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IDSRnewsletter: 25 September 2024
Upcoming releases
The planned releases are as follows:
- October: primary provisional release (with census, final 2023 phonics and absence)
- November: secondary provisional release (including schools with a sixth form)
- December: two-term absence (with multiplication tables check data)
- 2025: revised and possible final releases
Redevelopments to the IDSR
Ethnicity data is now presented in a newly developed bar chart format, presenting all ethnic groups irrespective of what proportion of the school they represent. Where a school has a sixth form, an equivalent section will be displayed.
There is a new tabular presentation of suspensions and permanent exclusions.
We have re-instated the year group information also in a tabular form.
There is a redeveloped section looking at pupils registered at other provision (including alternative provision) containing placements at unregistered provision and details of full/part time attendance, as well as whether placements are current or ended during the term.
This year, the IDSR section on primary performance measures will not contain any keystage 1 attainment measures nor any key stage 2 progress measures.
Introduction of EBacc attainment measures for English and Maths at grades 4 and 5.
Improved group content that relates to potential complex pupil engagement with education.
We have introduced destinations data for disadvantaged pupils at both key stage 4 and 16 to 18.
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IDSR release: 2 May 2024
This release contains:
- final key stage 2 performance data for 2023
- final key stage 4 performance data for 2023
- final 16 to 18 data for 2023
- 3-term absence data for 2022/23
IDSR release: 6 March 2024
This release contains:
- revised key stage 4 subject entries, attainment, and progress data for 2023
- revised 16 to 18 subject entries and attainment data for 2023
- revised key stage 4 and 16 to 18 destinations data for 2021/22
IDSR release: 7 February 2024
This release contains:
- updated pupil movement data 2022/23
- revised 2023 key stage 2 data
Pupil groups:
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key stage 1 final FSM/CLA group updated with latest 2023 CLA
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key stage 2 revised FSM/CLA group added, based on latest 2023 CLA
IDSR release: 13 December 2023
This release contains:
- absence data for 2022/23 (autumn and spring terms)
- final key stage 1 data
- final multiplication tables checks
This release also contains IDSR developments in the following areas:
- absence
- suspensions and permanent exclusions
- SEND characteristics
IDSR release: 15 November 2023
This release contains:
- key stage 4 provisional attainment and progress data for 2023
- key stage 4 provisional subject entries for 2023
- 16 to 18 provisional attainment data for 2023
- 16 to 18 provisional subject entries for 2023
- latest destinations data for pupils that reached the end of key stage 4/16 to 18 study in 2020/21
IDSR release: 18 October 2023
This release contains:
- January 2023 census-based contextual information
- exclusions data for 2021/22
- phonics screening test data for 2023
- key stage 1 attainment data for 2023
- key stage 2 attainment and progress data for 2023
- school workforce census, staff turnover and absence data for 2021/22
- staff-related expenditure data for 2021/22
- IDSR redevelopments for all schools (for full details please read our September newsletter)
Primary prior attainment data has been removed due to lack of data both now and in the future.
IDSR newsletter: 26 September 2023
Upcoming releases
The planned releases are as follows:
- October: primary provisional release (with census, exclusions, and developments for all schools)
- November: secondary provisional release (including schools with a sixth form)
- December: two-term absence release (all schools)
- 2024: revised and possible final releases (like previous timings)
October release
This release will contain the latest data available:
- January 2023 census-based contextual information (all schools)
- school workforce census, staff turnover and absence data for 2021/22
- staff-related expenditure data for 2021/22
- exclusions 2021/22 data (all schools)
- phonics screening test data for 2023
- key stage 1 attainment data for 2023
- key stage 2 attainment and progress data for 2023
- redevelopments as listed below (all schools)
Redevelopments to the IDSR
We have incorporated pupil and location deprivation indicators into the school characteristics table.
Year group information is now reported by exception underneath the school characteristics table in the form of sentences.
Ethnicity data is now presented in the form of a bar chart with national values added.
There is a new staffing section containing measures relating to staff sickness, turnover, vacant posts, education support staff and expenditure on staff.
We have removed previous finance section and content.
There is a new tabular presentation of pupil group section.
We have a new chart format for presenting school performance data in 2023 with arrows indicating whether the school compared to the national has changed.
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