GOVERNORS’ SEMINAR
Effective Use of Data
WHAT IS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT?
A school’s ability to demonstrate:-
 It is providing a high quality of education for its pupils
 It is accountable for pupils’ experiences and outcomes
 Sustained improvement
THE IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL SELF-EVALUATION
• Central to DE’s school improvement policy – Every School A
Good School (ESAGS)
• An integral part of the school development planning process
• Positive actions with a direct link to improved educational
outcomes and experiences for pupils.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE
• DE
• Education and Library Boards
• Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
• ESAGS.tv
• ETI ‘Together Towards Improvement’
EFFECTIVE SELF-EVALUATION
•
Effective self-evaluation relies on access to and effective
use of data
• This data will support school development planning for
improvement at pupil, year group, key stage and wholeschool level
EFFECTIVE USE OF DATA
• Information
• in the school
• DE’s statistical bulletins
• Education and Library Boards
• Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
• Schools Information Management Systems (SIMS)
• Eschools
• Benchmarking data
• Data packs
Effective use of data
karen.mccullough@deni.gov.uk