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IT Capacity & Complexity Benchmark
How much IT resource the demands on your school actually imply, and whether you have it. About 15 minutes. Your answers save as you go.
What you will get
- Which of four complexity bands your school is in, and what that means for a school like yours.
- How much IT work your answers imply — split into keeping things running, helping people, planning, and oversight — and how much of it your school must keep however IT is provided.
- Whether you have about the right amount, and where the gap is likely to be.
- How you compare with similar schools, once enough have taken part.
Free, including the full report. You will need a free account to save your answers to your school.
23 questions in 6 parts, about 15 minutes
- Your school's size — The basics. We have filled in what GIAS, the government's schools database, told us.
- Who does your IT — How IT support is provided today, so we can compare what you need with what you have.
- Your technology — What your technology is like, and how much the school relies on it.
- Safeguarding, data and oversight — How much safeguarding, data protection and scrutiny depend on your technology.
- Change — Anything that makes this year busier than usual for IT.
- What leaders expect — How much the school's leaders rely on and expect from IT.
You can stop at any time and carry on later, on any computer. "Not sure" is always fine.