How to analyse your school's performance data

We worked with 3 education experts – David Driscoll, Brendan Hollyer and Ben White – to write this article.

Use these performance data tools and sources

Tools

There are various tools that allow you to analyse different performance data, such as:

• Analyse School Performance (ASP) for headline measures
• The inspection data summary report (IDSR) for contextual information and performance data
• The Department for Education (DfE) school comparison tool to compare exam and test results with other schools
• Local models for analysis, such as local authority (LA) or academy models
• Purchased models linked to schemes of work

Sources

You can use data from:

• National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) tests
• Phonics tests
• Practice tests and past papers
• End of Key Stage SATs
• The multiplication tables check (MTC) at the end of Year 4
• Termly or end-of-unit internal summative data
• Tests linked to purchased schemes of work
• Pupil voice
• Monitoring information from book looks, learning walks and subject scrutinies

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