Currently we anticipate that the 2026 Data Collaboration features will be available from the afternoon of Friday 21st August. You can see this and check for any updates to this by going to the opt-in page in CONFIG > Data Collaboration and then clicking on Exams for the 25/26 Cohort:
Once collaborative headlines, A8 estimates and SPI figures are available for you to publish with (for those who have uploaded converted KS2 Scaled Scores), an announcement will be put up on the HOME page in Sisra Analytics. You would need to re-publish your Exams data set, as well as any other relevant reports that you may want to compare to your Exams, with the same '2026 Collab' estimates.
If you haven't done so already, please remember to opt-in to the 2026 Data Collaboration by ticking the box at the bottom of the aforementioned opt-in page.
As there is no official KS2 data for these students, we are aware many schools have used a conversion method for this, allowing you to gain access to the figures from the Data Collaboration once available.
Once released, we recommend using 2026 Collab for SPI and Progress 8 only for 25/26 leavers as this cohort does not have official KS2 data. For current cohorts 26/27 onwards, if using SPI and Progress 8 we advise publishing using 2024 Collab data, and 2024 official A8 & VA estimates, due to these being based on actual KS2 Scaled Score data which current cohorts have.
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