The use of data in school can sometimes get a bit of a rough deal. Many teachers can remember excessive data-gathering in schools, often serving little useful purpose in improving student outcomes.
Thankfully now, particularly with the recommendations from the Workload Reduction Taskforce (DfE, 2024) stipulating that teachers should not carry out repetitive data entry and that the use of data should be sensible, we have seen considerable improvements in the use of data for monitoring in schools.
Indeed, a recent Teachertapp survey (2025) found that approximately 36% of teachers are required to provide pupil data to their senior leadership team once per half-term, a reduction of 14% since 2019.
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