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I’ve been using Tracker+ for well over ten years and it’s one of the few systems that I use almost every day and couldn’t imagine being without.

The move to the new platform has been transformational. As a Trust CEO, I spend a lot of time looking at attendance, outcomes and the performance of different pupil groups across our schools. Tracker+ has always been useful, but the new version has taken it to another level.

What stands out is how quickly I can get from data to meaningful conversations. Whether I’m working with Trustees, Governors, Headteachers or school leadership teams, the analysis helps us focus on the right questions and make informed decisions about priorities and next steps.

The AI enhanced analysis has been a real step forward. It’s not a substitute for professional judgement, but it helps identify patterns, trends and areas for further investigation that might otherwise take much longer to uncover. It often prompts exactly the kind of discussion we need to be having.

For me, the biggest compliment I can give Tracker+ is that it has become part of how we lead improvement across the Trust. It isn’t just something we use to report data. It influences strategic thinking, supports planning and helps ensure our decisions are grounded in a clear understanding of what’s actually happening in our schools.

After more than a decade of using Tracker+, I still find myself discovering new ways to use it. That’s a testament to the thought and care that continues to go into its development.

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Every school data system claims to answer the same question: who isn’t achieving? In reality, that’s the easy part, and most trackers manage it. The harder questions, the ones that actually drive improvement, are what are their specific gaps or barriers, and what are we doing about it? In my experience, schools can often answer the second question themselves, through teacher knowledge and their own systems. What no other tracker I’ve used comes close to is answering the third, because that requires everything, attainment, attendance, interventions, SEND provision, teacher notes, to sit in one connected place rather than scattered across five different systems that don’t talk to each other. Tracker+ does that. It’s the only system I’ve encountered that takes a school all the way from identifying a child to understanding why, to showing what’s actually being done about it and whether that’s working.

Across all Nova primary schools, the feedback has been nothing but positive, and consistently so. Staff describe the interface as intuitive and clear, whatever their role and whatever they’re using it for: class teachers checking progress, subject leaders spotting cohort patterns, SENCOs building and reviewing plans, headteachers preparing for governors. Training has been excellent throughout, pitched right for a genuinely wide range of stakeholders, and that matters, because a system is only as good as the confidence staff have in using it.

The AI integration is where the real shift happens in terms of how staff use a tracker. It moves staff time away from typing and calculating and towards thinking. That’s the difference between a system that produces data and one that produces insights, which is at the centre of Jonathan’s vision for Tracker+. Reports that used to take days of pulling numbers from six different places now start from a draft that’s already grounded in the school’s own data, leaving staff to add the professional judgement and context that only they can bring.

Jonathan is a genuine pleasure to work with. I have worked with him for many years in a variety of roles and he has had a real impact in supporting school improvement throughout this time. He’s unfailingly supportive, consistently goes beyond what’s expected to resolve a query or find a solution, and he and his team keep evolving the system in direct response to what schools and trusts tell them they need. That responsiveness is rare, and it’s part of why the product keeps getting better rather than standing still.

As a trust leader, the trust-level view has transformed how I work. It gives me real clarity on patterns across our schools, where the strengths are, where the risks are building, and where they’re specific to one school versus common across several. That means I can direct school improvement resource to where it’s needed most, more quickly and far more precisely than I could before Tracker+.

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As a Trust CEO, the end-of-year data work in July is one of the most demanding jobs on my desk. This year the SATs results were released late, which should have pushed everything back. Instead, I completed the Trust’s data work in record time, earlier than I have ever managed before. I do not say that lightly. It is the first time the process has felt straightforward rather than something to be endured.

The difference is what that time buys. Rather than days spent gathering and reconciling figures from each school, I can see the whole Trust in one place, compare schools on the same footing, and take a clear picture to Trustees and Heads before the summer break rather than into the autumn term. Conversations about priorities now start from evidence, not from waiting for it.

It comes into its own when Ofsted call. When the phone rings, we can see exactly where each school stands straight away, drilling down to individual groups at the click of a button and pulling the picture together in minutes. Being able to build bespoke reports on the spot means the conversations we need to have are grounded in evidence from the outset, which is a very different place to be starting from when time is short.

It matters just as much that it works for our Heads. They have told me how easy it has been for them. Our Headteachers describe it as very user friendly, with the sense that the feedback they gave has clearly been listened to, and that the impact has been immeasurable. That is the kind of comment you only hear about a system built around the people who use it.

I would recommend Tracker+ to any Trust that wants its data work to take less time and mean more.

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At Stradbroke we have used Tracker+ for over a decade and, with Jonathan’s knowledge and expertise, we have constantly been able to update and modify our tracking systems to keep pace with the ever-changing climate of primary assessment.

Tracker+ has made our assessment systems easy for all stakeholders to understand and interpret and is particularly useful during inspections, where we can quickly and easily demonstrate progress and attainment for a variety of groups and cohorts. The web-based tools have also become increasingly valuable, allowing us to dig much deeper into our data and identify trends, patterns and areas for further investigation without the process becoming time-consuming or unnecessarily complicated. We can get to the information we need much more quickly, which has made a real difference to the efficiency of our school self-evaluation and strategic decision-making.

More recently, the development of the AI features has added another really useful dimension. As a Headteacher, I spend a considerable amount of time writing reports and bringing together information from across the school, and the AI tools have helped significantly with this process. They allow me to use the data already within Tracker+ to help generate meaningful analysis and narrative, which I can then refine and personalise. This has saved me a considerable amount of time while still allowing me to retain professional judgement and ensure that the final reports accurately reflect the context and priorities of our school.

We have also worked with Jonathan to develop new attendance features, which give us instant, intuitive data that has proven incredibly effective not only for monitoring and identifying attendance trends and issues, but also for communicating this information clearly with parents, pupils and governors.

What is particularly impressive about Tracker+ is that it continues to evolve alongside the needs of schools. Jonathan is always willing to listen to what we need and find solutions to new challenges as they arise, with remote support almost always available on the same day. The combination of a highly bespoke system, increasingly powerful web-based analysis and practical AI tools has made Tracker+ an invaluable part of how we use data at Stradbroke.

The service provided is really second to none. I would encourage any school that wants its assessment and data systems to be genuinely useful, efficient and impactful to use Tracker+.