Sonar Multi-School: Early Years Attainment Overview

Purpose

The Early Years Attainment Overview report gives you a snapshot of EYFS attainment for the current Assessment Period using Summative Assessment data for the various Subjects that pupils are studying across your Trust. Use this report to view the attainment of different groups of pupils and compare the differences in performance within the different pupil Groups. Using this knowledge, you can determine where certain Groups of pupils could benefit from support interventions, or where potential opportunities to learn from best practice exist, both of which could have a positive impact on overall attainment across your Trust.

When you load the report, you are presented with a chart and table that details which pupils are achieving Below, At or Above ARE. The default view shows pupil attainment (using a Simple Age Related Expectations view) for the Combined (All Goals) Subject By School. You can change the Subject and the Group as needed to analyse Combined (GLD) or individual Subject attainment for different Groups of pupils. The other Groups available for selection are By Year, By Gender, By Disadvantaged, By SEN, and By Ethnicity. If all schools within your Trust are using the same Summative Assessment model for recording ARE, for example, one that is more detailed than the default Below, At or Above ARE (referred to as Simple) you can choose to use this to display attainment with a greater level of granularity (referred to as School).

Information:  Pupils with missing assessment data are not included in calculations. Numerical counts or percentage calculations relating to pupil numbers are undertaken using the number of pupils that have assessment records with entries in them (not the total number of pupils). For example, if you have 50 pupils, but only 46 pupils have assessment records, any pupil counts will be based on the set of 46 pupils with assessment records, not the total of 50. This too will be the case for percentages which, in this example, would be calculated based on a set size of 46, and not the total number of 50 pupils.

Information:  The Early Years Attainment Overview report 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.

Report View

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.

Group

Attainment details, based on summative pupil assessment for the selected Group. The Group details are sorted in alphabetical order within the tabular view, with All Pupils at the top of the list. All Pupils refers to the attainment of all pupils across your Trust, who have assessment data and are included within the calculations in the report. Pupils with missing assessment data are not included in the report.

Attainment Breakdown

The Attainment Breakdown shows pupil achievement for the selected Subject and Group, based on the current Assessment Period. The ARE assessment categories are presented in both a chart and a table. By default attainment is broken down into three categories: Below, At and Above (but may differ based on how your Trust chooses to report attainment).

In the chart view, both the number of pupils and a percentage are presented for each attainment category. Any pupil without assessment data is not included for the percentage calculation. Within the chart view, different colours are used for the three assessment categories:

  • Below (Red). Those pupils who have been summatively assessed as working Below ARE for the current Assessment Point.
  • At (Green). Those pupils who have been summatively assessed as working At ARE for the current Assessment Point.
  • Above (Purple). Those pupils who have been summatively assessed as working Above ARE for the current Assessment Point.

In the table view, the number of pupils assessed at Below, At or Above are present in three columns.

When the Combined measures are calculated (for both All Goals or GLD), the lowest ARE across the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) determines the overall Summative Assessment. When calculating Combined (GLD) for each pupil:

  • If 1 or more of the 12 ELGs that make up Good Level of Development are assessed as being Below ARE, the Combined GLD is determined to be Below.
  • If all 12 of the ELGs that make up Good Level of Development are assessed as being At ARE, the Combined GLD is determined to be At.
  • If all 12 of the ELGs that make up Good Level of Development are assessed as being either At or Above ARE, the Combined GLD is determined to be At.
  • If all 12 of the ELGs that make up Good Level of Development are assessed as being Above ARE, the Combined GLD is determined to be Above.

The same principle applies when calculating Combined (All Goals) for each pupil:

  • If 1 or more of the 17 ELGs that make up Good Level of Development are assessed as being Below ARE, the Combined GLD is determined to be Below.
  • If all 17 of the ELGs that make up Good Level of Development are assessed as being At ARE, the Combined GLD is determined to be At.
  • If all 17 of the ELGs that make up Good Level of Development are assessed as being either At or Above ARE, the Combined GLD is determined to be At.
  • If all 17 of the ELGs that make up Good Level of Development are assessed as being Above ARE, the Combined GLD is determined to be Above.

Information:  Where a School is not using ELGs to record non-statutory Summative Assessment against, but instead is capturing pupil attainment using Aspects, the same principle applies, with the lowest ARE across the set of Aspects determining the overall Summative Assessment.

Information:  If all Schools within your Trust are using the same Summative Assessment Model for recording ARE, for example, one that is more detailed than using the default Below, At or Above ARE (referred to as Simple) you can choose to use this to display attainment with a greater level of granularity. Select School in the Age Related Expectations control to do this. If there is any inconsistency in the Summative Assessment Model used across the different schools within your multi-school environment (even if only one school uses different Summative Codes), Simple will be used and you will not be able to select School.

% At and Above - All Pupils

The percentage of pupils across your Trust, whose Summative Assessment for the selected Subject, for the current Assessment Period is either At or Above ARE, calculated as follows:

Combined (GLD) % At and Above across your Trust =
(Number of pupils where their Combined (GLD) assessment is either At or Above across your Trust ÷ Total number of pupils with a Combined (GLD) assessment across your Trust) x 100

Combined (All Goals) % At and Above across your Trust =
(Number of pupils where their Combined (All Goals) assessment is either At or Above across your Trust ÷ Total number of pupils with a Combined (All Goals) assessment across your Trust) x 100

Information:  The percentage is calculated only based on those pupils who have assessment data. Any pupils without assessment data are not included in the calculation.

% At and Above - Group

The percentage of pupils in the Group, whose Summative Assessment for the selected Subject and Group, for the current Assessment Period is either At or Above ARE, calculated as follows:

Subject % At and Above for the Group =
(Number of pupils where their subject assessment is either At or Above in the Group ÷ Total number of pupils with a subject assessment in the Group) x 100

Information:  The percentage is calculated only based on those pupils who have assessment data. Any pupils without assessment data are not included in the calculation.

