Helen Robinson

Customer Operations Director, FFT

Helen is Customer Operations Director (Data) at FFT Education. Born and bred in Wales, her background is in mathematics gaining a PhD in the subject from the University of Wales, Bangor in 2000. Helen has worked with education data for over 20 years starting in a local authority, via the Local Government Data Unit - Wales and RM Data Solutions, before joining FFT Education in 2013. She has worked on a wide variety of projects including the National Pupil Database (Wales), RAISEonline, PISA (as National Program Manager for England) and latterly leading the development of FFT Aspire. She has a solid background in analytics, service delivery, and development/program management. Helen also leads on information security for FFT and is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM). Helen joined the governing board of Charlton Wood Primary Academy in 2022 and assumed the role of chair later that year. Following the merger with TiLA, Helen joined the board of Directors for TiLA in 2024. She is passionate about helping schools to make good use of data to help to ensure pupils can achieve their full potential.

1 Workshop series two

Managing the changing face of school data: A discussion workshop

Join us for this thought-provoking space for attendees to share insights and practice on key areas of the complex and evolving landscape for school and trust level data. We will discuss the current progress measure gaps within trusts, effectively complementing the new DfE and Ofsted measures, and the importance of contextualising data for valid assessment. <ul> <li>How are trusts currently navigating the absence of formal progress measures? Where is your focus? How important is pupil progress? What measures are being used? What advice are you giving schools?)"How should trusts think about the contextualisation of school data?</li> <li>How should trusts think about the around the contextualisation of school data?What’s important; demographic variation, pupil starting points, pupil needs, similar schools, regional circumstances, a level playing field? What would you like to see?</li> <li>How should trusts ‘complement’ new DfE and Ofsted measures? (What are your views on the current direction of travel? What would you like to see that supplements the DfE and Ofsted approach?)</li> </ul>