and summarised
A summary of all reviews is added to the individual Pupil’s
conduct details
Quality of SEN Provision
How we monitor the standards of work and learning?
• School records
• Information for parents and carers
• IEPs
• Behaviour records
• Attendance records
• Accreditation routes and achievements
Good Practice – Record Keeping
• academic progress/achievements can be
monitored;
• a record of the school’s involvement with the
pupil and with parents/carers is available;
• school accountability and responsibility is
taken account of;
• continuity is maintained if a change of staff
takes place;
Good Practice – Record Keeping
• Should an appeal be made that the school has
the information to respond;
• records keep the child’s SEN data together
• relevant and reliable information is easily
accessible.
SEN Record
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Overview (SEN History)
Linked Adults / Agencies
Basic SEN Details
Reviews
Events
Statements
Provisions
IEPs
Gifted / Talented
Linked SEN Documents
The Issues
Some Schools are Data Rich Information Poor
How do we ensure everyone knows how
pupils are doing?
How do we help every teacher make informed
judgements on pupil attainment and to forward
plan?
How do we measure Value Added?
How do we use what information we have to set
sensible targets?
“Students in our school more often
than not achieve their full potential”
Evidence ?
Professional judgements - Important but Anecdotal
Facts & Figures Provide the Hard Evidence
Examples of Standardised Tests
MIST
Progress in English
Progress in Maths
Suffolk Reading
Mental Maths
Spelling Age Test
NRIT
InCAS
CATs
MidYIS
Yellis
Every Marksheet in Assessment Manager
can be filtered to show only SEN Pupils
Pupil Progress Form Teachers and HOY
Assessment Tracking Grid
NRIT + 10
NRIT = Score
NRIT - 10
Meeting DE Needs
given the wealth of data and evidence available, the inspection
process should not uncover any issues about which the
school was unaware.
does the school make effective use of data as an evidence base
to help evaluate performance, identify areas for improvement,
and assist with target-setting and assessment for learning?
The data will never provide an absolute view of the school,
that can only come through consideration of other qualitative
aspects of the school and thus self-evaluation and inspection,
while taking account of data, need to also consider other more
qualitative factors.
given the wealth of data and evidence available, the inspection
process should not uncover any issues about which the
school was unaware.
does the school make effective use of data as an evidence
base to help evaluate performance, identify areas for
improvement, and assist with target-setting and assessment
for learning?
The data will never provide an absolute view of the school,
that can only come through consideration of other qualitative
aspects of the school and thus self-evaluation and inspection,
while taking account of data, need to also consider other more
qualitative factors.
Curriculum and Assessment
Don’t Drive Improvement
Teaching Does !