Databusters
By Richard Selfridge
DatabustersNov 14, 2019
S5 E2 International Bright Young Things
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The Databusters discuss global education and England's place in the world. More information and tickets for Data in Schools Conferences Factfullness - Hans Rosling's legacy (https://www.gapminder.org/factfulness/gap/)
How not to be ignorant about the world (https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_and_ola_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_world)
United Nation's Global Goals for Education ( https://www.globalgoals.org/goals/4-quality-education/)
UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring report (https://www.education-progress.org/en/articles/learning)
IEA's TIMMS and PIRLS
England TIMMS 2019
England PIRLS 2021
OECD's PISA
S5 E1 Key Stage 1 and Who's 'Disadvantaged'?
More information and tickets for Data in Schools Conferences
End of KS1 Assessments
KS1: "The government encourages schools to administer the optional tests and teacher assessments, but there is no requirement to use these, or report results to parents or local authorities, and they will not be used for school accountability purposes. Schools who do not use the optional tests and teacher assessments do not have to report this to STA."
www.gov.uk/government/publications/2024-optional-key-stage-1-tests-guidance/2024-optional-key-stage-1-tests-guidance
Who's Disadvantaged?
DfE: Disadvantaged pupils are ordinarily defined as: those who were registered as eligible for free school meals at any point in the last six years, children looked after by a local authority or have left local authority care in England and Wales through adoption, a special guardianship order, a residence order or a child arrangements order.
explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-2-attainment/2022-23
Ofsted: the term ‘disadvantaged pupils’ is used to mean: pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND); pupils who meet the definition of children in need of help and protection; pupils receiving statutory local authority support from a social worker; and pupils who otherwise meet the criteria used for deciding the school’s pupil premium funding (this includes pupils claiming free school meals at any point in the last 6 years, looked after children (children in local authority care) and/or children who left care through adoption or another formal route)
(https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-inspection-handbook-eif/school-inspection-handbook-for-september-2023)
Children in Need are a legally defined group of children (under the Children Act 1989), assessed as needing help and protection as a result of risks to their development or health. This group includes children on child in need plans, children on child protection plans, children looked after by local authorities, care leavers and disabled children. Children in need include young people aged 18 or over who continue to receive care, accommodation or support from children’s services and unborn children.
explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need/2022
Dataproof Your School by Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke
S4 E5 Becky Allen Part 2 The future of Education Data
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The second part of the Databusters discussion with Professor Becky Allen.
Data in Schools Conference, London
The Next Big Thing In School Improvement by Rebecca Allen, Matthew Evans and Ben White
Becky Allen - Musings on Education Policy
S4 E4 Becky Allen Part 1 - How Did We get Here?
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The Databusters welcome Professor Becky Allen to the Databusters HQ.
The Next Big Thing In School Improvement by Rebecca Allen, Matthew Evans and Ben White
Becky Allen - Musings on Education Policy
S4 E3 Age-Related Expectations and the 'lowest 20%' of readers
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The Databusters discuss what Ofsted mean by 'pupils who are reading below age-related expectations (the lowest 20%)'.
Age-Related Expectations? by James Pembroke
Using Data Properly: Which side of March 2nd? by Richard Selfridge
Getting older quicker by Dave Thompson for FFT Datalab
S4 E2 A Databusters' Guide for Governors
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The Databusters recorded a webinar for primary school governors on 1 December 2022; here is the audio for you.
Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) login
School Performance Tables
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S4 Episode 1 Statutory Assessment and Assessing the Wider Curriculum
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters discuss 2022's statutory assessment data and assessing the wider curriculum.
