Public Alchemy National Dashboards

Premium products

Click on the dashboard you want to open. Use desktop for optimal viewing.

SEND Pressure Index & Benchmarking tool

Identify the pressure points of your local authority and engage with comparable neighbours to learn best practices.

How to use the dashboard

• Rank a local authority on 9 key SEND metrics.

• Use the benchmarking tool to identify best performing comparable local authorities.

• Engage with other local authorities to share best practices.

Population Analysis Tool

View multiple population trends for a selected school, area or trust to inform future strategic decisions.

How to use the dashboard

• Select a specific school to view its recent population trends as well as schools and areas around it.

• Search by postcode to assess population trends of multiple MSOAs.

• View population trends of all schools within a particular trust.

Specialist Needs & Potential Capacity

Create a sufficiency strategy in partnership with local schools to develop places in mainstream schools for the right needs.

How to use the dashboard

• Identify the available capacity in mainstream schools.

• Compare the public data to your local projections of needs.

• Engage with schools to create the right capacity for the right needs in the right schools.

Local Authority deep dive

Identify the biggest area of needs in a selected local authority across age groups and provision types.

How to use the dashboard

• Select a local authority to benchmark EHCP and SEN support rates, the primary needs and provision types against national and regional averages.

• Identify cohorts to prioritize for system engagement deep dives and the identification of opportunities to better support pupils with SEN.

Exclusion and suspension dashboard

Compare rates across SEN status, identify the trusts driving them, and learn best practices from other local authorities.

How to use the dashboard

• Select a local authority to compare the exclusion and suspension rates across SEN status and benchmark your rates to comparable neighbours.

• Identify the trusts with the highest rates.

• Engage with other local authorities to create improvement plans based on new best practices.

Disclaimer: Our benchmarks are based on publicly available data only. The datasources are available here.

Solutions need to be highly local to be successful. Understanding the local needs of schools, parents, carers, and pupils is the only way to develop long-term collaborative improvement programmes.