Sonar Multi-School: Diminishing The Difference (Disadvantaged) Widget

Purpose

Accessed from the Dashboard in Sonar Multi-School, the Diminishing The Difference (Disadvantaged) Widget displays the attainment of Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged pupils, along with the gap in performance between the two groups. This provides you with insight into the scale of any performance Gap and how it has changed overtime. Using this knowledge you can see the impact of any interventions, and plan future interventions to close the Gap between those pupils that are and are not Disadvantaged.

Pupil attainment is shown as a percentage of pupils who are categorised as either Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged pupils who are achieving either At or Above ARE in Combined (RWM) (Reading, Writing and Mathematics). A second percentage indicator shows how each categories attainment has changed since the previous Assessment Period. In addition to the individual Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged headline figures, a further headline shows the Gap between the different categories for the current assessment period along with an indicator of how much it has changed since the previous Assessment Period.

If you want to view the attainment of pupils categorised as both Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged pupils and the associated Gap over a longer period of time (including the last two Academic Years), and for individual Subjects (Reading, Writing and Mathematics) as well as the Combined Subjects, you can do this from within the widget's report view.

Information:  Calculations are based only on those pupils with assessment data. Pupils without assessment data are not included in calculations.

Information:  The Diminishing The Difference (Disadvantaged) Widget is only available for those users who are part of an establishment that comprises multiple schools in Sonar Tracker (for example, a Multi Academy Trust) and have the appropriate permission associated with their User ID to access Sonar Multi-School content.

Screenshot(s), Elements and Controls

ClosedWidget View

Screenshot

In the example:

  • For the current Assessment Period 75.4% of pupils categorised as Not Disadvantaged are either At or Above ARE for their Summative Assessment in Combined (RWM) (Reading, Writing and Mathematics). Meanwhile, 47.7% of pupils categorised as Disadvantaged are either At or Above ARE. The Disadvantaged Gap between the two is 27.7% (Pupils categorised as Disadvantaged are performing 27.7% better than pupils categorised as Not Disadvantaged).
  • The difference between the current Assessment Period and the previous Assessment Period for Not Disadvantaged shows a 0.1% decrease in terms of pupils either At or Above ARE for their Summative Assessment in Combined (RWM) (Reading, Writing and Mathematics). Meanwhile, there has been a 0.9% decrease in the amount ofDisadvantaged pupils either At or Above ARE. An increase in attainment between Assessment Periods is shown in green as a percentage with a green up-arrow to its left. A decrease in attainment between Assessment Periods is shown in red as a percentage with a red up-arrow to its left.
  • This makes the Gap between Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged 0.8% greater overall than in the previous Assessment Period. When the Gap between the two characteristic groups gets wider, this is displayed in red as a percentage with an up-arrow to its left. When the Gap between the two characteristic groups closes, this is displayed in green as a percentage with a green down-arrow to its left. Red indicates that the gap is widening, whereas green indicates the gap is reducing which shows that each pupil has a fairer chance to succeed.

Elements

Field Name

Description

Not Disadvantaged

Pupil attainment for those pupils who are not categorised as Disadvantaged, for the last Assessment Period. This comprises:

  • The headline figure of the percentage of pupils who are not categorised as Disadvantaged who are either At or Above ARE for their Summative Assessment in Combined (RWM) (Reading, Writing and Mathematics). The value is displayed in purple, as a percentage, to one decimal place.
  • The difference between the percentage of pupils who are not categorised as Disadvantaged who are either At or Above ARE for their Summative Assessment for the current Assessment Period compared to the previous Assessment Period. An increase in attainment between Assessment Periods is shown in green as a percentage with a green up-arrow to its left. A decrease in attainment between Assessment Periods is shown in red as a percentage with a red up-arrow to its left.

