EVIDENCE FOR LEADERSHIP

Evidence a coherent, timely and fair application support process — across the whole cohort.

Outleap gives leaders a leading one today — at-risk flags and a record of support given — so you can answer "how do we know every student is being helped in time?" before the data lands a year too late.

Book a walkthrough Book a trust review

Outleap · Progression Radar

Year 13 · 126 students

86% Intended destination recorded Live

71% At least one saved opportunity In development

48% Active application In development

9 No-route risk Live

14 students need action this week Grouped by reason

Amira K. undecided pathway Log intervention

Jordan M. no evidence entries Log intervention

Priya S. reference not finalised Log intervention

Leo T. no applications Log intervention

Hannah W. deadline in 6 days Log intervention

Pathway mix

University 58%

Apprenticeship 22%

Employment 8%

Undecided 12%

Leading signalWhole cohortGovernor-readySupport evidenced

THE ASSURANCE GAP

From a destinations spreadsheet you read once a year to a live answer you can give any week.

Most leaders learn whether support worked from destination data that arrives long after the cohort has left. By then nothing can be changed. A leading signal — who is stuck, what has been done, who owns the next action — lets you assure now, while it still matters.

Without a leading signal

Assurance rests on a destinations report that arrives a year after you could act
"How do we know every student is supported?" answered with anecdote, not evidence
Variation in support hidden until it shows up in the outcomes

With Outleap

A live view of who is on track, who is stuck, and what support has been given
At-risk flags and logged interventions you can show a governor today
Coverage you can defend across the whole cohort, not just UCAS applicants

LEADING VS LAGGING

Destinations tell you what happened. Outleap tells you what is happening.

Destination data is honest and important, and it is also too late. It reports last year's cohort while this year's drifts. A leading signal sits a year earlier in the process — at the point where intervention still changes the result.

The lagging measure

Where students ended up. Useful for review, useless for action — the cohort it describes has already left.

The leading signal [NOW]

Who has an unclear or inactive plan now, surfaced by at-risk flags, with the support already given recorded against each name.

Defensible, not destination-based

We evidence the quality and timeliness of your support process. We never claim destinations, offers or inspection outcomes — that is the line that keeps the claim credible.

THE ASSURANCE PACK

A governor-ready summary of how the cohort is being supported.

The leadership output artefact is the Assurance Pack: cohort coverage, at-risk numbers and interventions logged, drawn from what staff are doing today. A downloadable sample shows exactly what a governor would receive. Richer export packs are in development.

What it shows today [NOW]

Cohort size and pathway mix, the count of students flagged at risk, and the support and interventions staff have recorded against them.

Built for the room it is read in

Plain figures a governor can challenge, not a dashboard screenshot. No student statement text, no quality grades on a child's work.

Where it is going [VISION]

Subgroup and 16–19 disadvantage views, a termly progression report and a fuller SLT export pack are on the roadmap, not live today.

FOR THE GOVERNING BODY

The questions governors should be asking — and the data leaders can actually answer with.

Good governance is not "where did they end up?" alone. It is "how do we know every student had suitable opportunities and timely support, and that the support did not depend on who knew how to ask?" Outleap gives leaders something concrete to answer with.

"Who is currently without a clear plan?"

Answerable today from the at-risk view — students with an undecided pathway or no active application surface by name, with a count.

"What have we done about them?"

Each flagged student carries the interventions staff have logged, so support is evidenced rather than assumed.

"Is support reaching everyone?"

The whole cohort sits in one view across every route. A subgroup and equity lens to answer this fully is in development [VISION].

HOW ASSURANCE WORKS

Three steps from staff activity to leadership evidence.

Nothing here is a separate reporting exercise for staff. The evidence is a by-product of the support already happening in the control room.

Staff support the cohort

Coordinators and tutors work the at-risk flags — undecided pathway, no active application, reference not finalised — and log the interventions they make. [NOW]

Activity becomes a record

Every flag cleared and every intervention logged is captured against a named student, building a live record of who has been helped and how. [NOW]

Leaders assure with it

The Assurance Pack summarises that record for SLT and governors. Termly progression reports and subgroup export packs extend this on the roadmap. [VISION]

WHAT A GOVERNOR RECEIVES

A sample Assurance Pack, drawn from today's at-risk and intervention evidence.

Cohort coverage across every route, the number of students currently flagged at risk, and the interventions staff have recorded against them — the leading signal a year before destinations arrive. The richer subgroup and termly export packs shown alongside are in development, and we mark them as such.

FOR SLT AND GOVERNORS

See the assurance you could give your governors this term.

A consultative walkthrough of the leading signal your cohort already produces — and a sample Assurance Pack you can take into the room.

Book a walkthrough