The School dashboard for head teachers

In about 2 minutes, learn how to use the School dashboard.

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The School dashboard is for head teachers on a Classfern Pro school licence. It shows how the whole school is doing, without pupil records ever leaving school. Try it with the made-up sample school first.

The overview shows learning curves term by term, how many pupils may need support, report progress and homework completion. Drill down from year groups to classes, and from classes to pupils. The support list shows who the teachers' At a glance suggestions have flagged, and why.

Teacher support is about workload, never rankings. So how does the data get here? Each teacher sends an encrypted class pack through school email or the shared drive, and you import it.

Daily notes and report text are never included. In exports, small groups show as fewer than five, and every view is logged. Find out more about Classfern Pro at lessonplanner.

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1. How does class data reach the School dashboard?

Right. Packs travel through school email or the shared drive, and pupil records never leave school.Not quite. The answer is “Each teacher sends an encrypted class pack, and the head imports it”. Packs travel through school email or the shared drive, and pupil records never leave school.

2. Which of these is never included in a class pack?

Right. Daily notes and report text are never included.Not quite. The answer is “Daily notes and report text”. Daily notes and report text are never included.

3. In exports, how are small groups shown?

Right. Small groups show as fewer than five, and every view is logged.Not quite. The answer is “As fewer than five”. Small groups show as fewer than five, and every view is logged.

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