A podcast from Insight which sheds light on Education today
You can find Insight Inform at www.insightinform.co.uk (https://www.insightinform.co.uk).
Insight Inform is brought to you by Insight (https://www.insighttracking.com), the UK's leading system for monitoring pupil progress.
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Join James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as we look at Insight's estimates for Key Stage 1, the Phonics Screening Check and the Multiplication Tables Check.
News reports:
‘Glitches’ in online system slow down SATs markers (https://schoolsweek.co.uk/examiners-report-glitches-in-sats-online-marking-system/)
SATs results delayed by Pearson marking fiasco (https://schoolsweek.co.uk/sats-results-delayed-by-pearson-marking-fiasco/)
Dame Christine Gilbert to lead review into Sats failings (https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/primary/dame-christine-gilbert-lead-review-sats-failings)
Sophie B’s 2026 SATs results analysis (https://primary.lbq.org/hub/sophie-bartlett-2026-sats-results-analysis)
DfE:
Key stage 2 attainment: National headlines (https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-2-attainment-national-headlines/2025-26#headlines-section)
Insight Inform blogs:
KS2 Results 2026 (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/07/16/ks2-results-2026/)
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13 Jul 2026
S2 E4 Not the Key Stage 2 Results
Join James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as we look at Insight's estimates for Key Stage 1, the Phonics Screening Check and the Multiplication Tables Check.
Insight Inform blogs:
KS1 outcomes in 2025/26 (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/06/24/ks1-outcomes-in-2025-26/)
Insight’s National Estimated PSC & MTC outcomes in 2025/26 (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/06/24/insights-national-estimated-psc-mtc-outcomes-in-2025-26/)
Phonics Screening Check Mark Distribution from 'The problem with primary accountability (https://www.sigplus.co.uk/2021/09/the-problem-with-primary-accountability/)' by James Pembroke:
https://www.sigplus.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image.png (https://www.sigplus.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image.png)
Book your Data in Schools Conference - our Data DISCOs - tickets here (https://www.disco.org.uk/).
You can find Insight Inform at https://www.insightinform.co.uk. (https://www.insightinform.co.uk./)
Insight Inform is brought to you by Insight, the UK's leading
system helping schools make the most of their data.
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13 Feb 2026
S2 E3 Under the hood of the IDSR
Join James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as we look at the new 2025-26 Inspection Data Summary Report.
Example Primary IDSR: https://idsr.ofsted.gov.uk/exampleprimary ( https://idsr.ofsted.gov.uk/exampleprimary)
Example Secondary IDSR: https://idsr.ofsted.gov.uk/examplesecondary (https://idsr.ofsted.gov.uk/examplesecondary)
Percentage gaps and pupil equivalence by James Pembroke:
https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/02/05/percentage-gaps-and-pupil-equivalence/ (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/02/05/percentage-gaps-and-pupil-equivalence/)
The Data Wave returns? by Richard Selfridge
https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/01/30/the-data-wave-returns/ (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2026/01/30/the-data-wave-returns/)
You can find Insight Inform at https://www.insightinform.co.uk. (https://www.insightinform.co.uk./)
Insight Inform is brought to you by Insight, the UK's leading
system helping schools make the most of their data.
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20 Nov 2025
S2 E2 Defining Disadvantage
Join James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as we look at the various definitions of the term 'Disadvantage'.
What is a Disadvantaged pupil? by James Pembroke:
https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/10/16/what-is-a-disadvantaged-pupil/ (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/10/16/what-is-a-disadvantaged-pupil/)
You can find Insight Inform at https://www.insightinform.co.uk. (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/)
Insight Inform is brought to you by Insight, the UK's leading system helping schools make the most of their data.
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27 Oct 2025
S2 E1 KS2 Attainment Measures
Join James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as we look at Key Stage 2 Attainment Measures.
DfE Key Stage 2 Attainment statistics:
https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-2-attainment/2024-25 (https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-2-attainment/2024-25)
You can find Insight Inform at https://www.insightinform.co.uk. (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/)
Insight Inform is brought to you by Insight, the UK's leading system helping schools make the most of their data.
