*NEW POST* The Ethos of Edtech Our responsibility to schools. www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/09/05/t...

Join us at Brentford FC for DISCO London 2025/26

We’re heading back to the mighty Brentford FC for DISCO London and tickets are selling first.

The world of SEND learning plans/IEPs/ILPs/ISPs/IPPs is wild. 150 LAs with a 150 different ways of doing things and 150 different templates. Plus schools and MATs coming up with their own approaches. Here’s a mad plan: how about we have a common approach?

Hey, primary schools! Thinking about upgrading your assessment system? @insighthq.bsky.social offers the tools to store all your data in one easy to use system. Plus: - bespoke parent reports and IEPs - provision mapping - detailed attendance tracking No hidden costs and top support.

KS2 results 2025 (vs 2024): % achieving expected standards RWM: 62% (61%) R: 75% (74%) W: 72% (72%) M: 74% (73%) GPS: 73% (72%) explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statist...

KS2 results are in and all test results and combined are up by a point on last year explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statist...

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Evening all Insight schools. Once you import KS2 results tomorrow you can view them alongside EYFSP, phonics, MTC and KS1 (if you do them) in the statutory assessment report. If you don’t use Insight, we’ll publish a link to a webpage with headline data.

*NEW POST* KS2 Results: who’s included and who isn’t. A look at test participation, calculation of accountability measures and discounting pupils from results. www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/07/07/k...

KS2 Results: who's included and who isn't? Ahead of tomorrow's National headlines release, @jpembroke.bsky.social looks at which pupils take the tests, who’s included in the measures, and how schools can get pupils discounted from results. Read it here: buff.ly/QQq4cv5

Secondary schools will be able to download results for their incoming year 7 pupils from Wednesday 9 July If you've never tried, it's worth starting your preparations today Literally everything you need to know is on my blog: robotmaths.blogspot.com/2019/07/key-...

It’s KS2 results day tomorrow. If anyone has any questions about accountability measures, which pupils are included and which ones aren’t, and how things are calculated, please do ask. I’ll be around all day.

@insighthq.bsky.social early estimates of national primary results are rolling in. Click the link below and keep coming back for updates. MTC % achieving 25/25 looks like it’s at 39%, up from 34% last year (based on 112,000 pupils’ results) app.insighttracking.com/estimated-na...

*ATTENTION* @daisychristo.bsky.social will be speaking at DISCO London in October 🪩

🚨Speaker Announcement!🚨 The one and only Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo.bsky.social‬ will be speaking at DISCO London this Autumn! Join her - and us - at the first of our 2025-26 Data in Schools Conferences on Friday 10th October. Get your tickets today: buff.ly/vAGg9lm

Scaled scores conversion tables for optional KS1 tests www.gov.uk/government/p...

In Early Years, 'age-related expectations' truly account for age, unlike later stages where it means meeting curriculum goals. But this gets tricky in Reception, where RBA and EYFSP aren't adjusted for age. @jpembroke.bsky.social explains the challenges in his latest blog article: buff.ly/rRHmW6g

Link to all the 2025 KS2 test materials www.gov.uk/government/c...

DISCO is brought to you by @carousel-learning.bsky.social Smartgrade UK and @insighthq.bsky.social, hosted by @jpembroke.bsky.social @richardselfridge.bsky.social and @joshuaperry.bsky.social with special guests TBA

*NEW POST* Assessment in Reception: an age-related challenge.

In Early Years, 'age-related expectations' truly account for age, unlike later stages where it means meeting curriculum goals. But this gets tricky in Reception, where RBA and EYFSP aren't adjusted for age. @jpembroke.bsky.social explains the challenges in a new blog article: buff.ly/rLTN2Eg

My colleague Chris has written a really useful blog post summarising assessment in early years www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/05/01/a...

