About FFT

Transforming data, inspiring learning, improving schools.

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Our mission

To support schools and teachers from nursery through to post-16 education, to help children achieve their very best. We do this through providing expert data and literacy tools to support schools globally in improving pupil outcomes.

Literacy

We know the lifelong impact of better early literacy.

Data

Supplying education data to schools, trusts and local authorities for over 20 years.

School improvement

Our data and literacy tools work together to achieve and measure better learning.

16,000+

schools, MATs, local authorities and academy chains use Aspire

60,000

pupils tutored over the last two years using our primary literacy tutoring programme

22 years

of helping schools to improve with insightful data

Our story

2001

FFT is founded by Fischer Family Foundation and Mike Treadaway, develops contextual value added model for schools and LAs in 2003.

2004

All LAs in England and Wales join FFT and we start development of our contextual value added model to analyse school performance.

2008

FFT Live is established as the main source of independent data to support target setting and self-evaluation alongside RAISEonline.

2010

We process 7 million pupil records and calculate over 250 million estimates in FFTLive for pupils in all key stages.

2013

FFT is now the leading independent provider of education data for schools in the UK, and begins maintaining the Welsh Examination Database.

2014

We launch FFT Aspire, providing a broader and richer set of data using the latest curriculum and accountability measures.

2015

We provide freely accessible research through FFT Education Datalab to inform education policy and further support schools.

2019

FFT Aspire grows to include pupil tracking for primary schools, recording pupil performance across multiple test types.

2020

We launch attendance tracking for all key stages, giving schools a dynamic picture of their changing attendance.

2021

We expand again to offer tutoring and phonics, merging with Success for All to broaden our literacy support for schools.

2022

As the leading provider of data analysis and early literacy tutoring in the UK, we launch a brand-new Aspire that brings data and literacy together under one roof.

2023

FFT expands its digital reading package to British international schools.

    Our people

    A passionate group of individuals committed to supporting schools and setting solid foundations for pupils to achieve their full potential.
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    Our people come from all kinds of backgrounds

    teaching

    data

    graduate

    sales

    student

    customer care

    programming

    governor

    finance

    local authority

    and more…

    We’re part of something bigger

    As part of the Fischer Family Foundation we help schools and policymakers to overcome the challenges of early literacy.
    More about the Foundation
    Discover the Apex project
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    “Ensuring that all children are age-appropriately literate is the biggest single step that the country can take to break our cycle of deprivation.”

    Mike Fischer — Founder and Chairman, Fischer Family Foundation
    All FFT literacy

    Get in touch with us

    If you'd like to know more, call us on 01446 776 262, visit us on social media, or follow the link to enquire about our products.
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