I don’t think anyone would ever describe me as a statistics guru, but in September 2012 I became data manager at Meols Cop High School in Southport.
I had joined the leadership team at the school the year before and grown frustrated at the time spent analysing data, knowing there had to be a swifter solution.
We were using SIMS but too many modules were underused and some staff held vital data in their own network spaces. Accessing real-time data on attendance or behaviour was tedious; I needed to meet with relevant colleagues or have the network manager access it for me and just hope that things were up-to-date. Outwardly, nothing seemed broken but I knew that if we were going to support students to make the best possible progress, our data systems needed to be streamlined.
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