Understanding your data: a guide for school governors and academy trustees
Information to help school governors and academy trustees analyse and understand performance data for their school
Applies to England
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Who is this publication for?
This information is for:
- academy trustees
- maintained school governors
- executive leaders
- local authorities
- local governing boards and clerks
Use the exceptions report template as a basis to have structured discussions with your board. This will help the board to understand the issues and challenge leaders to understand and contribute towards improvements.
The exceptions reports show anonymised examples which can be used as a guide.
Expiry or review date
This guidance will be reviewed before September 2023.
Contact ESFA
If you have any feedback on this guidance and the templates, please contact us using our online enquiry form:
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Updates to this page
Published 26 June 2018Last updated 1 September 2022 + show all updates
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We have refreshed the understanding your data: a guide for school governors and academy trustees for the new academic year.
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We have updated and improved all sections to provide new information and to reflect changes in policy.
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Added a bullet point in section 3 for Integrated Curriculum and Financial Planning (ICFP)
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We have updated the understanding your data guide and exception reports.
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Included CTA for completion of the Understanding your data feedback survey.
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We have updated the guide with links to new and updated tools that help schools reduce costs pressures and make every pound count.
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First published.