How does Arbor use school data for benchmarking and data insights?

This guide explains how Arbor uses anonymised, aggregated data from your Management Information System (MIS). 

Arbor uses aggregated school data from the MIS in two ways:

1. For Arbor national benchmarks within the product in areas such as attendance; and
2. on occasion to publish research on national trends in education. 

When we do, the data is always anonymised and aggregated. We believe that such data, used well, helps make policy that responds better to what schools need.

What this means for your school

Schools using Arbor are able to view live national benchmarks to contextualise their performance compared to the sector as a whole. It is important to know that using this aggregated and anonymised data:

• We anonymise data so it can no longer identify anyone, which means it is no longer personal data under UK data protection law. 
• We never analyse individual pupil data.
• We only publish data in aggregate and our research will never identify a person, school or Trust.

Questions?

If you have any questions about how your data is used, please contact your Account Manager.