Case Study
Helping pupils achieve their full potential by focusing on school performance data FFT is a non-profit organisation established in 2001 as part of the Fischer Family Trust. FFT Aspire dashboards focus on school performance data to help pupils achieve their full potential and schools to be the best. FFT Education Datalab produces independent, cutting‑edge research that can be used by policy makers to inform education policy and by schools to guide practice. FFT forward looking data available through the interactive FFT Aspire subscription includes a set of personalised target setting dashboards with varying levels of challenge to suit pupils and the school. They are all based on the latest KS1 and KS2 frameworks and use new national standards. Used by 14,000 schools not to predict the future but to change it. School professionals have found FFT most useful when focusing on the range of outcomes for each child, not just a single result. This, combined with the comparisons at ‘average’, ‘high’ and ‘very high’ benchmarks really is of benefit when thinking about future aspirations and potential outcomes for the years ahead. “For the last three years we have focused our data use and during this time our progress from Key Stage
1 has massively improved.” Nicky, deputy headteacher, Nottingham. Some top tips are to look at the subject‑by-subject future KS1, KS2, KS4 or KS5 performance up to four years ahead. Compare with ‘average’ to ensure you will be above the floor, compare with ‘very high’ for the best progress based on your own children’s starting points. Compare estimates of future performance across all of the key pupil groups, side by side – gender, prior attainment, disadvantage, SEND, ethnicity, EAL. Identify where further intervention and support may be required to improve progress and
close gaps. Use ‘out of the box’, benchmarks for all of your pupils. Simply decide on the appropriate level of challenge for each pupil and then set an expectation. FFT also tells you how likely a pupil is to reach that target, giving you the right balance between ‘realistic’ and ‘challenging’. Remember to add the basic details of new pupils arriving at the school in to FFT Aspire to benchmark them. Make an evidence based approach second nature across the school. John, headteacher, Lancashire explains, “I now use FFT Aspire at the curriculum committee of the governing body, in discussions with my leadership and management team, and planning with my numeracy and literacy subject leaders.” “Schools can monitor pupil progress, generate reports which can be saved and exported to use in governor meetings or during an inspection”, says Andrew Hill, head of School Services at FFT, and adds “higher benchmarks are often set to reflect additional targeted funding, such as pupil premium”. FURTHER INFORMATION Tel: 014 4677 6262
FFT Aspire is the UK’s leading education data analysis tool. It is used by over 14,000 schools, MATs, local authorities and academy chains. Subscribe today on our webpage or book a demo to find out more.
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