Sending Data Sharing Agreements from the LA MIS

Data sharing agreements need to be set up between the LA MIS sites and the school sites that feed into it to access your schools' data and to be able to log in to schools directly from the LA MIS.

To send the data-sharing agreements, go to Institutions > Data Sharing Agreements.

Requesting an agreement

Use the No Agreement Tab to send data sharing requests to schools by selecting them with the checkboxes and then clicking the Bulk action button to choose which data sharing request you would like to send.

In the No Agreement tab, tick the box next to the school(s) that you need to send the agreement to, and then click Bulk Action and Send data sharing requests for MIS Data. You can select from anyone with the Executive Head Teacher, Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher or Data Manager business roles (providing they have an email address on the school site), or send to all.

We recommend selecting the Headteacher, as only they have permission to confirm requests by default. 

For data sharing requests from LA's, there will be an addendum that schools can access and read. This addendum is linked in the email template and can be found attached to this article.

What are the Access levels?

• DfE Data - This access level allows staff in the group to view ASP or open data published by the Government (e.g. Attendance data, published annually).
• DfE Data & MIS Data - In addition to the above, this access level also allows staff in the group to view data points from the institution’s MIS, live.
• DfE Data, MIS Data & Group Actions - In addition to the above, this access level also allows staff in the group to perform central actions such as logging into the institution’s Arbor MIS.