DfE Key Stage 2 Attainment 2021-22
DfE GCSE results infographic 2021-22
FFT Datalab GCSE results 2022: The main trends in grades and entries blog
@jpembroke Writing v Reading Graph tweet
James Pembroke: Primary Accountability and VA Calculator 2021/22
@MichaelT1979 Wider Curriculum tweet
Ofsted: Curriculum research reviews
Chris Quigley Assessment across the Wider Curriculum
Thinking deeply about Primary Education podcast - the databusters
Dataproof Your School by Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke
S3E6 KS2 results, MTC & Ofsted 2021-22
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters discuss 2022's Key Stage 2 results, the Multiplication Tables Check and Ofsted's inspection of RI schools in 2021-22.
Key stage 2 attainment 2022: national headlines
FFT Datalab: Key Stage 2 2022: How have things changed since 2019? by Dave Thomson
Insight MTC headlines by James Pembroke
Schools commentary July 2022: schools that require improvement
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S3 Episode 5 Supporting pupils with SEND in the classroom
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters discuss statutory assessment and how to identify and support pupils with SEND in schools.
Databusting Oldham - 21 June 2022
DfE SEND Review summary document SEND and AP
Driver Youth Trust approach to supporting literacy difficulties
Ofsted School Inspection Framework - Para 368. Because of the often vastly different types of pupils’ needs, inspectors will not compare the outcomes achieved by pupils with SEND with those achieved by other pupils with SEND in the school, locally or nationally.
S3 Episode 4 Dataproof Your School, and who's included in KS2 SATs 2022
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters discuss who's included in KS2 SATs 2022 and discuss their newly published book, Dataproof Your School.
Databusting Norwich - 4 February 2022
10 things I still hate about data - James Pembroke
ASCL - A Great Education for Every Child
Computer Adaptive tests - What's not to like?
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S3 Episode 3 Tom Richmond talks EDSK Making Progress report
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters welcome special guest Tom Richmond, Director of the EDSK think tank, to discuss Making Progress, EDSK's latest report on the future of assessment and accountability in Primary Schools.
Making progress The future of assessment and accountability in primary schoolsContact us on Twitter: @databusting or @jpembroke
S3 Episode 2 Julian Grenier talks Development Matters
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke’s regular look at education data. The Databusters are back with the third part of a series of podcasts looking at what has been happening in the Early Years Foundation Stage with special guest Julian Grenier, Headteacher of Sheringham Nursery School and Children's Centre in Newham, East London.
Inside the Secret garden - Julian Grenier's website
Development Matters - Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage
The Thorny Issue of Tracking in the Early Years by James Pembroke
Minds Matter Report from the Early Years Alliance
S3 Episode 1 - Development Matters
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke’s regular look at education data. The data Busters are back with the second part of a series of podcasts looking at what has been happening in the Early Years Foundation Stage and what databusters need to know about Development Matters.
Development Matters - Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage
The Thorny Issue of Tracking in the Early Years by James Pembroke
Coronavirus (COVID-19): school and college accountability 2021/22: "Primary school tests and assessments () results will not be published in key stage 2 (KS2) performance tables in academic year 2021/22."
S2 Episode 4 - Baseline Matters
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters are back with the first part of a series of podcasts looking at what has been happening in the Early Years Foundation Stage, and what databusters need to know about the Reception baseline.
FFT Datalab on Junior and Infant schools, 2015
James: The reception baseline and the future of primary progress measures, 2019
S2 Episode 3 - Hit the ground running
Teacher Tapp: Staring at our screens: findings from lockdown 2.0, week 3
National Tutoring Programme
The Observer: England’s ‘catch-up’ tutors are being short-changed by private employers
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S2 Episode 2 Here we are again
S2 Episode 1 - So, what do we do now?
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's monthly look at Education data. What happened over the summer, and how have schools reacted since all pupils returned to school in September? And now that pupils have settled back in to the new normals, what should we do now?
COVID-19 Learning Loss: What We Know and How to Move Forward - Dylan WIliam
Making sense of standardised scores and scaled scores in primary schools - Richard Selfridge
The thorny issue of tracking in Early Years - James Pembroke
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S1 Episode 8 - The New Normal
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's monthly look at Education data.
