The 2026 KS2 attainment headlines have been published, and Insight's estimates were impressively close to the official figures. Our latest blog explores the key results, what they tell us, and why the headline averages don't tell the whole story. Read more here: buff.ly/vOmf9qO

📊 43.7% estimated to achieve full marks in the MTC. 📖 82.1% estimated to achieve the expected standard in the PSC (Y1). These are the latest national estimates from Insight. @richardselfridge.bsky.social and @jpembroke.bsky.social discuss how these results compare to previous years: buff.ly/3ehCfLn

⭐DISCO London is back for 2026⭐ Join education professionals from across the sector for a day of expert speakers, practical insights, and discussions on data, assessment, and school improvement. DISCO London | 13/11/2026 | Regent's University Find out more and book your place: buff.ly/DsYpslx

Trust leaders, this one's for you. The Trust Mosaic Report brings assessment and demographic data from across your schools into a single report, making it easier to compare schools and identify trends. Join us this Thursday at 4pm for a practical walkthrough. Sign up: buff.ly/cFtnRwF #MATS

Do you use Mrs Mactivity in your school? You can now access their approved assessment statements within Insight across maths, SPaG and geography. Thinking about joining Mrs Mactivity? Insight schools can get 10% off their first annual subscription. Head to the Supplier page in Insight for details.

📢 DISCO is back! Join us for Insight's Data in Schools Conferences (DISCO) in: 📍 Birmingham – 8 October 2026 📍 Manchester – 5 November 2026 A full day of practical insights, expert speakers, and discussion focused on data, assessment, and school improvement. Book your place below 👇️

Hands up, who assumed the PSC threshold would stay at 32?🙋 Our analysis suggests including pupils who scored 31 adds just 0.4 percentage points to the Year 1 total. @richardselfridge.bluesky.social explains more in the latest Insight Inform blog: buff.ly/sYVqw2w

👋 Hello from Databusting Surrey! Some great conversations are taking place here at Lingfield Primary School as @jpembroke.bsky.social and @richardselfridge.bsky.social explore practical approaches to assessment and data. A big thanks to @theeducakers.bsky.social for inviting us!

Your inbox 🤝 our KS1 National Estimates We're getting ready to share our KS1 National Estimates. If you'd like access, you can register below. Spoiler: we haven't stopped at KS1 attainment... 🤫

Coming soon: Insight's KS1 national estimates. Using data from thousands of pupils, we're able to provide schools with additional context when reviewing KS1 outcomes. Register via the link below 👇

⭐Call for Speakers: DISCO 2026⭐ We're looking for speakers for our Making Data Meaningful panels at DISCO events in London, Manchester and Birmingham this Autumn. If you've developed a practical approach to data use in your school or trust, we'd love to hear from you: buff.ly/1IQJ7lv

It's almost time for end-of-year reporting to parents 📃 Our webinar walks through the steps to create and send your reports through Insight. Catch up here:

Parent Reports webinar 21 Apr 2026

Parent Reports - from template to email Parent reports, in Insight, have been further improved based on feedback. Improvements include a new Insight templates gallery, folders to organise your…

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Our Attainment Overview report is now even better! 📊 Compare different assessment types across subjects, terms and years, with full control over what you include. Try the new version in Insight today.

New partnership: Insight 🤝 CIEC You can now access CIEC's assessment statements for science directly in Insight! Head to Insight to see the full range of supplier frameworks available.

📣 We’re hiring! 📣 We're growing our fantastic sales and support teams. If you love data, tech and helping people, and have a passion for working with schools, we might have the role for you. 💻 Help Desk Support Assistant 💻 Inbound Sales and Onboarding Specialist Find out more: buff.ly/kiIPCiT

📣 We’re hiring! 📣 We're growing our fantastic sales and support teams. If you love data, tech and helping people, and have a passion for working with schools, we might have the role for you. 💻 Help Desk Support Assistant 💻 Inbound Sales and Onboarding Specialist Find out more: buff.ly/kiIPCiT

We're really excited to announce that @insighthq.bsky.social @jpembroke.bsky.social @richardselfridge.bsky.social will be running their 'Databusting Surrey with the Educakers' event with us in June. Have a look at the link below for more information. We'd love to meet so many of you in person!

