How is Key Stage 2 Progress calculated?

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This series of articles will be looking at Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR). In our series about the IDSR we had a look at how your school's Key Stage 2 Progress scores are shown in the IDSR in chart form, and the significance of your school's progress scores. In this article, we'll have a look at the calculation. Your pupil's Scaled Scores In May, most of your pupils take exams in Reading, Writing and Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. Their marks (also known as a "raw score") is then converted into a "scaled score" between 80 and 120, where 100 is a pass mark and 110 is a high score - the DfE decides after the exams how the scaled score conversion is to be done. For the pupils that didn't take the test, then your Teacher Assessment is converted in a Scaled Score of between 59 to 79. In 2017 and 2018, the conversion was as follows: Scaled scores P1i to P4 -...
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Primary IDSR – Key Stage 2 Progress Significance

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This series of articles will be looking at Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR). In the previous article in this series, we had a look at how Key Stage 2 progress is represented in the IDSR. We saw that: The central dot represents your school's progress score, andThe line represents a calculation of the cohort's confidence interval. In this article, we'll look at how Ofsted interprets this, and what significance it has to your school. Key Stage 2 Progress Significance So how do we interpret these shapes? If the entirety of these shapes, the dot and the line, is to the right of the zero line, then your school is, in old money, significantly above average.If it is entirely to the left of the zero line, then you are significantly below average.If it even just touches the line, and you see that the Middle Prior Attainers just touches the line, then you are neither significantly above, nor significantly below – you are in line with...
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Primary IDSR – Key Stage 2 Progress charts

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This series of articles will be looking at Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR). In the previous articles, we had a look at the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 attainment charts. In this article, we'll have a look at the Key Stage 2 progress charts. Key Stage 2 Progress Charts On the right-hand side is a typical progress chart - there is one for Reading, Writing and Maths. There are 5 different types of cohort: All Pupils,Low Prior Attaining Pupils (pupils with a Key Stage 1 Average Point Score below 12),Middle Prior Attaining Pupils (a KS1 APS between 12 and 17.99), andHigh Prior Attaining Pupils (a KS1 APS of 18 or above), andDisadvantaged pupils. More information about how your pupils' Key Stage 1 is calculation can be found in our How is Key Stage 2 Progress calculated article. The progress score for this school overall is +1.3. What does that mean? For each pupil: We look at their Scaled Score from their test...
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Primary IDSR – Key Stage 1 and 2 Diff No column

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This series of articles will be looking at Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR). In the previous article, we had a look at the Key Stage 1 and 2 attainment analysis in Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary Report. However, there was one column that we didn't look at: the "Diff no" column. In this article, we'll see what it is so important, using a Key Stage 1 example, and how it is used in conjunction with your Key Stage 1 Emerging, Expected and Exceeding cohorts. Key Stage 1 and 2 - "Diff no" column The remaining column is the "Diff no" column. Taking the top line, we have the School's figures of 88%, a National figure of 76%, and a "Diff no" of 6 – but 88 less 76 is not equal to 6. So, what is that Diff no column? It's clearly not a percentage difference. It is the difference in number of pupils – this school is 6 pupils above the National average. But...
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Primary IDSR – Key Stage 1 and 2 Attainment Charts

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This series of articles is about Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR). The previous article was about Early Years Reading, Writing and Maths Analysis and Phonics. This article is about the attainment charts contained in Key Stages 1 and 2, using Key Stage 1 as an example. Key Stage 1 charts The Key Stage 1 charts are for Reading, Writing and Maths. Your school's results are still the bars, but this time they are going across instead of down. For all cohorts there are: the lighter blue bars, which is the Expected Standard or above, andthe darker blue bars, which is the Greater Depth standard. Your pupils are divided into five different cohorts: All pupils are being compared with the National All Pupils average – 76% (Expected Standard or above) and 25% (Greater Depth standard). Emerging, Expected and Exceeding cohorts For Key Stage 1, it also includes the following: Emerging - pupils who got the Emerging assessment in the Early Years for reading;Expected - pupils who got the...
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Primary IDSR – EYFSP ELGs and Phonics Analysis

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In this series of articles, we'll be looking at Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR). In the previous article, we had a look at EYFSP Good Level of Development (GLD). In this article, we'll have a look at the remainder of the EYFSP analyses, and a look at the Phonics analysis. Early Years Foundation Stage Profile - ELGs Following the EYFSP GLD  analysis, the IDSR continues with the analysis of Reading ELG, Writing ELG and Mathematics ELGs. Just as in the EYFSP Good Level of Development analysis: The light blue bars represent the school's performance,The dark blue bars represent the school's performance for FSM pupils,The red lines represent the National Average for all pupils,The green lines represent the National Average for non-FSM pupils. For answers to the questions as to why your FSM pupils' performance is compared with the National non-FSM performance, and what represents a small cohort, please see the early EYFSP analysis. However, it is made more complicated by the fact that the assessment...
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Primary IDSR – EYFSP

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This series of articles will be looking at Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR). This article concentrates on the first of the EYFSP analyses, which is at the back of your IDSR report. EYFSP (Early Years Foundation Stage Profile) Good Level of Development (GLD) and ELGs (Early Learning Goals) There are four different analyses in the EYFSP pages. The article relates to the percentage of pupils achieving a Good Level of Development (GLD). This is one of main measures in EYFSP. What is a GLD? There are 17 Early Learning Goals (ELGs), and a pupil will obtain a GLD if they get Expected or Exceeding in the first 12, namely: Communication and Language (Listening and attention, Understanding, and Speaking),Physical Development (Moving and handling, and Health and self-care),Personal, Social and Emotional Development (Self-confidence and self-awareness, Managing feelings and behaviour, and Making relationships),Literacy (Reading, and Writing), andMathematics (Numbers, and Shape, space and measures). If a pupil got a single "Emerging" in one of these 12 ELGs, then the...
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Analyse School Performance

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What is ASP? Analyse School Performance The DfE’s Analyse School Performance (ASP) service was launched in April 2017 and provides schools and local authorities with a range of analyses predominantly built around the DfE headline measures. It is a key source of data from the Department for Education (DfE) and so therefore used by School Improvement Advisers and OFSTED Inspectors. Get Analysis of all your cohorts – straight to your inbox by clicking here When is the ASP released? The KS2 Validated Data is now available in Analyse School Performance. The KS4 data is due to be published in January 2023. How do I access my ASP? Access to the ASP reports is via the Department for Education’s Secure Access portal, DfE Sign-in. If anyone in a school needs access and does not have login details, then they should liaise with the DfE Sign-in Approver in their school for further advice for accessing the site and for login details. DFE Secure Access Sign-In You will then need to sign with your email and password. ASaP –...
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