Universal Data Directory
A comprehensive directory of data sources and platforms, with useful guides and videos.
| National and Norfolk LA | School Specific | |||
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Attainment data - EYFSP, PSC, MTC, KS2 and KS4 | Explore Education Statistics (EES) October, November & December | November | September | EYFSP - Compare your good level of development (GLD) data November | Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) November & February |
Progress Data - KS2 and KS4 | November | September | Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) November & February | ||
Absence and Persistent absence | November | Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) November, January & April | |||
Suspensions and Exclusions |
| Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) May |
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Pupil groups | Analyse School Performance (ASP) December | Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) November | |||
Finance |
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Workforce |
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| Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) November | ||
Other School characteristics | Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) November | ||||
Analyse School Performance (ASP)
DfE Sign-in (Analyse School Performance)
A secure web-based platform providing detailed reports on pupil attainment and progress. Data is presented in tables, bar charts, and scatterplots to clearly illustrate trends and patterns.
Guidance on this platform Analyse School Performance (ASP) - Guide
Explore Education Statistics (EES)
Online platform to access the Official Statistics for a wide range of Educational data. Users are able to filter, explore, and download data sets both at National level, along with data specific to Norfolk in many instances.
- KS2 Attainment (Provisional): 12 September 2025
- KS4 Results (Provisional): 1 October 2025
- Phonics Screening Check Attainment: 1 October 2025
- Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Results: 3 November 2025
- Multiplication Tables Check Attainment: 3 November 2025
- KS2 Attainment (Revised): 2 December 2025
- KS4 Results (Revised): 2 February 2026
FFT Education Datalab - Schools Like Yours
Tool to benchmark Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4 mainstream schools and Special schools against similar schools across England - where you can define what 'similar' means. Contains data on KS2 and KS4 performance, School characteristics, Pupil characteristics, Absence, Finance, Workforce and Ofsted ratings.
Explanation guide available here Schools Like Yours - User Guide and blog explaining how a school can use the tool Schools Like Yours Dec 2024 - BLOG
Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR)
Inspection Data Summary Report Log-in
A secure web-based platform which summarises and analyses a range of School data, primarily for Ofsted Inspectors when preparing for, and during school inspections. Schools can access this through their DfE Sign-in details.
An overview and how to interpret the IDSR can be found in the Inspection data summary report (IDSR) Guidance. An example of an IDSR containing fictional data, for both a primary school Example Primary IDSR and a secondary school with a sixth form Example Secondary IDSR. Recording of an Ofsted webinar giving a brief overview of the IDSR and how it is linked with the Inspection framework Achievement and the IDSR
Perspective Lite/NEXUS
- School Users: Perspective Log-in
- LA Users: NEXUS Log-in
Providing access to all Norfolk Schools to their Attainment and Progress data through Real Time Data Trends, which displays the data as visuals and summaries, plus comparisons to Local Authority (LA) and National data sets. The platform also provides secure file transfer between Schools and the Local Authority for Assessment data returns in the summer term. Further analysis and reports are available in the Insight and Nova modules, including trends and pupil groups (which are obtainable to schools as part of the Norfolk Data Support Package)
Recording of a summary and overview of how to log-in to Perspective Lite. There is also further guidance on how to Set up additional Users, how to Assign roles to Users and updating the User Permissions, so they can access the different modules within the Perspective platform.
Demonstration of how to access your school performance data through Real Time Data Trends. Demonstration and explanation of how to use Insight (Analysis) and Nova (Reports), for schools who have access to this module, through the Data Support Package.
Demonstration on how to complete the EYFSP, Phonics & MTC Assessment data submissions in the summer term, through File Request within Perspective Lite, Perspective Lite File Request Demonstration. Further step by step information is also available here Perspective "File Returns" guidance.
School Performance Tables
Compare school and college performance data in England
View School KS2 test and KS4 exam results, Ofsted reports and Financial information, also contains Performance Data for MATs
Guide explaining the data within the school performance tables and how it's used to compare schools' and colleges' performance over time and to national averages Understanding school and college performance measures Guide
Attainment and Progress Data Guidance
Primary School Accountability Guide and Secondary School Accountability Guide
DfE Guidance explaining Attainment and Progress measures and how these are calculated for schools.
