Every school has a story.

The real insight comes when those stories are brought together.

Whether you’re a Trust, Federation or Local Authority, you’re not just looking to understand individual results.

You’re looking to identify patterns, share effective practice and make informed decisions that improve outcomes across all your schools.

That’s why it’s time to Deep Dive Together.

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The best schools don’t just collect data. They use it to drive change.

So why should school improvement be any different?

The challenge isn’t finding more data. It’s working together to understand what the data is telling us.

By combining strategic oversight with school-level expertise, we can move beyond assumptions and uncover the real stories hidden within our data. Together, we can identify barriers to learning, celebrate what’s working, and pinpoint where support will have the greatest impact.

Because sustainable school improvement doesn’t happen to schools. It happens with schools.

Question Level Analysis is the Key

That’s where Question Level Analysis (QLA) comes in.

By drilling down into assessment data at question level, schools can uncover hidden learning gaps, identify strengths, target interventions more effectively, and make evidence-based decisions with greater confidence.

QLA doesn’t just show you scores — it reveals the why behind them. By breaking data down into topics and cohorts, it uncovers powerful patterns and trends you simply won’t see from raw answers alone.

  • Spot hidden gaps
  • Identify strengths
  • Take action where it counts

The result? Better conversations. Better decisions. Better outcomes.

But the real strength of QLA lies in its ability to guide evidence-based decision-making. 

By identifying small, marginal gains, schools can implement focused strategies that lead to significant improvements over time. When these insights are integrated into improvement plans, they can enhance teaching effectiveness and student outcomes across an entire group of schools.

Here’s how QLA drives better outcomes:

  • Pinpoint strengths and gaps fast
    See exactly which topics pupils excel in and where they struggle, so you can set precise, achievable improvement targets using the 1% principle.
  • Fine‑tune your curriculum with evidence
    Spot consistent gaps across a cohort and identify where teaching approaches need adjusting — backed by clear, reliable data.
  • Deliver targeted interventions that work
    Know the exact areas holding pupils back (e.g., fractions, punctuation, place value) and tailor support that makes an immediate impact.
  • Build continuous, measurable improvement
    Regular analysis keeps teaching responsive and ensures small, consistent changes compound into significant long‑term progress.
  • Strengthen professional development
    Give teachers the insight they need to refine practice, focus their CPD, and build a culture of ongoing improvement.

By integrating QLA into their approach, schools can create a culture of continuous improvement, where every small step contributes to significant, long-term success. These small changes can help create a more dynamic, supportive, and efficient school environment.

The Power of Joined up Insight

QLA becomes even more powerful when used across multiple schools, giving leaders a bigger-picture view of strengths, gaps, and progress across the entire group of schools – supporting collaboration and strategic improvement..

1. Consistent, Comparable Data

Using QLA across schools means everyone is working with the same analysis format, making results directly comparable. This allows you to identify shared strengths and common gaps across the group plus spot outliers — schools performing particularly strongly or facing similar challenges.

2. Encourages Collaboration, Not Competition

By combining forensic school-level analysis with a trust-wide or authority-wide overview, we help leaders move from isolated performance measures to a clear understanding of what is happening across their entire organisation. Schools can share what’s working well, approaches that improved specific question strands and Intervention strategies that made measurable impact. This builds a culture of collective improvement.

3. Cross-School Insights for Leadership Leaders

You can now review performance at subject, cohort, and topic level across all schools. Highlight where curriculum alignment is strong and Detect where teaching approaches differ and whether this affects outcomes.

4. Targeted Support Across the Trust / Federation / Local Authority

With clear data, leaders can direct support more effectively by deploying expertise from strong schools to support others. Subject leaders can compare challenges and successes across schools. You also have clear evidence to help Identify which schools need specific CPD or intervention resources enabling you to create Group‑wide training that focus on areas where multiple schools show gaps.

5.High-Level Strategic Planning

Aggregated results give leaders a full picture of progress over time. This will provide true evidence to support long-term curriculum re-designs that evaluate the impact of trust-wide initiatives and track improvement across all schools. This, in turn, leads to better outcomes for All Pupils. By analysing patterns across schools, trusts can raise standards consistently, reduce variability in outcomes and ensure every pupil benefits from the strongest practice in the group

How can DAISI Education help your group?

The answers to your biggest school improvement challenges may already exist within your data. The key is bringing that information together in a way that reveals what matters most.

For over 15 years, DAISI Education has worked alongside schools, trusts and local authorities to transform KS2 SATs data into clear, actionable insight, helping leaders save time, ask better questions and focus on improving outcomes for children.

