Practical systems for schools.
Built around how schools actually work.
RAISE Consulting helps schools and trusts turn fragmented data, manual processes and underused technology into practical systems that staff can understand, use and sustain.
From attendance and intervention tracking to operational workflows, dashboards and responsible AI, every solution is designed around real school constraints.
Systems built across
Attendance and Inclusion
Tracking, intervention and evidence of impact.
School Operations
Timetabling, workflow and digital frameworks.
Data, Digital and AI
Governance-led AI and data capability.
Nearly 24 years in education
Former Head of Mathematics
Working systems implemented in schools
Experience across data, timetabling, SharePoint, AI and school operations
Inclusion Impact Framework
IIF is a working attendance and inclusion system, implemented in a real secondary-school setting and subsequently audited, upgraded and documented. It connects attendance insight with intervention, ownership, review and evidence of impact.
- Turns attendance data into clear, actionable insight
- Connects insight directly to recorded interventions
- Gives staff clear ownership of each intervention
- Supports structured review and evidence of impact
Demonstration shown using fully synthetic pupil data.
Problems schools should not have to work around
Schools often rely on disconnected spreadsheets, manual processes, underused systems and knowledge held by one indispensable person. RAISE helps turn those weaknesses into practical, sustainable ways of working.
From problem to working system
RAISE does not begin with a product. It begins by understanding the problem, the people affected and the systems already in place.
Diagnose
Understand the problem, workflow, constraints, existing systems and desired outcome.
Build
Design and create a practical solution using the right combination of data, dashboards, Microsoft 365, automation, AI or process redesign.
Embed
Document the system, train the people using it, and support the organisation so the improvement lasts.
Systems already built around real problems
RAISE's work spans inclusion, learning and school operations. Each system began with a practical problem rather than a technology looking for a use.
Implemented in a secondary-school setting. Demonstrated publicly using synthetic data.
Working platform available to British-curriculum schools as a free 30-day trial, with guidance available for class testing.
What school leaders and staff say
Feedback from staff and leaders who have experienced RAISE training, resources and practical support.
"The session sparked fresh ideas on how AI can enhance planning in the arts and streamline reporting, while the resources and subscription model offered clear paths for continued support."
Head of Department
Archway School, June 2025
"Thank you for your session with our Heads of Department on AI. It certainly gave them some food for thought and an opportunity to engage with this technology in a supportive way. Thanks also for the preparation and provision of a very useful resource for them to take away."
Head of Teaching and Learning
Archway School, June 2025
"The session was engaging and I feel more confident in using AI in my classroom. I will try some of the ideas out and you also introduced new uses of copilot for me, which was appreciated."
Teacher
Cirencester Deer Park School, Nov 2025
Built from experience inside schools
RAISE Consulting was founded by Ben Ford, an educator with nearly 24 years of experience across classroom teaching, department leadership, timetabling, school data, SharePoint systems and practical digital development.
The work is shaped by direct experience of the pressures schools face: limited time, fragmented systems, changing priorities, and solutions that fail when they do not fit the people expected to use them.
What is not working as well as it should?
Whether the issue involves attendance, data, reporting, workflow, Microsoft 365, AI or an operational process held together by spreadsheets, the first step is understanding the problem properly.
RAISE can help diagnose what is getting in the way and identify a practical route forward.