Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4

Guidance for the primary and secondary inspection data summary report (IDSR).

Documents

Inspection data summary report: primary guidance

PDF, 393KB, 27 pages

Inspection data summary report: secondary guidance

PDF, 377KB, 24 pages

Supporting data tables used in the 2018 IDSR

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 147KB

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Areas to investigate and context sentence master list for 2018 IDSR

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 148KB

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Primary prototype: inspection data summary report

PDF, 225KB, 8 pages

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Details

The inspection data summary report (IDSR) provides inspectors with data that highlights areas of interest for inspection. Log in to Analyse School Performance to view the IDSR.

These documents provide inspectors and schools with information and guidance about Ofsted’s new inspection data summary report, including:

• general guidance on using the IDSR
• guidance on areas of interest for the IDSR

We also include a spreadsheet that illustrates the 5 cut points dividing the range of data and determines which quintile they fall into. This is useful when analysing your school’s data to determine why your school may fall into a particular rank.

We provide anonymised inspection data summary reports, which use data to create realistic examples. Local authorities and training providers can use these when training colleagues to interpret IDSR data.

View separate guidance for the 16 to 19 IDSR.

Email questions and feedback with ‘IDSR’ as the subject to: [email protected]

Published 1 January 2017
Last updated 6 September 2019 + show all updates

1. 6 September 2019 Updated the details section and added new prototype for primary inspection data summary reports.
2. 1 May 2019 Primary and secondary guidance documents updated to incorporate recent three term absence data release.
3. 6 March 2019 Updated Supporting data tables used in the 2018 IDSR – the boundaries have been updated with revised data to reflect the current quintiles.
4. 27 February 2019 Supporting data tables have been updated with additional national figures including prior attainment by subject, overall Attainment 8 and absence and exclusions by phase and group.
5. 18 February 2019 Updated the anonymised reports for primary and key stage 4 to reflect recently published revised data.
6. 13 February 2019 Added new document ‘Areas to investigate and context sentence master list for 2018 IDSR’. This details all of the sentences about data that users might see on the ‘Context’ and ‘Areas to Investigate’ pages of the 2018 inspection summary data report.
7. 18 January 2019 The guidance has been updated to reflect the changes to the 2018 IDSR: the general guidance has been split into one for primary and one for secondary; the boundaries document has been updated and renamed ‘supporting data tables’ to be more inclusive – it now holds the IDACI quintile-banded national averages for exclusions and absence.
8. 19 December 2018 Updated anonymised 2018 primary report with absence data. Added anonymised 2018 key stage 4 report.
9. 5 December 2018 Added a short document that provides an introduction to the IDSR.
10. 29 November 2018 Updated general guidance for the new version of the IDSR: v2.0. This guide gives an overview of the data contained in the IDSR with information to assist in interpreting the charts and understanding ‘areas to investigate’. The quintile and boundaries guidance has also been updated to show the latest data.
11. 27 November 2018 Replaced primary prototype with an anonymised primary IDSR for use in training.
12. 14 November 2018 Updated the prototype of Ofsted’s new primary inspection data summary report (IDSR). This uses anonymised data and shows the layout and content of the new IDSR.
13. 30 May 2018 Updated guidance: we are now showing 3 terms of absence data, rather than 2 terms, for the last 3 years.
14. 13 March 2018 Revised standard deviations by prior attainment have been released for key stage 2 and key stage 4.
15. 9 March 2018 Updated the general guidance’and areas to investigate documents with clarifications and to reflect the recent publication of revised (amended) data.
16. 17 January 2018 Added Progress 8 standard deviations for key stage 2 prior attainment spreadsheet. Updated guidance documents and quintile and decile boundaries to include key stage 4.
17. 10 January 2018 Added an anonymised secondary example of the inspection data summary report for use in training.
18. 24 November 2017 Added guidance documents on 16-19 inspection data
19. 21 November 2017 Added information about the quintile and decile boundaries used in the inspection dashboard summary report and an anonymised example for use in training.
20. 16 November 2017 Added guidance on the new inspection data summary report (IDSR).
21. 3 October 2017 Published today: prototypes for the new primary and secondary inspection data summary reports that will replace the inspection dashboard.
22. 1 January 2017 First published.