School attainment data analysis programs – overview
Internal Management Information Systems (MIS)
Internal systems such as SIMS Assessment Manager 7 and Arbor can be used for regular tracking of all pupils by teacher assessment, including filtering by pupil characteristics (e.g. SEN, FSM…).
HFL Education's Data Management Services offers guidance and resources in the use of SIMS AM7 and Arbor for the collection, analysis and reporting of assessment.
The DMS portal is only available to schools subscribing to DMS services. For more information contact:
HFL Education: Data Management Services
NB the following 3 programs are concerned primarily with end of Key Stage data only (although FFT Aspire does include options for schools to upload data from internal assessments).
Herts Assessment Profile
The Hertfordshire Assessment Profile has 2 versions available: Primary (Foundation Stage – KS2) and Secondary (KS4-5).
The Profiles are produced by the Education Data Collection Services Team (formerly known as PIU) at County Hall (Hertford).
Analyse School Performance (ASP)
ASP is produced by DfE and Ofsted.
Analyse School Performance (ASP)
Compare School Performance (CSP)
CSP is produced by DfE and Ofsted and is publicly available. Attainment and progress data can be viewed for any school in England, except independent schools. Results data can be seen for Key Stages 2, 4 and 5.
Gov.UK: Compare school performance
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Hertfordshire Secondary schools can subscribe to FFT Aspire at a discounted rate through HFL Education. For information contact: hfl.assessment@hfleducation.org
Primary schools wishing to use FFT Aspire should contact FFT directly for further information.
Comparison
It is recommended that schools use the range of data tools to inform their self-evaluation and target-setting procedures.
The Herts Assessment Profile is always the first available of the above 3 analyses.
| Herts Assessment Profile | ASP | FFT Aspire | |
| Analysis of end of Key Stage data | EYFS–KS2 including Phonics and KS4-5 | Phonics, MTC, KS2 and KS4 | KS2, KS4, KS5 |
| Attainment Data | % achieving standards | % achieving standards; Average Scores where available | % achieving standards; Average Scores where available |
| Progress Data (value added) – where available | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Comparison against national | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Comparison against Herts |
Yes (overall and for gender and disadvantaged) |
Yes (for headline measures only) | No |
| Data on individual pupils or groups of pupils | No (other than gender and disadvantaged groups) | Yes | Yes |
| Information for target-setting | No | No | Yes |
| Question Level Analysis of tests | No | Yes | No |