IDSR: news and updates

2024 IDSR releases

IDSR release: 6 February 2025

This release contains:

• revised key stage 2 data for 2024

• revised 16 to 18 data for 2024

IDSR release: 16 January 2025

This release contains provisional key stage 4 data for 2024.

IDSR release: 12 December 2024

This release contains:

• two-term (autumn & spring) absence data for 2023/24

• provisional destinations data for 2022/23

• final phonics data for 2024

• multiplication tables check (MTC) data for 2024

Please note, Ofsted has now received the delayed provisional key stage 4 and 16 to 18 performance data from the Department for Education. We will release this data in January 2025.

IDSR update: 12 November 2024

The Department for Education has informed us that there are delays to the publishing of provisional 2023/24 key stage 4 and 16 to 18 performance data.

Due to these delays the secondary and all-through school IDSRs will not be updated in November with provisional key stage 4 and 16 to 18 data, as per previous years. We plan to update them in January, providing there are no further delays in receiving the data.

IDSR data correction

We have identified and corrected an error relating to a small number of calculations that interpret Attainment 8 measures within the IDSR. For a subset of schools, this affected the arrows and/or the significance for Attainment 8 measures displayed in the ‘Progress and attainment at key stage 4’ section. It also sometimes affected the ‘Pupil groups’ section for Attainment 8 measures . It did not affect the Attainment 8 scores, cohorts or percentiles. This has now been corrected for all IDSRs containing key stage 4 data which now have a release date of 11 November.

If you have any questions or concerns with any of the above, please email the team at: School.Performance.Data@ofsted.gov.uk

IDSR release: 10 October 2024

This release contains:

• IDSR redevelopments for all schools (for full details please read our September newsletter)
• Provisional phonics for 2024
• Final exclusions for 2023
• January 2024 census-based contextual information
• 1-term absence for 2024
• Provisional key stage 2 attainment for 2024
• Latest financial and school workforce data
• New destinations data for disadvantaged pupils
• New alternative provision placements data

IDSR newsletter: 25 September 2024

Upcoming releases

The planned releases are as follows:

• October: primary provisional release (with census, final 2023 phonics and absence)
• November: secondary provisional release (including schools with a sixth form)
• December: two-term absence (with multiplication tables check data)
• 2025: revised and possible final releases

Redevelopments to the IDSR

Stay connected

Useful links

• IDSR enquiries email
• IDSR service login
• IDSR news page
• IDSR guidance

Have any questions or want to know more about the above? Please email the IDSR enquiries email and one of the team will be happy to help.

IDSR release: 2 May 2024

This release contains:

• final key stage 2 performance data for 2023
• final key stage 4 performance data for 2023
• final 16 to 18 data for 2023
• 3-term absence data for 2022/23

IDSR release: 6 March 2024

This release contains:

• revised key stage 4 subject entries, attainment, and progress data for 2023
• revised 16 to 18 subject entries and attainment data for 2023
• revised key stage 4 and 16 to 18 destinations data for 2021/22

IDSR release: 7 February 2024

This release contains:

• updated pupil movement data 2022/23
• revised 2023 key stage 2 data

Pupil groups:

• key stage 1 final FSM/CLA group updated with latest 2023 CLA

• key stage 2 revised FSM/CLA group added, based on latest 2023 CLA

2023 IDSR releases

IDSR release: 13 December 2023

This release contains:

• absence data for 2022/23 (autumn and spring terms)
• final key stage 1 data
• final multiplication tables checks

This release also contains IDSR developments in the following areas:

• absence
• suspensions and permanent exclusions
• SEND characteristics

IDSR release: 15 November 2023

This release contains:

• key stage 4 provisional attainment and progress data for 2023
• key stage 4 provisional subject entries for 2023
• 16 to 18 provisional attainment data for 2023
• 16 to 18 provisional subject entries for 2023
• latest destinations data for pupils that reached the end of key stage 4/16 to 18 study in 2020/21

IDSR release: 18 October 2023  

This release contains: 

• January 2023 census-based contextual information 
• exclusions data for 2021/22 
• phonics screening test data for 2023 
• key stage 1 attainment data for 2023 
• key stage 2 attainment and progress data for 2023 
• school workforce census, staff turnover and absence data for 2021/22 
• staff-related expenditure data for 2021/22 
• IDSR redevelopments for all schools (for full details please read our September newsletter) 

Primary prior attainment data has been removed due to lack of data both now and in the future.

IDSR newsletter: 26 September 2023

Upcoming releases

The planned releases are as follows:

• October: primary provisional release (with census, exclusions, and developments for all schools)
• November: secondary provisional release (including schools with a sixth form)
• December: two-term absence release (all schools)
• 2024: revised and possible final releases (like previous timings)

October release

This release will contain the latest data available:

• January 2023 census-based contextual information (all schools)
• school workforce census, staff turnover and absence data for 2021/22
• staff-related expenditure data for 2021/22
• exclusions 2021/22 data (all schools)
• phonics screening test data for 2023
• key stage 1 attainment data for 2023
• key stage 2 attainment and progress data for 2023
• redevelopments as listed below (all schools)

Redevelopments to the IDSR

Stay connected

Please sign up for email alerts from this news page so you never miss a release or an update to the IDSR. To sign up, navigate to the top of the page and select ‘Get emails about this page’.

