The CASE Advancement in Schools Survey, launching 5 Feb., serves to trace the expansion and innovation of development and external relations initiatives in schools. Please register your school's interest to take part in the survey by completing this form: CASE Advancement in Schools Registration of Interest.

The survey will empower colleagues working in educational advancement at schools with:

• Reliable statistics and key information that assist planning, decision making and forecasting,
• Data to illustrate how successful fundraising operations are structured, operated and delivered against target,
• Comparative information about investment and return and the factors that impact this, and
• Best practice to demonstrate both successes and challenges in development and external relations programmes.

The survey is the outcome of a consultation with volunteers from the schools' sector and aims to be applicable and relevant to schools across the globe whether it be public, private, independent or international schools. The result will be a rich and robust global dataset powered by an interactive and easy-to-use toolkit that will allow participating schools to answer strategic questions, plan development programmes and share best practices.

The survey will be hosted on the CASE Benchmarking Toolkit. The toolkit will allow participating schools to complete the survey in a safe and secure manner. It will also facilitate reporting and benchmarking when the results are published.

Participation in the survey is free for CASE members and for first-time participants. This includes access to the CASE benchmarking toolkit, the interactive dashboard, the overall sector report and infographic.

This article is from the January 2018 BriefCASE issue.