Pupil performance data

How the council monitors pupil performance at schools across Northumberland.

The Data Unit Service processes data into valuable management information for your school - so you don’t have to. Our professional data analysts provide your school with the information you need in order to support evidence-based decision making, and to assist with school improvement planning.

This service includes:

Staff training in software use and data analysis to help them target interventions effectively. We also issue the collection, processing, and analysis of statutory collections (not including Moderation).

The following information is provided by The Data Unit Service, and can be accessed via the data platform:
  • Spring, Summer, and Autumn Census support
  • school profiles and guidance
    • changes to education performance measures
  • headline EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS4, and KS5 reports
    • termly meetings (applicable to Key Stage)
  • absence and exclusion data and analysis
  • pupil context and deprivation analysis
    • vulnerable groups
    • disadvantaged groups
    • SEND
  • local authority and national comparative data
  • school partnership analysis
  • newsletter/data group meetings
  • SIMs guidance
  • access to 360 data platform
    • secure data transfer
  • pre-Ofsted inspection data training
    • telephone and email support during Ofsted

Data Unit services available for purchase:

  • Bespoke analysis (price on application)
  • Tailored training packages (price on application)
  • School visits to advise and support data management
  • Local authority (LA), national, and partnership performance for accurate benchmarking
  • Assessment data
    • For new admission groups
    • For pupils joining during the school year (available upon request)
PLEASE NOTE: The DfE Primary RAISE online summary reports have now ceased. In their place are The Data Unit NCC Analysis Packs:
 

NCC Analysis Packs:

These have been developed to help schools to provide evidence in a similar format to the RAISE reports. The analysis packs will continue to be updated to reflect the changes happening within education performance measures.
Each individual analysis pack will be supplied to each school, and will include:
  • Contextual Information
    • School, and LA profiles
  • Early Years Foundation Stage
    • Summaries at pupil, school, LA, and national levels
  • Year 1 Phonics
    • Summaries at pupil, school, LA, and national levels
  • Key Stage 1
    • Attainment and progress reports at pupil, school, LA, and national levels
    • We also include vulnerable group analysis
  • Key Stage 2
    • Attainment and progress reports at pupil, school, LA, and national levels
    • We also include vulnerable group analysis
  • Key Stage 4
    • Analysis of the main attainment and progress indicators at pupil, school, LA, and national levels
    • We also include vulnerable group analysis
    • Progress 8 and Attainment 8 (and all other headline measures)
  • Key Stage 5
    • Candidate and school level reports using new headline measures
Any requests or enquiries from schools can be directed through: dataunit@northumberland.gov.uk.

 

Useful pupil performance links: