by pottd | Dec 7, 2021 | School Improvement
Many schools are using Microsoft Forms to gather the results of questionnaires sent out to parents, staff and pupils. Schools can also create forms that allow surveys, quizzes, and polls and even formative assessment, with different levels of difficulty that are... by pottd | Sep 20, 2021 | School Improvement
Schools often need to compare this year’s attendance against last year’s attendance. Power BI gives us powerful new ways to analyse data, one of which is showcased by this visualization which allows schools to compare the percentage attendance this year,... by pottd | Aug 25, 2021 | School Improvement
Unauthorized absences are difficult for a school to control. By definition, they are absences that you can’t sanction, that still happen when you’ve had a word with parents about school time holidays, or even set fines. You may or may not have a problem,... by pottd | Jul 19, 2021 | School Improvement
An Absence Map can display the names and addresses of all the pupils absent TODAY, within minutes of morning registers closing. They allow your pastoral staff to take a very proactive approach to absence – by literally knocking on doors. Here’s how they... by pottd | May 18, 2021 | School Improvement
Working in school environments we often encounter time perios that are completely unique, terms and academic years spring to mind, and each of these needs a differnt approach to the more commonly used DAX formulae. Another example of this is the concept of an academic... by pottd | May 15, 2021 | School Improvement
How can Power BI can help teachers decide on teacher assessed grades?With many pupil databases it can be difficult to analyse the latest teacher assessed grades next to results from previous exam seasons. With Power BI, this becomes relatively easy, synthesising data... by pottd | Aug 30, 2020 | School Improvement
As school leaders will already know, improving attendance rates in schools can be very difficult. Most schools have an attendance rate of between 95 and 96 percent. Getting an improvement of just one percentage point in the attendance rate requires a range of... 
by pottd | Jul 15, 2020 | School Improvement
In your school you will have pupils who fall in to more than one category of vulnerability. For example, you may have pupils who are persistent absentees, and also have special educational needs, and also qualify for pupil premium monies. Identifying pupils with... 
by pottd | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
This article is reprinted and updated from davidpott.com. Here’s the first page of my School Analytics pupil dashboard. It’s built using SIMS and Power BI – where SIMS provides the raw data and Power BI provides the analysis and visualisation – and it is intended to... 
by pottd | Jan 5, 2016 | School Improvement
The School Analytics system is easy to configure to fit with many of the different assessment frameworks used by schools. Several schools have asked me to re-configure the basic School Analytics system to use with Chris Quigley Milestones. Here’s an example...
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