Make strategic planning simple with whole-school assessment reports

Assessment data is noisy. It shouts about your teaching and learning successes and next steps, but only if you have the tools to listen

Every primary school collects assessment data each term. Some schools wade through the data to benchmark where their cohorts sit compared to the national standard. However, the schools that listen to the noise of the data use whole-school assessment reports to make strategic decisions.

Boost Insights is our free assessment platform for schools, giving teachers and leaders access to all assessment reports and attainment data needed for rapid and sustained school improvement.

In this article, we share how whole-school assessment reports make strategic planning simple.

School overview reports for improved outcomes

Not all assessment reports are created equal. Reports that can be easily filtered, exported and analysed save teachers’ time and increase accurate visibility for leaders.

When your team can streamline data efficiently, leaders can:

•  Have total visibility of pupil progress.

•  Confidently articulate the intention, implementation and impact of your quality of education.

•  Make informed decisions backed by ‘noisy’ data.

•  Allocate resources and support to targeted areas.

•  Adopt a data-driven culture where success can be replicated.

Total visibility for leadership

From granular question-level analysis to MAT-level performance overviews, quality assessment reports give leadership the visibility needed to make strategic decisions. 

With access to these top assessment reports, leaders can better understand the school’s position and confidently make decisions surrounding resource allocation, professional support and training. 

Through whole school reports, school leaders can: 
See the progress of cohorts, classes and groups of children at each assessment collection point. Allowing for considered resource and support allocation to target the areas needing rapid improvement. 

Intent, implementation and impact

We know how important the 3I’s are to your quality of education. Our assessment reports equip leaders and teachers with the data to make informed decisions on curriculum direction. 

See the whole school progress quickly through Boost Insights. The School Overview dashboard compares the performance of learners across subjects and year group, pulling results from up to three assessment suites in a single term. Instantly visualise the spread of your learners towards, at and above the expected standard and pinpoint cohorts who may need more support.

If you intended to target those working towards the expected standard using group interventions, which year group would you begin with?
 

School improvement decisions

A data-driven culture is necessary for schools, whether you’re looking to support Early Career Teachers (ECTs) in their subject-specific knowledge or achieve classroom equity (where everybody gets what they need to succeed). 

Do you hear what I hear?

In the past, assessment systems in primary schools have been guilty of collecting data without a purpose. Collecting surface-level information without any depth to drive real school improvement. 

Having in-depth access to unpick and scrutinise data in various ways is how quality school improvement decisions are made.

When previous learner reports and other test performance comparisons are taken into account, the data begins to shout about group and individual learner improvements.

Effective leadership in primary schools requires accurate and actionable data to make informed decisions that make a difference. Whole school assessment reports, like those offered by Boost Insights platform, provide a robust solution to support strategy planning.

Schools who previously used MARK to analyse their assessment results will have their data transferred over to the Boost Insights platform automatically in Spring 2025. Just joining us? Book a demo with your local assessment consultant to see all assessment reports in action.