Sonar Tracker
Overview
This article explains how to enter your Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) data into Sonar Tracker.
Statutory assessment data should only be manually entered into one system. From that system, it should be electronically exported and imported into other systems as required. If your school enters statutory data into a third-party MIS and you use stand-alone Sonar Tracker, go to Sonar Tracker: How do I import Statutory Data into Sonar Tracker from a CTF? for further information. To determine which version of Sonar Tracker you are using, see Sonar Tracker: Which version of Sonar Tracker am I using?
Prerequisites
- You must have Account Owner, Account Admin, or Full Edit permissions to enter or edit statutory assessment data in Sonar Tracker (to change a user's permissions, see Portal: How do I change a staff member’s role for a product?).
Demonstration
The following interactive guide shows you how to enter statutory assessment data in Sonar Tracker. Select the relevant data that you want to enter when prompted to see a step-by-step demonstration:
Instructions
To enter Statutory EYFS (ELG) statutory data into Sonar Tracker:
- Select Assessments.
- From the Statutory Assessments pane, select Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP):
- When prompted, select the Reception Year and optionally, a Reception Class for which you wish to enter teacher assessments:
-
Select Open Assessment, to open the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP). Use the filters to select from the areas of learning you want to display and subsequently enter values for. By default, all are checked:
- Select Edit Assessment.
-
From Edit Assessment:
-
Optionally, change the Assessment Date if it is different to the one shown (by default this is today's date). Any information that you enter / edit will be assigned to the selected date.
You can only enter a date within the academic year the pupil sat the assessment. If you change a result later, for example, during a remark in Autumn 1 of the following academic year, only the academic year of the original assessment date can be entered. Sonar Tracker does this to stop results from being recorded against the wrong academic year.
- Select Start Editing.
-
-
Enter the pupil's assessment in the appropriate cells:
- 1 - Pupil is at the "emerging" level at the end of the EYFS.
- 2 - Pupil is at the "expected" level at the end of the EYFS.
- A - Unable to assess, or exemption applies. The pupil could not be assessed / had an exemption. If used, this has to be applied to all aspects.
- Repeat Step 7 for each pupil for each of the 17 Early Learning Goals (ELGs).
Tips
If you enter an invalid assessment value a red message is displayed explaining that the value is incorrect:
Select Information to view descriptions of the available entry codes:
See more information about the codes used in Statutory Assessments here - Sonar Tracker: What do the codes for recording Key Stage Data mean?
Outcome
The pupil's assessment is automatically updated and saved as you make your changes.
Reporting EYFS Outcomes
Headline data shows in the Statutory Dashboard in the Analysis tab.
Statutory data appears in the Statutory Dashboard a few minutes after you have entered or imported it.
If you are a full Sonar Tracker subscriber, the End of Reception Outcomes Report can be used to analyse this data.
Related information
Go to the DfEs Early years Foundation Stage Profile Handbook for more information about these assessments.
If you are a full Sonar Tracker subscriber, to understand how you can report on your statutory data using Sonar Tracker, see Sonar Tracker: How can I report on Statutory / End of Key Stage Assessments in Sonar?
Updated