Total Pupils

The total number of pupils included in the Group.

Controls

Control

Description

By School

Select to view your Trust's EYFS pupil attainment data By School (the default view). Using this view you can compare pupil attainment within the individual Schools over time, against different Schools and against your Trust average. Analyse the data in this chart and table to determine which Schools are performing well overtime, which are performing better / to a lower standard than others, and which may require support to improve attainment. Using this knowledge, as appropriate you can build on the best practices of the better performing school (or schools), to try to enhance performance of those schools that are not performing as well.

By Year Group

Select to view your Trust's EYFS pupil attainment data by Year Group. Using this view you can compare how pupils within individual Year Groups are performing over time, against each other and against your Trust average. Analyse the data in this chart to determine which Year Groups are performing well over time, which are performing better / to a lower standard than the others at different points and overall, and which may require support to improve attainment.

By Gender

Select to view your Trust's EYFS pupil attainment data by Gender. Using this view you can compare how Female pupils and Males pupils are performing over time, against each other and against your Trust average (Trust Average) regardless of a pupil's Gender. Analyse the data in this chart to determine how pupils of a certain Gender are performing overtime, which Gender is performing best / to a lower standard than the other, and which may require support to improve attainment.

By SEN

Select to view your Trust's EYFS pupil attainment data based on whether pupil's are categorised as having an SEN or Not SEN. Using this view you can compare how those that are / aren't categorised as SEN are performing over time, against each other and against your Trust average (Trust Average) regardless of whether a pupil is categorised as having a special educational need or not. Analyse the data in this chart to determine how pupils categorise as SEN or Not SEN are performing overtime, which Group is performing best / to a lower standard than the other, and which may require support to improve attainment.

By Disadvantaged

Select to view your Trust's EYFS pupil attainment data based on whether pupil's are categorised as Disadvantaged or Not Disadvantaged. Using this view you can compare how those that are / aren't categorised as Disadvantaged are performing over time, against each other and against your Trust average (Trust Average) regardless of whether a pupil is Disadvantaged or not. Analyse the data in this chart to determine how pupils categorise as Disadvantaged or Not Disadvantaged are performing overtime, which Group is performing best / to a lower standard than the other, and which may require support to improve attainment.

By Ethnicity

Select to view your Trust's EYFS pupil attainment data By Ethnicity for the subject (or Combined Subject) measures. Using this view you can compare how the performance of individual ethnic groups compare to each other across your Trust overtime, and across your Trust as a whole. Analyse the data in this chart to determine how pupils of different ethnic groups are performing overtime, which Group is performing best / to a lower standard than others, and which may require support to improve attainment.

Subject Filter(where the School is using ELGs to record non-statutory Summative Attainment)

Select the Subject that you want to create a report for across your Trust:

You can choose either a Combined Subject or an individual Subject:

By default, this value is set to Combined (All Goals).

You can only have one Subject selected at any time.

Information:  In the exceptional case where you have EYFS pupils that are studying Primary Subjects, who have been assessed against the Primary Curriculum and have assessment grades recorded against Primary Subjects, the Subject Filter will also include the Primary Subjects in addition to the EYFS Subjects. Only Primary Subjects where grades have been recorded are displayed, not all Primary Subjects.

Subject Filter (where the School is using Aspects to record non-statutory Summative Attainment)

Where a School is not using ELGs to record non-statutory Summative Assessment against, but instead is capturing pupil attainment using Aspects, Aspects will be available (instead of ELGs) for selection. Select the Subject that you want to create a report for across your Trust:

You can choose either a Combined Subject or an individual Subject:

  • Combined (All Goals)  - Select to view pupil attainment against ARE (Below, At and Above) for all Aspects.
  • Combined (GLD) - Select to display pupil attainment against ARE (Below, At and Above) for all Aspects that are used for the GLD measure. This is all Aspects except for Expressive Art & Design, and Understanding the World.
  • Individual Subject - Select an Aspect to view pupil attainment against ARE (Below, At and Above):
    • Communication and Language.
    • Expressive Art and Design.
    • Literacy.
    • Mathematics.
    • Personal, Social and Emotional Development.
    • Physical Development.
    • Understanding the World.

By default, this value is set to Combined (All Goals).

You can only have one Subject selected at any time.

Age Related Expectations

Select the Age Related Expectations code used to present your Trust's Summative Assessment data:

  • Select Simple (the default view) to view summative assessment data using Below, At or Above ARE.
  • Select School to view your summative assessment data using your Trust's own assessment code set. This will enable you to view your data in more detail, for example, using Significantly Below, Below, Just At, Securely At, Above, and Significantly Above.

Information:  School is only available for selection where all schools within your Trust use the same Summative Codes to record Summative Assessment. If there is any inconsistency in the Summative Codes used across the different schools within your Trust (even if only one School uses different Summative Codes), you will not be able to select School).

Export as CSV

Select to download a CSV version of the data that is presented in the report table into the Downloads folder on your device.

The content that is exported in the CSV file is only the data shown in the current view. It does not include the data from the other views.

Tip:  The CSV file can be imported for viewing and manipulation (for example, to calculate percentages) on your device using an application, for example, Microsoft Excel.

Select the Ideas Portal (UserVoice) widget to give feedback about Sonar Multi-School. Use your existing UserVoice sign in details, or select Create an account if you do not already have one. Follow the prompts on screen to sign in, create an account, and leave your feedback.

To find out more about how to use Juniper Education's Ideas Portal, including detailed instructions about how to leave feedback using the widget, go to the Ideas Portal section within the Juniper Education Support Website (https://junipereducation.zendesk.com).

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