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@jpembroke.bsky.social
Helping schools make sense of their data. Work with insighttracking.com because they make cool stuff. Co-author of Dataproof Your School. insightinform.co.uk
School Inspection FAQs educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/11/s...
School inspections: frequently asked questions
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...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
School Inspection FAQs educationinspection.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/11/s...
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A really useful read & something we've been grappling with recently as the number of children with SEND increases in our school.
We want to be able to accurately reflect & celebrate the achievements & progress of all of our children &, as @jpembroke.bsky.social says, labelled bands don't do this.
We want to be able to accurately reflect & celebrate the achievements & progress of all of our children &, as @jpembroke.bsky.social says, labelled bands don't do this.
*NEW POST* Tracking the progress of pupils with SEND. When it comes to SEND, especially those pupils working below ‘age-related expectations’ we have to be really careful about the data we use. www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/12/12/t...
Tracking the progress of pupils with SEND - Insight Inform
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...
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December 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A really useful read & something we've been grappling with recently as the number of children with SEND increases in our school.
We want to be able to accurately reflect & celebrate the achievements & progress of all of our children &, as @jpembroke.bsky.social says, labelled bands don't do this.
We want to be able to accurately reflect & celebrate the achievements & progress of all of our children &, as @jpembroke.bsky.social says, labelled bands don't do this.
*NEW POST* Tracking the progress of pupils with SEND. When it comes to SEND, especially those pupils working below ‘age-related expectations’ we have to be really careful about the data we use. www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/12/12/t...
Tracking the progress of pupils with SEND - Insight Inform
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...
www.insightinform.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
*NEW POST* Tracking the progress of pupils with SEND. When it comes to SEND, especially those pupils working below ‘age-related expectations’ we have to be really careful about the data we use. www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/12/12/t...
The 2025 MTC results are now out. The big question is: why does it take 5 months to publish the results of an online test (taken in June). explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statist...
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The 2025 MTC results are now out. The big question is: why does it take 5 months to publish the results of an online test (taken in June). explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statist...
Here’s an interesting IDSR thing. Disadvantaged gap grows from 16 to 17pp and classed as widening. However, in terms of no. of pupils gap equates to, it’s actually shrunk from 7 to 6 (ie no. of pupils required to achieve EXS to close gap to national non-dis). Helps to show gap as pupil equivalent.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here’s an interesting IDSR thing. Disadvantaged gap grows from 16 to 17pp and classed as widening. However, in terms of no. of pupils gap equates to, it’s actually shrunk from 7 to 6 (ie no. of pupils required to achieve EXS to close gap to national non-dis). Helps to show gap as pupil equivalent.
How baby oranges are made
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
How baby oranges are made
First post-surgery walk up the hill. Ankle grumpy but still in one piece.
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
First post-surgery walk up the hill. Ankle grumpy but still in one piece.
@richardselfridge.bsky.social and I will be organising some of our awesome Databusters events to look at IDSR, performance measures, and use of assessment data in schools. Watch this space for dates.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
@richardselfridge.bsky.social and I will be organising some of our awesome Databusters events to look at IDSR, performance measures, and use of assessment data in schools. Watch this space for dates.
Looking at an IDSR that shows ‘significant increase’ in results between 2023 and 2024, and yet the consecutive confidence intervals overlap. Can’t find guidance on trend calculation. Is it based on SDs? That’s how ⬇️⬆️ were calculated in previous IDSR.
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Looking at an IDSR that shows ‘significant increase’ in results between 2023 and 2024, and yet the consecutive confidence intervals overlap. Can’t find guidance on trend calculation. Is it based on SDs? That’s how ⬇️⬆️ were calculated in previous IDSR.
Good to see 3 year averages in the new IDSR. Particularly important for small schools and their typically spiky data.
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Good to see 3 year averages in the new IDSR. Particularly important for small schools and their typically spiky data.
*calling all Insight users* we have some new filter options for you: ‘match any’ and custom filters. Really useful for identifying pupils that match any of a number of variables. We know that Ofsted are focusing on vulnerable pupils/barriers to learning, and hopefully these new features will help.