Our Question Level Analysis (QLA) provides instant clarity on strengths, gaps and priorities, turning complex assessment data into clear, actionable next steps. By using a consistent approach across a Trust, Federation or Local Authority, leaders can compare performance with confidence, identify shared priorities, uncover effective practice and target support where it will have the greatest impact.

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Every school has its own story. Group Analysis helps you understand the bigger picture.

Because the most powerful insights don’t come from looking at schools in isolation. They come from learning together, sharing what works and using evidence to drive improvement across the whole partnership.

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One Analysis. Two Levels of Insight.

Ordering as a group unlocks a powerful, joined-up view—providing comprehensive insights for all stakeholders, from classroom to boardroom.

At school level, every headteacher receives a personalised report tailored to the unique needs of their pupils, cohorts, and curriculum.

At group level, leaders gain a joined-up view across all schools, including:

  • Cross-school comparisons
  • Trust and Local Authority trends
  • National benchmark comparisons
  • Subject and cohort strengths and weaknesses
  • Identification of effective practice
  • Prioritisation of support, intervention and CPD

The result is a richer understanding of performance that no individual school report can provide alone.

Turning Data into Collaboration

The most successful trusts and local authorities don’t simply collect data. They use it to connect schools, share expertise, and drive improvement collectively.

Our Group Analysis helps leaders identify where schools can learn from one another, where support is most needed, and where resources will have the greatest impact. It creates a common evidence base for strategic planning, school improvement conversations, and informed decision-making at every level.

Case Study: Wirral Council

Wirral Council has been collaborating with us since 2023. We provided detailed analyses of KS2 SATs Results and our Year 6 Maths Baseline for a large number of their schools as part of a deep dive into Mathematics Outcomes. Besides the school-level reports, Wirral also received summary reports at the Local Authority level.

The PDF reports empowered school improvement officers to take a proactive approach in addressing key areas across their schools. Headteachers are now working together to discuss the data and use evidence to enhance their curriculum. This collaborative effort is fostering a data-driven culture, leading to more informed decisions and targeted improvements in teaching and learning.

“Mark, Shaun and the team at DAISI have provided us with the in-depth information required to really drill down and discover what needs to be done to improve mathematics outcomes.

Not only has their diagnostic information enabled us to identify specific strengths and weaknesses, it has also enabled us to flag up key pupil cohort achievement. As a result, leaders are adapting the taught curriculum to ensure any gaps in knowledge are being effectively addressed.

I would recommend the DAISI analysis package to anybody who really wants to understand what their assessment information is truly telling them.”

John Tomlinson, Senior School Advisor – School Effectiveness, Wirral Council

From the performance reports provided to Wirral Council, several key insights emerged:

  1. Student Progress – We identified trends in student progress, highlighting areas where students excel and where they may need additional support.
  2. Teaching Effectiveness – The reports have shed light on the effectiveness of different teaching strategies, helping to pinpoint which methods are most successful in improving student outcomes in mathematics.
  3. Resource Allocation – Insights into resource allocation have been gained, showing how different levels of support and resources impact student performance.
  4. Curriculum Gaps – The reports have helped identify gaps in the curriculum, allowing for targeted interventions to address these areas.
  5. Professional Development Needs – We’ve identified specific professional development needs for teachers, enabling tailored training programs to enhance teaching skills.
  6. Comparative Analysis – By comparing performance across different schools, we’ve been able to share best practices and foster a collaborative approach to improving mathematics education.

These insights have been instrumental in driving targeted improvements and supporting the overall goal of enhancing mathematics teaching and learning in Wirral schools.

Wirral now work in Partnership with DAISI Education – allowing their schools to access the wide range of QLA available at a reduced rate. Since our initial meeting, over 20 schools are now actively using Question Level Analysis in their planning – returning year on year for the insights gained.

What are the next Steps?

DAISI Education work with Multi Academy Trusts, Federation and Local Authorities all over the country providing detailed Data Insight and Question Level Analysis.

We invite you to partner with us through a Bespoke Group Order or our Partnership Scheme. Both options give your group the freedom to order directly from our website, while ensuring senior leaders benefits from unified reporting, aligned insight, and a collaborative relationship that supports long‑term improvement.

  • Consistent, Coordinated Analysis across your organisation
  • Focus on Specific Curriculum Areas (e.g., reading, writing, mathematics)
  • Personalised Insight for every School Headteacher
  • High Level Reporting for Group Leaders
  • Proven Impact with organisations across the country

For more information, please click on the appropriate link below or email us direct for a full conversation.

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