Continuing Professional Development
The GO 4 Schools Education Services Team offer a range of tailored initial training and CPD for schools to ensure the management and set-up of GO 4 Schools is aligned to your school's working practices and data requirements.
Accelerate improvement – support and development for more effective use of data
Our in-house team of trainers consists of ex-senior leaders and an experienced data manager who have recently worked in a range of schools who fully understand the challenges faced by schools in a changing education environment. Our expertise is based on a collaborative understanding of schools' policies and priorities are then giving the best advice in the application of GO 4 Schools.
Options are available, from a range of training packages to bespoke consultancy suitable for:
- Schools who are extending their application of GO 4 Schools including the purchase of new modules.
- Induction for new staff who are key to managing data within the school e.g. Data Managers, SLT.
- Update training for new functionality in GO 4 Schools for a range of staff.
- Refresher training for schools who wish to progress their implementation of GO 4 Schools.
- Health check and review of your use of GO 4 Schools followed by advisory support and training.
Modular GO 4 Schools training
This training can be on site at your school as blocks of 3 hour sessions, or offered remotely in smaller sessions (minimum 1 hour duration if remote).
Type | Details | Typical Duration |
Initial training | For new schools to set-up the management and additional modules purchased. Usually offered as a split session for a core data team and markbook set-up with curriculum leaders. | Average 3 hours |
Full GO 4 Schools implementation | For schools who purchase ALL modules we advise a staged approach to implementation: 1 x initial training + 1 x additional training. Focus for longer subscriptions and larger schools - 6 month time frame for additional training session to be booked at time of install. | 7 hours total, plus 1 hour for attendance tier 3 |
Additional training | For further implementation training and support - booked at any time. Suitable for refresher and induction training on a 1:1 or small group basis. | Our customer service team will be able to advise on the number of hours to suit your requirements |
Training requirements are discussed at the time of booking so we can ensure your time is used for maximum impact and the agenda is tailored to the school's priorities. A Health Check on your set-up and implementation of GO 4 Schools can also ensure you are maximising your use of data to impact on school improvement. To book further training or for more information contact or use our contact page.
For more information regarding training for the GO 4 Schools MIS please contact us for details.
Remote training is £90 per hour and on-site training is £130 per hour. On-site training must be a minimum of 3 hours. All pricing is subject to VAT.
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In-house training offers
As the complexity of school information management changes and the functionality of GO 4 Schools is updated to reflect national school performance data, we want to ensure that you and your staff have access to the most relevant and timely data for your school, as well as the tools and skills to track and analyse this information effectively. We have therefore developed a series of in-house training sessions aimed at Data Managers and those who have the main responsibility for managing the day to day information and set up of GO 4 Schools. Our Data Manager training sessions are designed specifically to support and develop key staff in the management and implementation of GO 4 Schools:
- Induction training is for those who are new in post and need an introduction to the management settings and analysis tools in GO 4 Schools.
- Refresher training is for those who have some experience of using GO 4 Schools but would like an update on new functionality and educational updates to ensure they are maximising their use of school data.
A number of our training sessions are now ‘CPD certified by the CPD certification service – see the table below. Accredited CPD training means the learning activity has reached the required Continuing Professional Development standards and benchmarks. The learning value has been scrutinised to ensure integrity and quality. The CPD Certification Service provides recognised independent CPD accreditation compatible with global CPD requirements. All attendees to these courses will receive a certificate of attendance for the course. We are aiming for more courses to become accredited overtime.
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Download the Data Manager bundle offers
Course name | Key aspects covered | Who should attend | Date(s) | Cost | Included in an offer? |
Data Manager: Introduction to GO 4 Schools | KS2/exam grades uploading data, school internal grading schemes, introduction to using data explorers & sharing data sets. View flyer | Data Managers |
17/09/24 + 18/09/24 + 19/09/24 [3 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
07/01/25 + 08/01/25 + 09/01/25 [3 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
29/04/25 + 30/04/25 + 01/05/25 [3 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £300; second delegate:£250 | DM Package 1/DM Package 2 |
Markbooks |
An overview of comparing approaches to assessment in Markbooks, recording report attributes in markbooks, combining assessments.
