Ms Rachel O'Connor:

A lot of data is collected by the inspectorate. In the parent and student surveys that are part of the whole-school evaluation, management, leadership and learning, WSE-MLL in schools, two of the questions that parents are asked include the phrases "my child enjoys going to school" and "my child feels safe and well looked after in school", and the same questions are put to students. The inspectorate gathers all of that information but there is a disconnect between the data that are gathered, the data that I present to my board of management and the resources that are provided. There are wonderful resources such as Webwise, which a Department of Education initiative. We provide an awful lot of data and to tell schools that more data are needed when they have been provided but stop with the inspectorate and with the boards of management means there needs to be consistent joined-up thinking to decide what can be done with all of those data.