Our practice

About Filecornerbase

We help Hong Kong schools and programme offices turn attainment registers and enrollment counts into reports people can defend in a boardroom.

## Origin Filecornerbase began in Sham Shui Po after years of sitting beside academic deputies who were asked, late in the evening, to “just add a few charts” before a governors’ meeting. The work was never about prettier slides; it was about choosing which attainment clusters and intake risks deserved airtime. We keep a small office at 217 Castle Peak Rd so clients can walk registers with us in person when spreadsheets disagree. ## How we work Every engagement starts with the questions your board already asks — not with a blank template. We agree indicator definitions in writing, refuse vanity metrics that cannot be sourced, and leave you with files you can reopen next year without our login credentials. We are analysts and writers with school-side experience, not a software vendor. When a school needs a student information product, we recommend specialists; when they need the year’s story told carefully, that is our lane. ## People Our core team includes a former academic deputy familiar with Hong Kong banding conversations, an enrollment specialist who has supported continuing-education intakes, and a chart reviewer whose only job is to catch axis tricks before a draft leaves the office. ## Values that show up in the work - Prefer a shorter report that governors finish over a long one they abandon - Keep student-level data minimised; aggregate wherever the question allows - Name uncertainty instead of dressing thin samples as certainty - Respect bilingual board packs when Chinese captions genuinely help the room ## Community We contribute pro-bono briefing hours each year to one small aided school navigating its first formal performance pack. Details change annually; ask if your campus may qualify.