School performance data

Analyse your pupils' performance to help you understand attainment and improve teaching and learning. Get to grips with how to go about it, including what to focus on and how to analyse data from ASP and IDSR.

Prior attainment is used to work out pupils’ progress scores. Be clear on the process and which pupils are categorised as high, middle or low attainers, so you're clear when analysing your data.

When it comes to measuring pupil performance, it can be easy to confuse attainment and progress. Be clear about the difference so you can effectively analyse your school’s performance data.

All pupils, including those with special educational needs (SEN), are included in whole-school progress measures. See how these are calculated and where to find national data.

Understand what primary progress measures are, how they're calculated, and how you can access your school's progress scores.

As progress 8 for pupil referral units (PRUs) and alternative provision (AP) academies isn't included in performance tables, read advice on how to demonstrate that your pupils are making good progress.

Understand what the progress 8 measure is and how scores are calculated, including for pupils with missing or incomplete data. Find out how to access your school's last available scores.

Be clear on the different elements that make up progress 8, and which qualifications are eligible for inclusion. Understand how discounting will affect multiple qualifications taken in the same subject.

Establish consistent reporting from your middle leaders with our adaptable template so you can save time searching for the insight you need.

Download and adapt our templates to present your school's performance data to governors, parents/carers or other interested groups.

Find guidance on how to carry out data analysis of Key Stage (KS) 5 performance data. Also see the next steps to take when examining your findings.

See how to carry out data analysis on pupil progress, what to focus on, and how to use your findings to drive improvement in your subject or department.

Get to grips with how to analyse your attendance data to spot patterns in absences for groups of pupils, identify reasons this may be happening and plan your next steps.