View flyer |
Data Managers or personnel with school manager or curriculum leader access in GO 4 Schools. |
24/09/24 + 25/09/24 [2 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
15/10/24 + 16/10/24 [2 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
21/01/25 + 22/01/25 [2 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
11/03/25 + 12/03/25 [2 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
03/06/25 + 04/06/25 [2 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £200; second delegate:£150 | DM Package 2 |
Preparing for Ofsted | Preparation for inspection, understanding the 4 key areas of the OFSTED framework, school improvement and the IDSR. View flyer | Senior Leaders |
20/11/24 + 21/11/24 [2 x 2 hr online sessions]
19/03/25 + 20/03/25 [2 x 2 hr online sessions]
|
First delegate: £180 ; second delegate:£150 | No |
Pastoral Leads: Attendance & Behaviour | Review of your set up & implementation of behaviour & attendance. View flyer | New users of the behaviour and/ or the attendance module |
01/10/24 + 02/10/24 + 03/10/24 [3 x 2 hr online sessions]
25/02/25 + 26/02/25 + 27/02/25 [3 x 2 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £300 ; second delegate:£250 | No |
School Leaders: Analysing Data | Key performance measures and the analysis tools for analysis, Curriculum overview and analysis tools for reviewing the quality of education impact and Headline dashboard views for effective tracking. View flyer | Data Managers and Senior Leaders |
12/11/24 + 13/11/24 [2 x 2.25 hr online sessions]
06/02/25 + 07/02/25 [2 x 2.25 hr online sessions]
02/07/25 + 03/07/25 [2 x 2.25 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £200 ; second delegate:£150 | No |
Data Manager: New to the Role |
KS2 data used in secondary schools, uploading targets, school grading schemes, reports and snapshots. View flyer | Data Managers |
10/09/24 + 11/09/24 + 12/09/24 [3 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
13/05/25 + 14/05/25 + 15/05/25 [3 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £300 ; second delegate:£250 | DM Package 1/DM Package 2 |
Attendance |
For schools using GO 4 Schools to record attendance. Review the school set up and daily management of attendance data, reviewing outputs and communication of attendance to parents. View flyer | Attendance officers, school leaders with attendance responsibility |
12/09/24 [1 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
03/12/24 [1 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
16/01/25 [1 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £150 ; second delegate:£100 | No |
Progress Reports "NEW" | Creating reports, using report attributes, using comment banks. Creating snapshots, tracking student and parent engagement View flyer | Data Managers and Senior Leaders |
03/10/24 [1 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
05/12/24 [1 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
30/01/25 [1 x 2.5 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £150 ; second delegate:£100 | No |
Behaviour |
Classifying and setting up behaviour events to reflect your schools behaviour policy, set up and manage behaviour email notifications. View flyer | Senior Leaders |
17/06/25 + 18/06/25 [2 x 2 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £180; second delegate: £150 | No |
End of Academic Year Process | Preparing for exam analysis, uploading exam results, creating and using snapshots. View flyer | Data Managers |
18/06/24 + 19/06/24 [2 x 2 hr online sessions]
|
First delegate: £180; second delegate: £150 | No |
Post 16: Provision & Performance |
Tracking key groups effectively for sixth form intervention and evidence, Different ways in which sixth form data can be set up in GO 4 Schools. View flyer | Data Managers and Senior Leaders |
08/10/24 + 09/10/24 [2 x 2 hr online sessions]
12/02/25 + 13/02/25 [2 x 2 hr online sessions]
19/06/25 + 20/06/25 [2 x 2 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £180; second delegate: £150 | No |
Data Manager: Analysing Data | Subject statistics overview, data explorers for more detailed analysis, key statistics and performance measures. View flyer | Data Managers |
05/11/24 + 06/11/24 [2 x 2.25 hr online sessions]
04/02/25 + 05/02/25 [2 x 2.25 hr online sessions]
11/06/25 + 12/06/25 [2 x 2.25 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £200 ; second delegate:£150 | DM Package 2 |
End & Start of Academic Year Process | Locked subjects and group management tool, copying markbooks, using the school dashboard. View flyer | Data Managers |
20/05/25 + 21/05/25 + 22/05/25 [3 x 2 hr online sessions]
01/07/25 + 02/07/25 + 03/07/25 [3 x 2 hr online sessions]
08/07/25 + 09/07/25 + 10/07/25 [3 x 2 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £300 ; second delegate:£250 | DM Package 1 |
School Leaders: Embedding data effectively | Focusing on how the use of year group and subject statistics are influenced by approaches to tracking ‘live’ data in markbooks to better inform learning interventions. View flyer | School Leaders and Curriculum Leaders |
22/10/24 + 23/10/24 [2 x 2 hr online sessions]
09/07/25 + 10/07/25 [2 x 2 hr online sessions]
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First delegate: £180; second delegate: £150 | No |
All courses are delivered remotely via Microsoft Teams or available to book for your school or cluster of schools.