A checklist for headteachers working through their Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR). It helps you turn the report into a clear, evidence-based account you can share with inspectors, governors and your senior team. It was written for schools in England.
What's inside
- A structured sequence covering attainment, progress, attendance and vulnerable groups
- Short, focused tasks that break the analysis into manageable steps
- Prompts linked to common inspection lines of enquiry
- Prompts for linking headline figures to your own internal evidence and context
- Ready-made headlines and summaries for governor conversations
- Guidance on keeping small cohorts, trends and volatility in proportion
Use it before your next data meeting or inspection conversation.
Format: checklist, digital download.
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