Sonar Multi-School: Pupil Overview

Sonar Multi-School

Purpose

The Pupil Overview report gives you a snapshot of pupil characteristics across your trust in a table. By default, it loads for the current assessment period, grouped by school.

You can view the data grouped by:

School - each row represents a different school.
Year Group - each row represents a different year group.
By Gender - two rows, one for female pupils and one for male pupils.
By Disadvantaged - two rows, one for pupils classified as Disadvantaged and one for Not Disadvantaged.
By SEN - two rows, one for pupils classified as SEN and one for Not SEN.

This report only includes pupils with assessment data recorded against their name. It does not represent the total number of pupils on roll across your trust. Pupils who are new to a school and have no assessment data are not included.

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Updated 23 June 2026 12:51

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 displayed.
Grouping	The name of the group whose contextual data is displayed based on the group selected: When By School is selected, each row of the table represents a different school. When By Year Group is selected, each row of the table represents a different year group. When By Gender is selected, each row of the table represents a different gender. There are two rows, one for female pupils and one for male pupils. When By Disadvantaged is selected, two rows are displayed. One row represents pupils classified as Disadvantaged and the second represents those who are Not Disadvantaged. When By SEN is selected, two rows are displayed. One row represents pupils classified as having a SEN and the second represents those who are Not SEN. By default, you are presented with a breakdown of contextual data grouped by school across your Trust.
Total pupils	Total number of pupils within the specific group. This does not necessarily represent the number of pupils on roll within the school. It only includes pupils who have assessment data recorded for one or more subjects. If a pupil is new to the school and does not have any assessment data recorded against their name, they will not be included in the Total Pupils count.
Attendance	Pupil attendance as a percentage for the specific group.
Male	Total number of Male pupils within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
Female	Total number of Female pupils within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
Disadvantaged	Total number of pupils categorised as Disadvantaged within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
Not Disadvantaged	Total number of pupils not categorised as Disadvantaged within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
FSM	Total number of pupils eligible to receive Free School Meals through the Government's Free School Meals programme within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
Not FSM	Total number of pupils not eligible to receive Free School Meals through the Government's Free School Meals programme within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
PP	Total number of pupils for whom Pupil Premium funding is being received within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
Not PP	Total number of pupils for whom Pupil Premium funding is not being received within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
SEN	Total number of pupils categorised as having a Special Educational Need within the specific group. In the example below, there are a total of 87 pupils categorised as having a SEN. 73 receive additional support (SEN Support) and 14 have an EHCP in place: Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
Not SEN	Total number of pupils not categorised as having a Special Educational Need within the specific group. Not SEN comprises those flagged as Not SEN and those flagged as SEN but whose SEN type is set to Not SEN or NA. In the example below, there are a total of 193 pupils categorised as Not SEN. 183 were flagged as Not SEN and a further 10 were flagged as NA, making a combined total of 193 pupils: Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
SEN Support	Total number of pupils indicated as having a Special Educational Need and receiving support (K - SEN Support) within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
EHCP	Total number of pupils indicated as having a Special Educational Need and an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
Not SEN	Total number of pupils marked as Not SEN by the school. They may have originally been categorised as having a SEN but are no longer categorised as such, or were erroneously flagged as having a SEN, within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
NA	Total number of pupils within the selected group indicated as having the code NA for Special Educational Need. No specialist assessment of a need has been recorded. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
EAL	Total number of pupils for whom English is an additional language within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
Not EAL	Total number of pupils for whom English is not an additional language within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
LAC	Total number of pupils currently in Local Authority Care (who are a Looked After Child) within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
PLAC	Total number of pupils categorised as previously looked after (within Local Authority Care) within the specific group. A previously looked-after child is a child who was in the care of a local authority at the point at which they were adopted, made subject to a Special Guardianship Order (SGO), or a Child Arrangements Order (previously Residency Order). Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).
Not LAC	Total number of pupils not in Local Authority Care within the specific group. Where no data has been recorded for the group, this is represented with a hyphen (-).

Control	Description
By School	Select to view and compare pupil contextual data for your Trust by school.
By Year Group	Select to view and compare pupil contextual data for your Trust by year group.
By Gender	Select to view and compare pupil contextual data for your Trust by gender.
By Disadvantaged	Select to view and compare pupil contextual data for your Trust by whether or not pupils are categorised as Disadvantaged.
By SEN	Select to view and compare pupil contextual data for your Trust by whether or not pupils are categorised as having a SEN.
Filters	Filter the schools and pupils included in your report. See Sonar Multi-School: Filters for further information.
Assessment Period	Select an Assessment Period from those available. By default, the current Assessment Period is displayed.
Percentage View	Toggle between percentage and pupil number views.
Export as CSV	Select to download a CSV version of the data presented in the report table to the Downloads folder on your device. The content exported is only the data shown in the current view - it does not include data from other views. The CSV file can be opened for viewing and manipulation, for example, to calculate percentages, using an application such as Microsoft Excel.
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