Get stakeholders on board with data changes
We know it can be hard to follow best practice, especially when your school community can be sceptical or wary of any changes to how you collect and use pupil performance data.
Refer them to the Teacher Workload Advisory Group’s report, making data work, which sets out recommendations and principles to reduce the unnecessary workload from data collection Discuss assessment at your next governing board meeting. If you’ve given teachers in a department or year group time to review their assessment system (read more on this below), discuss their findings with your board Explain your approach to parents/carers, in a way you think they'll best respond to. For example, you could send a letter, using the evidence in this article to back up your approach, or hold a forum to explain your approach in