Progress overview
Filter pupils and cohorts to surface patterns, concerns and changes without rebuilding the same spreadsheet for each review.
Planned feature set
One view of progress. One record of what happens next.
DAS Board is planned as a single working view for staff responsible for pupil progress and additional provision. It brings progress, intervention and access-arrangement records into one pupil context, so the next action does not disappear between spreadsheets, inboxes and meetings.
Intervention workflow
Record an intervention, assign an owner, set a review point and keep the outcome attached to the original concern.
Access-arrangement register
Give authorised staff a clear reference for approved arrangements, evidence status and review dates. The system supports the process; it does not decide entitlement.
Due work and handover
Show actions awaiting review, overdue follow-up and the information another colleague needs to pick up a case responsibly.
Why it earns a place
Different by design.
A product should do more than put a polished skin over the same institutional friction.
Three records, one context
Progress, interventions and access arrangements are connected around the pupil instead of being treated as unrelated admin.
Action beyond the dashboard
The useful unit is not an amber box. It is a named action, an owner, a review point and an outcome.
Professional judgement stays visible
Staff remain responsible for interpretation and decisions; the product provides evidence, workflow and an accountable record.
Expected impact
Where the time comes back.
The intended impact is earlier follow-up and clearer ownership, with less staff time lost reconciling separate records before useful work can begin.
- Earlier follow-up
- Clearer case ownership
- Less duplicate checking
Weekly progress review
- Current friction
- Assemble exports, local trackers and meeting notes before identifying the pupils who need attention.
- Planned change
- Open a filtered view and move directly from the pattern to the relevant pupil record and next action.
Intervention follow-up
- Current friction
- Chase ownership and outcomes across email threads, documents and personal reminders.
- Planned change
- Review one action list showing owner, status, due point and recorded outcome.
Arrangement check
- Current friction
- Locate the latest controlled spreadsheet or ask the colleague who is assumed to know.
- Planned change
- Use a permission-controlled reference with status and review information in the same pupil context.
No invented stopwatch claims. Numeric time savings will be published only after pilot schools have established a baseline and measured the same task using the product.
Security · UK GDPR
School data deserves more than a padlock icon.
These are requirements for the planned service, not a claim that an unfinished product is certified or that software makes a school automatically compliant.
Collect less
Define the minimum fields needed for each job, validate imports and avoid copying wider MIS records into the product without a clear purpose.
Control access
Use role-based permissions, least-privilege defaults and auditable administrative actions for data that should not be visible to every member of staff.
Protect and delete
Treat encryption in transit and at rest, tested backups, retention controls and reliable deletion as baseline technical requirements.
Make procurement evidence available
Prepare a clear data map, processing agreement, subprocessor list, retention schedule, technical-measures summary and practical DPIA support before contracting.