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  • 2026 Value Added Calculator

    James Pembroke

    An updated Value Added calculator tool for 2026, with the new prior attainment groups and associated benchmark estimates. Explore the impact of individual pupils on overall progress scores, and see how removing pupils affects your data. Read article…

  • Primary Accountability: navigating without a map

    James Pembroke

    Delayed and out-of-date guidance, mistakes in calculations, and some jaw-droppingly big increases in progress benchmarks. When it comes to understanding primary accountability measures this year, schools are lost in the mountains without a reliable map. Read article…

  • Key Stage 2 attainment: who’s included and who isn’t?

    James Pembroke

    The 2026 KS2 performance measures data checking window is open from 7th September to 18th September. James Pembroke looks at what school leaders need to know. Read article…

  • KS2 Results 2026

    Richard Selfridge

    Key Stage 2 Results were published just over a week late in 2026; in this post we explore the headlines and put these in context. Read article…

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Events

  • DISCO Birmingham 2026

    Date:
    October 8, 2026
    Start:
    8:30 am
    Ends:
    3:00 pm
    Location:
    The Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham, B12 9QH

    Our first DISCO of the 2026-27 academic year sees us return to our Birmingham home at the Midland Arts Centre on Thursday 8 October 2026.

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  • Insight Roadshow – West Sussex

    Date:
    October 12, 2026
    Start:
    12:30 pm
    Ends:
    4:00 pm
    Location:
    Chidham Parochial Primary School, Chidham Lane, Chidham, West Sussex, PO18 8TH

    Come and join education data gurus and Insight experts James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as they answer all your questions about assessment, attendance, Insight and more.

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  • DISCO Manchester 2026

    Date:
    November 5, 2026
    Start:
    8:30 am
    Ends:
    3:00 pm
    Location:
    The Studio, 51 Lever St, Manchester, M1 1FN

    We’re at The Studio in central Manchester for our second DISCO on Thursday 5 November.

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  • DISCO London 2026

    Date:
    November 13, 2026
    Start:
    8:30 am
    Ends:
    3:00 pm
    Location:
    Regent’s University, London, NW1 4NS

    Join us at our third Data in Schools Conference of 2026-27 at our new central London home in Regent’s Park on 13th November 2026.

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