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IP Newsletter May 2025

Customer Success Team

Welcome to your May 2025 Newsletter

This is a pivotal period for educators and students alike, as the exam season reaches its peak and planning for the next academic year gains momentum. In this edition, we’re focusing on three key areas to support you during this important transition:

Our Feature Focus will explore how to set up your iP Suite for clear, insightful reports—particularly when presenting to Governors and stakeholders. We’ll also look at how to manage staff transitions smoothly to maintain momentum in your school improvement journey.

Now is the perfect time to reflect on what’s working, identify any gaps, and use the iP Suite to confidently plan ahead. As always, if you have any questions or would like to arrange your free system review, our team is here to support you every step of the way.

Feature Focus

Make data work for you.

With exam season in full swing and leadership transitions on the horizon, it’s the perfect time to ensure your SchooliP setup aligns with your school’s current priorities.

The iP Suite’s custom reports feature puts powerful insights at your fingertips. Whether you're showcasing progress to Governors or identifying patterns in staff development, you can generate tailored reports that reflect the metrics that matter most to you.

Access live, accurate data that supports strategic decisions and continuous improvement—making it easier than ever to demonstrate impact and drive progress.

Find out how Live Data can help you

Leadership Continuity: Planning for a Smooth Handover

As one academic year draws to an end and another approaches, leadership changes are common, and preparing for them is essential. Whether you’re welcoming new senior leaders, assigning a new SchooliP lead, or reshuffling internal responsibilities, having a clear handover process is key to maintaining momentum.

At this stage, it’s important to confirm who will be leading on SchooliP going forward. If your designated system lead is changing, let us know so we can ensure they’re fully supported and confident using the system from day one.

Succession planning isn’t just about preparing for the future—it’s about strengthening your team today. With SchooliP, schools can:

By reviewing roles and responsibilities now, you can ensure a seamless transition that keeps your school on track. A smooth handover helps avoid disruption, keeps everyone aligned, and sets new leaders up for success.

If you're unsure whether your leadership structure in SchooliP reflects your current team, or you'd like help onboarding new users, our support team is here to help. Let’s work together to make next year your strongest yet.

Free Webinar: Rethinking Learning Walks with AI – June 25th

We’re delighted to invite you to the first in a new series of expert-led webinars focused on fresh, practical approaches to school improvement across all educational settings.

Join digital strategist Jennifer Surujpaul and Andy Goodeve as they explore how AI can transform teaching, reduce workload, and enhance learning. This session will share real-life examples and practical insights to spark ideas and discussion around AI’s role in your school’s digital journey.

This is the first in a growing series of thought-provoking webinars designed to share innovation, best practice, and fresh ideas across the education sector, with six more sessions already confirmed.

Reserve Your Spot

We’re proud to be sponsoring the Blueprint for Inclusion Conference 2025 – and it’s coming up soon!

Join us on the 27th of June at The Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce, Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent (ST1 5BE), 9am, for an inspiring day full of powerful sessions from:

And of course, our team from Derventio will be there showcasing SchooliP, it would be great to see some of you there! 

Register Here

Enjoying iP

edtech impact award top school data management 2025
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If you are enjoying iP…

Refer an organisation today for money off your licensing fee. Simply send us your contact to info@derventioeducation.com.

If our team successfully signs you up, we’ll apply the credit to your next renewal.

If you would like more information on this, get in touch with our referral team

We're proud to share that SchooliP has been voted the number one tool in its category by EdTech Impact! Thank you to everyone who shared their feedback. If you'd like to leave us a review, you can do so by clicking here.

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