Databusting Surrey with The Educakers

A practical one-day workshop for primary and MAT senior leaders on making assessment and data work in practice, without adding to workload.

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How effective is the data we collect in schools? Our one-day workshop looks at how to make data meaningful. Helping schools identify insights that have real impact, and cut out what simply adds to teachers’ workload with very little gain. Reserve your place here: buff.ly/Mn9afi9

Exciting news...Insight is this month’s @TeacherTapp High Riser!🎉 Out of 30 education brands, we saw the biggest increase in recommendations from the 10,000 teachers asked this month. Thank you for the recommendations, you've put some big smiles on our team's faces today!

Hello from Bett UK 👋 Come and find us at Stand SL54 in the Wonde Marketplace to take a first look at the latest Insight updates and chat all things school data with our experts @jpembroke and @databusting. @bett_show #BettUK2026 #DiscoverEdtech #WondeDiscover

Heading to #BettUK2026 next week? Come and see us on Stand SL54 with Wonde Discover for: 💡 A first look at the latest Insight updates 📊 Practical conversations about how to get more from your data 💻 Time with our data experts to ask questions and talk through your setup See you there?

The Databusters are getting the band back together and going on the road with a new one-day course: AM: external data: IDSR, ASP, performance measures PM: internal data: TA, tests, SEND, reporting to parents/govs @insighthq.bsky.social schools, get in touch if you’re interested

Insight 🤝 Deesha Exciting news! Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts can now integrate Insight assessment data with Deesha, the AI-driven data intelligence platform for the education sector: buff.ly/3RQg8Ai Speak to your Deesha account team to get started.

Deesha AI: Insights Like Never Before

Deesha is a breakthrough AI-enabled analytics platform, made to help educational leaders make data-informed decisions.

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James Pembroke, Insight's Director of Strategy, writes about tracking the progress of pupils with SEND in our latest Insight Inform blog:

Tracking the progress of pupils with SEND - Insight Inform

Here at Insight, we get asked a lot of questions about SEND, especially methods for tracking the progress of pupils working below expectations. This blog addresses some of the key issues.

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Looking for an introduction to data entry in Insight? Our latest webinar covers summative and formative assessments, as well as basic analysis. Catch up on the recording here: buff.ly/3aSTMMt

2025-12 Webinar: How to Add and Analyse Data

Designed to support staff new to Insight. We'll cover how to add summative data (i.e. teacher judgements), adding formative data (i.e. against objectives),…

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Take a look at moderation as professional development, and consider the curriculum impact of effective moderation with our guest blog from Laura Bailey, Head of Moderation and Assessment at Pobble:

What’s behind the data? The importance of writing moderation - Insight Inform

A guest blog from Laura Bailey, Head of Moderation and Assessment at Pobble, looking at moderation as professional development, and considering the curriculum impact of effective moderation.

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Just released: final DISCO tickets for Wigan and Birmingham Book your place now before they’re gone again. Wigan - Friday 14th November buff.ly/8bMJkhV Birmingham - Friday 21st November buff.ly/TSXA43C

Out and about with @InsightHQ.bsky.social today - at the Norfolk School Leaders’ Annual Conference, kicking off with @missmc.bsky.social ’s Key Note, ‘Education Trends 2025: What’s coming now and next?’

Fed and watered and ready for a great day @insighthq.bsky.social at the Gtech stadium. Brilliant line up. What a way to finish the week! @daisychristo.bsky.social @richardselfridge.bsky.social @jpembroke.bsky.social @joshuaperry.bsky.social

Could contextual attainment comparisons replace progress measures? Data ju-jitsu: contextual attainment vs progress measures. Fight! buff.ly/aJDBfdj

Data ju-jitsu: contextual attainment vs progress measures. Fight! - Insight Inform

If you’ve read any of my blog posts over the years, then you probably know that I’m slightly obsessed with progress measures. My opinion is that progress measures break assessment – they make schools…

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