Useful links

• IDSR enquiries email
• IDSR service login
• IDSR news page
• IDSR guidance

Have any questions or want to know more about the above? Please email the IDSR enquiries email and one of the team will be happy to help.

IDSR release: 7 June 2023

We have updated the inspection data summary report (IDSR) for all schools.

The following data has been updated:

• 16 to 18 final 2022 data, including the updated retention measure

• the trust/local authority level information section, to include the most recent inspection outcome (graded or ungraded) based on latest URN for trusts only

IDSR release: 4 May 2023

We have updated the inspection data summary report (IDSR) for all schools.

The following data has been updated:

• Key stage 4 - final
• Key stage 2 – final (including the multiplication tables check)
• absence data – 3 terms

IDSR release: 22 March 2023

We have updated the inspection data summary report (IDSR).

The following data has been published:

• Key stage 4 revised
• 16-18 revised
• pupil movements between 2021 and 2022
• revised destinations data

We have also made changes to the way we calculate key stage 4 subject entries so that they align with ‘Find school and college performance’.

IDSR release: 8 February 2023

We have updated the inspection data summary report (IDSR) for primary schools.

The following data has been updated:

• Key stage 2 - revised
• Key stage 1 - final
• phonics - final

We have also made minor changes to the pupil movement section of the secondary school IDSR.

IDSR release: 10 January 2023

We have updated the IDSR for schools with key stage 4. The update is a correction to the EBacc science, languages and humanities attainment sentences within the key stage 4 subjects section of the areas of interest. This was due to a methodology issue with the calculation of the highest and lowest 20%. This has not impacted all of these schools.

The correction may result in the EBacc attainment sentences changing. For example, the sentence for the school may now be shown in grey when previously it was highlighted as in the highest or lowest 20%. Quality checks have been conducted to ensure this does not affect other sentences.

2022 IDSR releases

IDSR release: 15 December 2022

We have released the December 2022 inspection data summary report (IDSR) for all schools.

The following data has been updated:

• absence data for 2021/22 (autumn and spring terms)

Pupil movement section

The text relating to pupils for whom we do not have information about in the later census has been improved. This change was made based on feedback we received. Our guidance has additional text to convey that the school may well have information about these pupil who may, for example, have moved overseas. Examples of the existing and new sentences are below.

Trust/LA level information section

The heading for this section dynamic so that if will display as either ‘Trust information’ or ‘LA information’ dependent on school type.

For multi-academy trusts only, overall effectiveness grades based on the latest URN will appear in this section. This will mean that grades associated with a school prior to joining the MAT will now not appear in the grade profile, instead they will appear in the ‘not yet inspected’ section.

IDSR release: 16 November 2022

We have updated the inspection data summary report (IDSR) for secondary schools.

The following data has been updated:

• key stage 4 attainment and progress data for 2022
• key stage 4 subject entries for 2022
• key stage 5 average point score per entry for 2022
• key stage 5 best 3 A levels and AAB including at least 2 facilitating subjects for 2022
• expanded pupil movement section covering latest 3 years and movement into alternative provision
• stability data and disadvantaged pupil group data (key stage 4 only)

IDSR release: 19 October 2022

We have updated the inspection data summary report (IDSR). For all schools, this update includes 2020/21 exclusions data and contextual information, based on January 2022 census data.

The IDSR now shows phonics screening test data for 2022, Key stage 1 & 2 attainment data for 2022, and Key stage 2 progress data for 2022. Responding to feedback, we have also introduced a button at the top of the IDSR that allows users to remove grey sentence content from the report. These greys are the sentences that show that the area has been reviewed but there is nothing to highlight.

At this time, we have not updated stability data & disadvantaged pupil group data nor added new multiplication table check data. We will include these in a future update, as soon as we are able to.

IDSR newsletter: 27 September 2022

We have published the Schools Pre-Inspection Data and Insight team’s third inspection data summary report (IDSR) newsletter.

The planned release date for the primary IDSR and context data is October 2022.

This will include:

• January 2022 census based contextual information (all schools)
• exclusions 2020/21 data (all schools)
• phonics screening test data for 2022
• key stage 1 attainment data for 2022
• key stage 2 attainment and progress data for 2022

The planned release date for the secondary IDSR is November 2022.

This will include:

• key stage 4 attainment and progress data for 2022
• key stage 5 qualification type entry data for 2022
• key stage 5 retention data for 2022
• key stage 5 average point score per entry for 2022
• key stage 5 best 3 A levels and AAB including at least 2 facilitating subjects for 2022

The 2022 data will be available to inspectors later this term. This data is presented separately because of the uneven impact of the pandemic on schools and variability. Comparisons should not be made with data from earlier years. As always, inspection judgements will not be based on data and evidence alone. Ofsted will use this data with caution and take the COVID-19 context into account when forming a rounded judgement about a school.

IDSR release: 6 June 2022

Removal of early years foundation stage (EYFS) data

Following EYFS reforms and changes to the administration and moderation of EYFS profile data, Ofsted has decided to remove the EYFS profile from the IDSR as of 6 June.

This is in line with action taken by the Department of Education for Analyse School Performance (ASP).

IDSR release: 19 May 2022

We have updated the inspection data summary report (IDSR) with absence data from summer term 2021, based on the DfE published data. We have not included spring 2021 in the IDSR as this was heavily affected by the lockdown from 4 January 2021.

We have also updated the finance data in the context section to 2020/21.