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18 Jun 2025
S1 E7 Assessing Children in Reception
James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge analyze the challenges of assessing children in reception, drawing from their Insight Inform blogs on age-related assessment issues in education; this is an interview.
29 Apr 2025
S1 E6 Data for Governors
Join James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as we look at Data for Governors discussing Jamie's latest blog, What Data do Governors Need?
https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/04/24/what-data-do-governors-need/
You can find Insight Inform at https://www.insightinform.co.uk.
Insight Inform is brought to you by Insight, the UK's leading system helping schools make the most of their data.
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17 Mar 2025
S1 E5 Ofsted's View of Data
Join James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as we look at Ofsted's View of Data. We discuss Jamie Pembroke's Governors, Data, and the Long Shadow of RAISEonline and look at the Limitations of Assessment. https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/02/28/governors-data-and-the-long-shadow-of-raiseonline/ (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/02/28/governors-data-and-the-long-shadow-of-raiseonline/)
Join us at a Data in Schools Conference - our Data DISCO in Newcastle in March 2025. https://www.disco.org.uk/ (https://www.disco.org.uk/)
You can find Insight Inform at www.insightinform.co.uk. (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/)
Insight Inform is brought to you by Insight, the UK's leading system for monitoring pupil progress.
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7 Feb 2025
S1 E4 Making Progress?
Join James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as we look at progress.
We discuss Jamie Pembroke's Progress Measures Break Assessment (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/01/15/progress-measures-break-assessment/) and Richard Selfridge's Locked into the Progress Mindset (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2025/01/21/locked-into-the-progress-mindset/).
Join us at a Data in Schools Conference (https://www.disco.org.uk/) - our Data DISCOs in Southampton and Newcastle in March 2025.
You can find Insight Inform at www.insightinform.co.uk (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/).
Insight Inform is brought to you by Insight (https://www.insighttracking.com/), the UK's leading system for monitoring pupil progress.
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16 Jan 2025
S1 E3 Lifting the Lid on Expected Standards
Join James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as we look at Expected Standards at Key Stage 2.
We discuss Jamie Pembroke's It might be expected, but is it enough? (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/12/13/it-might-be-expected-but-is-it-enough/) and Richard Selfridge's Better or worse than expected? (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/12/19/better-or-worse-than-expected/).
Measuring Up by Daniel Koretz (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674035218)
An article on The Flynn Effect (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-we-keep-getting-smarter-flynn-effect-says-yes/) in Scientific American
How can the government’s target of 90% of pupils achieving the expected standards at Key Stage 2 be achieved? (https://ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2022/03/how-can-the-governments-target-of-90-of-pupils-achieving-the-expected-standards-at-key-stage-2-be-achieved/) by FFT Education Datalab
Join us at a Data in Schools Conference (https://www.disco.org.uk/) - our Data DISCOs in Cheltenham, Southampton and Newcastle in February and March 2025.
You can find Insight Inform at www.insightinform.co.uk (https://www.insightinform.co.uk/).
Insight Inform is brought to you by Insight (https://www.insighttracking.com/), the UK's leading system for monitoring pupil progress.
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6 Nov 2024
S1E2 An Essential Guide to Primary Assessment
The audio from Insight Inform's An Essential Guide to Primary Assessment webinar recorded live on 23rd October 2024.
James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge look at the statutory assessment landscape for primary schools.
The webinar will be of interest to anyone who wants to find out more about how primary-aged children are assessed.
The webinar covers:
The main sources of school data
What’s assessed, when, and how schools submit results
The legacy of the pandemic
Key performance measures including progress, now and future
Assessment bias
How the DfE and Ofsted categorise school performance
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9 Sept 2024
Introducing Insight Inform
Join James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge as we launch our new Education Data information service.
You can find Insight Inform at www.insightinform.co.uk (https://www.insightinform.co.uk).
Insight Inform is brought to you by Insight (https://www.insighttracking.com), the UK's leading system for monitoring pupil progress.
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