An updated Value Added calculator tool for 2026, with the new prior attainment groups and associated benchmark estimates. Explore the impact of individual pupils on overall progress scores, and see ho...

An updated Value Added calculator tool for 2026, with the new prior attainment groups and associated benchmark estimates. Explore the impact of individual pupils on overall progress scores, and see ho...

Delayed and out-of-date guidance, mistakes in calculations, and some jaw-droppingly big increases in progress benchmarks. When it comes to understanding primary accountability measures this year, scho...

In a normal year the opening of the window for checking school performance data and the release of updated national key stage 2 results is accompanied by the publication of the primary accountability ...

Technical guidance on primary school accountability measures.

Key stage 2 results were released back in July (over a week late!) and now, at the start of a new academic year, with a new IDSR on the horizon, teachers may be thinking about how performance measures...

Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2026 phonics screening check.

Scoring guidance, pupils' materials and answer sheet for the 2026 phonics screening check.

This year sees the return of Key Stage 1-2 primary progress measures after a two year hiatus so it’s worth reflecting on how they are calculated and how the results are used. Primary school progress m...

Teacher assessment data tends to fall into one of two camps: absolute and relative. James Pembroke considers the issues which arise when attempts are made to combine the two types of data, and suggests an approach which schools might take.

Teacher assessment data tends to fall into one of two camps: absolute and relative. James Pembroke considers the issues which arise when attempts are made to combine the two types of data, and suggests an approach which schools might take.

A practical one-day workshop for primary and MAT senior leaders on making assessment and data work in practice, without adding to workload.

Government also fleshes out plans for additional progress score for low prior attaining pupils

Government also fleshes out plans for additional progress score for low prior attaining pupils

New reports currently compare metrics like capacity of special schools to other schools in their phase

If you are trying to make sense of your IDSR or any other source of data where percentages of pupils are compared to national figures, it is well worth converting gaps into the equivalent number of pu...

Leaders give their views on new inspections as reports for 21 volunteer schools are released

Since we published the renewed inspection framework on 9 September 2025, we’ve put on lots of online and face-to-face engagement with schools to answer your questions. We’re publishing the most freque...

Here at Insight, we get asked a lot of questions about SEND, especially methods for tracking the progress of pupils working below expectations. The following post aims to address some of the key issue...