A collaboration between the City of Helsingborg and itslearning

In Helsingborg, teachers and leaders use itslearning as their digital learning platform, and uses the Advanced Reporting tool to guide their school development. Together, the municipality and itslearning have tailored the reports to show exactly what schools need to see. The result is a set of visual dashboards that provide clear insights from different perspectives, based on the criteria developed by the schools themselves.

Here’s how this collaboration looks in practice — through the experience of Olympiaskolan.

Using data as a compass for quality development.

Olympiaskolan is an upper secondary school in Helsingborg with about 350 students. The school offers a wide range of programmes, from introductory and language programmes for newly arrived students to vocational pathways such as the Child and Recreation Programme, as well as academic study programmes in social sciences and humanities. Despite being a relatively small school, Olympiaskolan has a diverse student population and a broad educational focus.

The school leadership wanted a better way to continuously follow up on student progress throughout the school year. They often found that interventions came too late, when students were already at risk of not achieving passing grades. What they needed was a way to identify learning challenges early, so that support could be provided in time to make a difference.

Student-centred development

Each month, teachers record assessments in itslearning for every student’s goal achievement. This creates a growing pool of data for each class and programme. The results are visualised in a traffic light model, where green, yellow, and red clearly show students’ progress toward their goals.

Teachers meet in interdisciplinary teams to analyse the results. Their focus is twofold: to identify students or groups who may need extra support and to share insights on effective teaching approaches. The teams document any interventions or adaptations made, then return to the traffic light model later to evaluate their impact.

"It gives us a very concrete picture of what we should do, what works in another group, and what I can learn from it. Even though we teach different subjects, we work towards shared goals. It’s helped us strengthen our common understanding of pedagogy"

Ulf Månsson, teacher, Olympiaskolan.

The assessments are also visible to students, creating transparency and encouraging collaboration between teacher and learner. Since the start of the 2022 school year, the school’s student health team has also joined this process. Once a month, they review the Advanced Reports to identify areas where students may need extra support, and then coordinate their efforts with teachers and student teams.

"What’s crucial for this to work is that teachers feel the process is simple — that it doesn’t take hours of work. It’s quick, intuitive, and gives you a good overview. That simplicity has been the key to getting everyone on board."

Ulf Månsson, teacher, Olympiaskolan.

Data-driven quality improvement

Olympiaskolan’s approach is rooted in student-centred leadership and development. To achieve that, students need to be involved and have real insight into their learning journey.
With Advanced Reporting in itslearning, everyone, from teachers to school leaders, works from a shared understanding of student development and achievement. The traffic light model not only helps identify individual learning needs but also highlights trends that guide school-wide improvement.

"The customised Advanced Reports are a crucial tool for our school development. When you’re trying to improve something, you need to know how it’s going — and this gives us a clear way to see that. It creates a common understanding that we can build on. It’s not just for individual students; it’s a school-wide development tool. Honestly, it’s the most powerful tool we have for driving improvement."

Andreas Eriksson, Deputy Principal, Olympiaskolan