Loved our new podcast ep? Have you read our latest blog article? James Pembroke @jpembroke.bsky.social suggests that we need to shift the focus of the data that we give to Governors: from data deluge to meaningful dialogue. Read 'What Data do Governors Need?' here: buff.ly/TW6OqJa

🎤🚨New Insight Inform podcast!🚨🎤 Join James Pembroke @jpembroke.bsky.social and Richard Selfridge @richardselfridge.bsky.social as they look at the four key pieces of information your governors need in the latest episode of the Insight Inform podcast. Listen here: buff.ly/HJt9SaE

Recent blog post for primary govs: Guide to primary statutory assessment www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/09/09/s... Future of progress www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/09/11/t... Legacy of RAISE www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/02/28/g... What data do govs need www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/04/24/w...

We’ve been busy developing @insighthq.bsky.social. Parent reporting, provision mapping, learning plans, in-depth attendance tracking, and statutory assessments reports are all included as standard. And backed up by amazing support. Get in touch for demo and free trial.

In education governance, more data doesn't always mean better decisions. Governors need clarity, not complexity. In a new article, @jpembroke.bsky.social suggests that we need to shift the focus: from data deluge to meaningful dialogue. Read 'What Data do Governors Need?' here: buff.ly/TW6OqJa

In a follow up post to his earlier piece on Governors, Data, and the Long Shadow of RAISEonline, @jpembroke.bsky.social has summarised the key pieces of information your governors need. www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/04/24/w...

*NEW POST* What data do governors need?

Just realised I’ve not posted in a while. Happy Easter everyone.

Interesting read but doesn’t look like there’s any appetite to make big changes to primary assessment beyond KS2 writing (which is definitely needed) assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d961...

In a new Insight Inform podcast @jpembroke.bsky.social and @richardselfridge.bsky.social delve into how Ofsted and DfE's view of data have evolved following the consultation of the new Ofsted Framework, and last autumn's call for evidence on curriculum and assessment: buff.ly/64uAV4y

Calling all Insight schools - join our EYFS webinar on 1st April. See Insight homepage for booking details.

Two sleeps til DISCO Southampton disco.org.uk

10 years on from the demise of RAISEonline, its reports continue to cast a long shadow and influence how school data is presented. When it comes to reporting data to key audiences such as governors, should we take a ‘less is more’ approach? @jpembroke.bsky.social takes a look: buff.ly/3D9rHDe

*NEW POST* Governors, Data, and the long shadow of RAISEonline

Sat down to write a blog on data for governors yesterday and it ended up as a bit of a rant about RAISE and its ‘more is best’ data legacy. Will post later.

Writing a blog post about data for governors and thinking about the long shadow cast by the mad old days of RAISE reports. Looking at the proposed Ofsted framework, I hope we don’t go back there.

Next stops on the DISCO tour are just weeks away. Southampton 14th March Newcastle 21st March disco.org.uk

@wirralgov.bsky.social Hi. Can I DM you with a gov question?

If you’re a Led Zeppelin fan, this film is a treat. Going to see it tomorrow. Limited cinema release so don’t hang around. www.imdb.com/title/tt1036...

*NEW POST* a suggested approach to collecting, analysing and reporting data in primary schools.

The latest Insight inform podcast looks at the thorny subject of Progress, as @jpembroke.bsky.social and @richardselfridge.bsky.social look at the Progress Mindset and the way in which progress measures break assessment. https://buff.ly/3NW7OkU

Designing an assessment data strategy for your primary school doesn't need to be complicated. @jpembroke.bsky.social gives you some of the tools you'll need to create a sustainable and positive data culture in your school. Read it here: https://buff.ly/413AoYL

Great stuff from @michaelt1979.bsky.social on proposed Ofsted framework. I’m now pondering if it’s possible to make well-judged adaptations that aren’t appropriate. www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Wonder how many times that school inspection toolkit has been printed in the last 24 hours.

5 grades 10 categories Total score 50 School inspection attainment AND progress measures. How exciting! 😏

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