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
*calling all Insight users* we have some new filter options for you: ‘match any’ and custom filters. Really useful for identifying pupils that match any of a number of variables. We know that Ofsted are focusing on vulnerable pupils/barriers to learning, and hopefully these new features will help.
Scenes from The Wall
November 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Scenes from The Wall
I’m enjoying Bluesky. I’ve had some nice chats and not seen a single video of someone being violently assaulted.
October 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I’m enjoying Bluesky. I’ve had some nice chats and not seen a single video of someone being violently assaulted.
Worth remembering when using teacher assessment to monitor standards within and between schools, that a human opinion is not a standard unit of measurement.
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Worth remembering when using teacher assessment to monitor standards within and between schools, that a human opinion is not a standard unit of measurement.
Two months on from ankle surgery. Man, I miss running.
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Two months on from ankle surgery. Man, I miss running.
Man goes into a bakers.
“Can I have a loaf of sourdough please?”
“Spelt?”
“S-O-U-R-D-O-U-G-H”
Thank you. I’m here all week.
“Can I have a loaf of sourdough please?”
“Spelt?”
“S-O-U-R-D-O-U-G-H”
Thank you. I’m here all week.
October 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Man goes into a bakers.
“Can I have a loaf of sourdough please?”
“Spelt?”
“S-O-U-R-D-O-U-G-H”
Thank you. I’m here all week.
“Can I have a loaf of sourdough please?”
“Spelt?”
“S-O-U-R-D-O-U-G-H”
Thank you. I’m here all week.
Firing up the slow cooker
October 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Firing up the slow cooker
I like it when an article gives area in hectares, and then acres in brackets as if either of those means anything to anybody. Just give us it in standard units of Wales and football pitches.
October 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I like it when an article gives area in hectares, and then acres in brackets as if either of those means anything to anybody. Just give us it in standard units of Wales and football pitches.
We had our first DISCO at Brentford two weeks ago. Next stop Wigan and Birmingham. New format, same awesomeness. A whole day of chunky data goodness.
disco.org.uk
disco.org.uk
Data in Schools Conference
The Data in Schools Conference aims to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to transform the data culture in your school; to make it learning-centred and workload-light.
disco.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
We had our first DISCO at Brentford two weeks ago. Next stop Wigan and Birmingham. New format, same awesomeness. A whole day of chunky data goodness.
disco.org.uk
disco.org.uk
I keep dipping in and out of social media. How’s it going over here?
October 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I keep dipping in and out of social media. How’s it going over here?
*NEW POST* Data ju-jitsu: contextual attainment vs progress measures. Fight! www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/10/03/d...
Data ju-jitsu: contextual attainment vs progress measures. Fight! - Insight Inform
Progress measures break assessment, and the reception baseline is time-consuming and unpopular. Could the new contextualised approach to analysis of attainment at EYFS replace progress and provide a s...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
*NEW POST* Data ju-jitsu: contextual attainment vs progress measures. Fight! www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/10/03/d...
*NEW POST* The Ethos of Edtech
Our responsibility to schools.
www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/09/05/t...
Our responsibility to schools.
www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/09/05/t...
The Ethos of EdTech - Insight Inform
Providers of EdTech have a social responsibility to make intuitive, well-supported products that save schools money, reduce teacher workload, and ultimately improve outcomes for children, whether dire...
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September 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
*NEW POST* The Ethos of Edtech
Our responsibility to schools.
www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/09/05/t...
Our responsibility to schools.
www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/09/05/t...
Join us at Brentford FC for DISCO London 2025/26
⭐DISCO Speaker Announcement!⭐
Along with our keynote speakers, Daisy Christodoulou and TeacherTapp, we'll be joined by Katie Screaton, Louise Smith and Lauren Meadows for our lightning talks. Book tickets for DISCO London now: buff.ly/2PsDgt6
Along with our keynote speakers, Daisy Christodoulou and TeacherTapp, we'll be joined by Katie Screaton, Louise Smith and Lauren Meadows for our lightning talks. Book tickets for DISCO London now: buff.ly/2PsDgt6
July 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Join us at Brentford FC for DISCO London 2025/26