Case Study: Bolton College achieves transformed reporting and faster decision-making with Dynistics Active Dashboards

College-Wide Management Information Reporting Transformed in Just 12 weeks

Bolton College, a further education provider in Greater Manchester offering over 800 vocational courses, needed clearer, faster insight into student enrolment, success, retention, funding, financial management and apprenticeships. Their MIS relied on 100+ static reports and spreadsheets, forcing staff to spend significant time extracting, manipulating and requesting bespoke reports, which made management reporting slow, costly and inefficient.

Dynistics implemented Active Dashboards through a small steering group that redefined strategic KPIs and rolled out phased, staff-reviewed dashboards (starting with enrolment), achieving adoption within 12 weeks. The solution automated reporting and delivered instant visual insights, improving performance monitoring, enabling staff to chase achievements, optimising staff utilisation and apprenticeship oversight, and freeing time and resources for faster, better-informed decisions.

Bolton College

Mark Burgoyne

Vice Principal