1. Insight Benchmarking for Excellence Jill Pringle Professional Advisor

2. Insight (Launched in September 2014)
The online benchmarking tool designed to help bring about improvements for learners in the senior phase (S4 to S6). It is a professional tool for secondary schools and local authorities to identify areas of success and where improvements can be made.
Partners
Scottish Government
Education Scotland
SQA
SCQF
School Leaders Scotland
Association of Directors of Education and Schools
General Teaching Council
Educational Institute Scotland

3. Before Insight (pre September 2014)
Data used mainly for accountability and reporting purposes
Can’t reflect the richness of learning that now goes on in schools
What impact did looking at (only) this data have on learners?

4. How do we use Insight data?
Impact on Learners To inform practice at a ‘Learning and Teaching’ and ‘Curriculum’ level

5. Insight – Input Data SQA Exam data Census Information
Entered at School level on SEEMiS
ASN/EAL Characteristics
LAC status
Gender
Stage (ie S4)
Ethnicity
Other Awards Providers (SCQF aligned)
SCN
SIMD Information
Skills Development Scotland leavers’ information and destinations

6. Insight – Input Data - SIMD

7. Insight – Output – Conceptually
‘Surfaces’ information about attainment and achievement at point of exit from school
Allows schools to interrogate data in a way that meets the needs of all young people
Provides the ability to look at different cohorts of pupils
Reflects performance within a school’s context
VIRTUAL COMPARATOR

8. Insight – Output – Virtual Comparator
10 Learners with similar characteristics
From outwith Learner Xs Local Authority
AVERAGE ACHIEVEMENT
Learner X
Gender
Stage
ASN status
SIMD status
ACHIEVEMENT

9. Insight - Output – The Dashboard
Teachers log in (web based)
Authenticate using SEEMIS credentials
Literacy and Numeracy
Leaver Initial Destinations
Improving Attainment for All (tariff based measure)
Attainment versus Deprivation (tariff based measure)
Tariff points do not reflect value of qualification to the learner.

10. How can we actually use it?
To encourage professional reflection and collaborative working
To prompt reflective questions
To develop an understanding of the ‘shape’ of your school to allow you to plan for highly effective learning and teaching

11. How do we actually use it?

12. How do we actually use it?
Identify areas for whole school Improvement Planning
In this example – Improving outcomes for highest attaining 20%
Understand how department planning /classroom teaching contributes to improving outcomes for this group of young people
In this example-
Curriculum – do courses and programmes meet needs
L+T – are classroom teachers encouraged and supported to provide learning programmes with appropriate pace and challenge, higher order thinking skills, progression, opportunities for independent learning etc.

13. Insight – We need you Only being used well in some schools
(previous experience of Insight’s predecessor)
Classroom teachers need to take more ownership
If we are going to improve outcomes for young people – the focus should always be centred around planning for good quality and now data intelligent Learning and Teaching.

14. jill.pringle@gov.scot Twitter: @InsightUpdates