Disadvantaged

Pupil attainment for those pupils categorised as Disadvantaged, the last Assessment Period. This comprises:

  • The headline figure of the percentage of those pupils categorised as Disadvantaged who are either At or Above ARE for their Summative Assessment in Combined (RWM) (Reading, Writing and Mathematics). The value is displayed in purple, as a percentage, to one decimal place.
  • The difference between the percentage of those pupils categorised as Disadvantaged who are either At or Above ARE for their Summative Assessment for the current Assessment Period compared to the previous Assessment Period. An increase in attainment between Assessment Periods is shown in green as a percentage with a green up-arrow to its left. A decrease in attainment between Assessment Periods is shown in red as a percentage with a red up-arrow to its left.

Disadvantaged pupils are those defined as:

  • Pupils who have been eligible for Free Schools Meals (FSM) at any point over the last 6 years.
  • Pupils who have been looked after continuously for at least one day in the last year.
  • Pupils who have left care through a formal route such as adoption.

Gap

The difference between those pupils not categorised as Disadvantaged and those categorised as Disadvantaged in terms of pupil attainment between the two Assessment Periods. This comprises:

  • The Gap between the two categories shown as a percentage.
  • A comparison of the size of the Gap between the current Assessment Period and the previous Assessment Period shown as a percentage. When the Gap between the two categories gets wider, this is displayed in red as a percentage with an up-arrow to its left. When the Gap between the two categories closes, this is displayed in green as a percentage with a green down-arrow to its left. Red indicates that the gap is widening, whereas green indicates the gap is reducing which shows that each pupil has a fairer chance to succeed. Red indicates that the gap is widening, whereas green indicates the gap is reducing which shows that each pupil has a fairer chance to succeed.

Information:  Where no summative assessment data has been entered for the current Assessment Period, for example, at the start of a new Assessment Period, ~ 0 is displayed (as change between the previous and current Assessment Periods cannot yet be calculated).

 

Controls

Control

Description

View Report

Select to open the Report View (see below).

 

ClosedReport View

Screenshot

Use the chart to view the attainment (based on Summative Assessment) for the two categories (Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged) over time for the Subject(s) you select. You will be able to see how attainment is changing across the two categories, where the peaks and troughs in attainment are, what the overall attainment trend is, which category is performing better over the duration, and how the gap is changing between the two.

Elements

Field Name

Description

Last Updated

The date when the data you are viewing was last updated.

Term / Academic Year

The Term (for example, Spring) and Academic Year (for example, 2023/2024) for which the data is being displayed.

ARE Attainment % At and Above

Displayed by Assessment Period, the points on the chart, joined by lines, show the percentage of pupils for the whole multi-school environment by category (Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged) that are either At or Above ARE for their Summative Assessment in the selected Subject / Combined Subject.

Assessment Period

The Assessment Period that ARE Attainment % At and Above for Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged pupil are plotted against. By default, the results for this Academic Year and the previous two Academic Years are presented (where data exists).

 

Controls

Control

Description

Breadcrumbs

Select a breadcrumb to return to previous window / default view of current window.

Combined Pri & EYFS

Select to view the percentage of pupils by Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged across the multi-school environment who have been summatively assessed At or Above ARE for Reading, Writing and Mathematics combined.

Combined (GLD)

Select to view the the percentage of pupils by Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged across your multi-school environment, whose Combined (GLD) Summative Assessment is either On or Above ARE.

Subject - Mathematics

Select to view the percentage of pupils by Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged across the multi-school environment who have been summatively assessed At or Above ARE for Mathematics.

Subject - Reading

Select to view the percentage of pupils by Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged across the multi-school environment who have been summatively assessed At or Above ARE for Reading.

Subject - Writing

Select to view the percentage of pupils by Not Disadvantaged and Disadvantaged across the multi-school environment who have been summatively assessed At or Above ARE for Writing.

Points on chart

Select point on the chart to the view its details:

Chart Legend entries

Entries in the Chart Legend can be toggled on / off when the chart is displayed to show / hide them. When hidden in the chart, the legend entry is struck through:

Roll over a legend entry to highlight it in the chart:

 

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