Title: 24th ICES key note address "The Challenges of Managing Information across the Education Sector"
124th ICES key note address"The Challenges of
Managing Information across the Education Sector"
- Tim Wright
- Chief Information Officer, DfES
2My background
3Similarities of landscape
- Complex information structures
- Many discrete and unconnected systems
- A need to maintain information for the life of
the asset - A supply chain that will undoubtedly change shape
and membership over the life of the project - Many partners involved in delivery
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4The information challenge for the sector
Source Key services in the DfES sector involving
identity management (DfES CIO Group, Nov 2006)
5Government policy
- Transformational Government and Varney
- Personalisation and the Gilbert Review
- 14-19 Reform
- Leitch
- Every Child Matters
6Changing customer expectations
7The learner journey and how we support it
Age
0
Child/learner
Schools
Lifelong learning and skills
LSC Individual Learner Record database
Agenda for Change FE Information
Standards Authority
National Pupil Database NRWS Data Subprogramme
Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF)
BECTA strategic technology programme
LSC Managing Information Across Partners (MIAP)
DfES delivery
JISC e-Framework
HE
Partner delivery
SLC Student support modernisation
QCA/NAA Exam modernisation Qualifications
Framework Minerva
Children and young people
ContactPoint
eCAF (Common Assessment Framework)
ConnexionsCCIS
Sure Startmgt information
Integrated Childrens Services
Vetting and Barring
Knowledge for Improvement (KFI)
8Our Information Strategy
- Key elements
- gradual change - no big bang
- enable systems to talk to one another, and,
over time, converge - using common information standards to get
- the right information
- to the right person
- at the right time
- in the right format
- streamlining processes within a common framework
- giving each customer a unique identity to
provide - easy access to services
- enables personalised responses
- safe use and secure information
- better coordination of investments and decision
making - keeping up with and exploiting technologies
9The first steps
- Schools Data Sub-programme
- National Pupil Database
- SIF (Systems Interoperability Framework)
- Connexions Client Caseload Information system
- MIAP
- Childrens services
- ContactPoint
- Integrated Childrens System
- Common Assessment Framework
- Vetting and Barring
- New cross-sector initiatives
- CIO Council
- Information Standards Board
- Identity management strategy
- Pilot projects
10Workshop participation
- Outline the DfESs strategic approach
- Demonstrate this with an example - e admissions
- Get your views on what our priorities should be
11- Thank you
- tim.wright_at_dfes.gsi.gov.uk