How have schools responded to the New Normal, and what should you look for in a tracking system?
S1 Episode 7 - Staying Alert
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's monthly look at Education data. How have schools’ responded to the Stay Home, Protect the NHS and Save Lives phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, and how are they planning to Stay Alert, Control the Virus and Save Lives?
Adam Boxer - I want to go back to school
French classrooms - from Lionel Top on Twitter
DfE: Coronavirus-Covid 19 advice
DfE: Actions for educational and childcare settings to prepare for wider opening from 1 June 2020
DfE: Preparing for the wider opening of schools from 1 June
NAHT: New Guidance on Phased Return sent 13 May 2020
NAHT - Coronavirus and Summer 2020 Exams
S1 Episode 6 - What just happened?
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke’s monthly look at Education Data.
Schools, colleges and early years settings to close - DfE press release 18 March 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19): cancellation of GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020 - DfE 20 March 2020
Further details on exams and grades announced - DfE 20 March 2020
Awarding grades in 2020 - FFT datalab blog
GCSE results in English and maths: Whatever approach is taken, here is how it should be validated - FFT datalab blog
S1 Episode 5 - Is Data Dead? and Standardised Testing
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke’s monthly look at Education Data.
Is Data Dead? - James Pembroke
How and why tests are standardised - Richard Selfridge
S1 Episode 4 - Performance Tables and the Phonics Screening Check
S1 Episode 3 - Who’s in and Who’s out of Primary Progress Measures, and what everyone needs to know about Quintiles
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke’s monthly look at Education Data.
Ian Stokes (https://twitter.com/ianstokesed) - New EIF inspections - are Ofsted still 'judging by numbers'? https://ianstokes.org/investigations
Mary Bousted - Ofsted's Framework asks way too much of Primary Staff https://www.tes.com/news/ofsteds-framework-asks-way-too-much-primary-staff
Don't panic about quintiles - https://www.sigplus.co.uk/2019/10/dont-panic-about-quintiles/
Quntiles part 2 - How to be above and below average at the same time https://www.sigplus.co.uk/2019/10/quintiles-part-2-how-to-be-above-and-below-average-at-the-same-time/
Databusting for Schools on tour! https://www.databustingforschools.co.uk/supporting-schools.html
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S1 Episode 2 - Progress Measures, Target Setting and Confidence Intervals
EIF updates: Dan Morrow in Schools Week (https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsteds-new-framework-from-watchdog-to-service-dog/) and Geoff Barton in TES (https://www.tes.com/news/im-holding-my-nerve-my-support-new-ofsted)
ISDR: School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide www.gov.uk/guidance/school-inspection-data-summary-report-idsr-guide
Progress Measures: Becky Allen - What if we cannot measure pupil progress? (https://rebeccaallen.co.uk/2018/05/23/what-if-we-cannot-measure-pupil-progress)
James Pembroke - Should progress measures be scrapped for primary schools? (https://www.sigplus.co.uk/2019/05/should-progress-measures-be-scrapped-for-primary-schools/)
Confidence Intervals: Richard Selfridge - How Sig +/- is calculated and why it does not mean what you might think (https://icingonthecakeblog.weebly.com/blog/how-sig-is-calculated-and-why-it-does-not-mean-what-you-might-think)
Scientist Rise Up Against Statistical Significance (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00857-9)
Databusters on Tour: We’re in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 20th November (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/databusting-lincolnshire-tickets-74819349689), Rothley, Leicestershire on 22nd January (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/databusting-leicestershire-tickets-74838490941) and in Liverpool on 30th January (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/databusting-liverpool-tickets-75735160905)
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S1 Episode 1 - Ofsted EIF, IDSR and Standardized Scores
Links to EIF and IDSR: www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-inspection-framework
Webinar on the Education Inspection Framework
www.gov.uk/government/publications/using-ofsteds-inspection-dashboard-early-years-foundation-stage-profile-to-key-stage-4
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