thod, and those which are not currently sufficiently common across LAs but should be captured and communicated in a separate report to DfE. A separate document “Summarising User Research” (June 2023) is available and provides full detail on the above findings. Later in the project, we undertook a second research phase focused on the above-noted distinction between “current” and “new” data items. We wanted to better understand the sector’s views on potential extension of standardised data work into new areas of practice, and the potential for improvements to areas where existing standard data is available but limited in scope. We spoke to almost 100 colleagues representing 38 LAs, and we organised findings from our second research phase into the following key sections: • Items feasible for inclusion in the SSD v1, despite not forming part of a current statutory return (typically additional context within existing standard data domains) • Items for future consideration when developing national standards (typically data domains which are not currently well-served by any existing national standard, or in some cases not collected locally in all LAs) • Other overarching themes (including understanding outcomes data, disaggregating national data, and linking to datasets typically maintained outside the core CMS) We also provided a set of prioritised recommendations for further action within the sector, including some discussion of the existing breadth of data development across the sector, and the limitations of current national approaches to data development. The full report “SSD New Data Workshop Synthesis” (October 2023) is available and provides full detail on the above findings. Between these two user research phases, we also performed extensive desktop research, thorough