Date: Friday 26th June 2026
Time: 08:30 to 15:00
Location: Lingfield Primary School
Tickets: This is a ticketed event. You can reserve your place via Eventbrite.
A practical workshop for senior leaders navigating assessment and data.
This one-day workshop will focus on making assessment and data work in practice, without adding to workload.
Assessment and data play a vital role in supporting pupils’ learning, but only when they are managed in a way that is practical, proportionate and sustainable for staff.
With the introduction of the new Ofsted toolkit and a revised IDSR, schools and trusts are under increasing pressure to demonstrate how assessment and data support inclusion, particularly for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND. This practical one-day workshop provides time and space to step back and consider how assessment and data can be managed effectively, without adding unnecessary workload.
Aimed at senior leaders, the day focuses on practical, realistic approaches to assessment and data that support teachers, strengthen provision and inform improvement.
The workshop will help you to:
- Review and refine how assessment and data are managed in your school or trust
- Understand statutory requirements and how to meet them proportionately
- Use data effectively to support all pupils, including those with SEND
- Develop or sharpen an assessment policy and data strategy that works in practice
The day is structured around two broad themes:
- Morning: external data and accountability
- Afternoon: internal assessment and tracking pupil progress
Sessions:
- State of the nation: the new Ofsted toolkit and DfE performance measures
- Navigating the revised IDSR
- Managing and using assessment data effectively, including for pupils with SEND
- Developing an assessment policy and data strategy
Tickets include a light lunch and refreshments.
This event is in association with Cassie and Anna, the Educakers, at Lingfield Primary School. Find out more about the Educakers by visiting their Substack.
Presenters
James Pembroke
Director of Strategy
Insight
James Pembroke is the Director of Strategy at Insight Tracking. He is the co-author of Dataproof Your School and has been tweeting, blogging and speaking about education data for 20 years.
Richard Selfridge
Education Data Consultant
Insight
Richard Selfridge is an Education Data Consultant who works with Insight Tracking to help schools develop their use of student data. Richard is the author of Databusting for Schools, The Little Guide to Student Data, and is co-author of Dataproof Your School.
