RAISEonline News

In April the Department for Education (DfE) will be launching a new service which will provide schools and other existing user groups with detailed performance analysis to support local school improvement as a replacement to RAISEonline.

The new service

The DfE have worked with users to ensure the service will be easier to navigate and use, whilst retaining familiar tools such as filters. Access will be granted through ‘Secure Access’, in line with other DfE services.

The DfE are also introducing new commercial arrangements to make the data that sits behind RAISEonline available to accredited suppliers who satisfy strict security and usage criteria. This will enable the market to develop innovative services which schools can choose to procure should they wish, in a similar way that many do now.

What’s next?

As the new service is DfE led, the Ofsted Helpdesk will close on 31 March. They are working with Ofsted to ensure as smooth a transition as possible for users.

When the new service is available they will contact you again with the link to the new site as well as information regarding your Secure Access log-in. They will also be providing a couple of short videos to get users familiar with the new service. 

In the meantime, watch out for updates on the RAISEonline Latest News page. 

Following the initial release the DfE will continue to improve the service based on user feedback, analytics and on-going user research. They will be keen to seek your feedback either through formal testing or through user surveys, which will be built into the new service. As part of those ongoing improvements the DfE are very focused on ensuring RAISEonline data is available earlier, as they know that’s a key area schools want to see addressed.