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KS4 trust reports
The KS4 trust reports show headline measures and subject results for the whole trust, for each school and for groups of pupils. Trust leaders use them to compare schools and to decide where to look more closely.
Where to find them: sign in to Sisra Multi-School and choose a report from the navigation bar on the left. Who can see them: every Multi-School user, if your trust has KS4 reports.
Choose what the report shows
Section titled “Choose what the report shows”Every report has the same controls above it.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Cohort | The year group, such as the current year 11 or a leavers cohort |
| Data Collection | The term and grade type, such as Year 11 Term 1 - Predicted. The list shows only the collections a Juniper Admin has set to display |
| Filters | Narrows the report to a gender, disadvantage or SEN group, or to chosen schools |
| Report View | Trust Overview, Schools Overview or Pupil Characteristics Overview |
| Measure | The measures to show on the chart |
| Subject | The parts of the measure to show, such as English and Maths |
| View Options | Show Charts, Show Tables and Show Benchmarks. You can tick more than one |
| Apply DfE Weighting | Weights each school as the DfE does for its trust measures. It is not ticked when a report opens |
From September to December, reports open on the most recent leavers cohort. From January to August, they open on the current year 11. They open on the data collection a Juniper Admin set as the default for that year group.
Each chart has a table under it. Select the table’s heading to open it. In the chart’s legend, select an entry to hide or show its bars.
Filters
Section titled “Filters”- Select Filters.
- Tick the groups or schools you want. You can combine them.
- Select Apply Filters.
The filters show at the top of the report and stay in place as you move between reports. Select X on a filter to remove it.
| Filter | Values |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male, Female, Non-Binary / Not Specified |
| Disadvantaged | Disadvantaged, Non-Disadvantaged |
| SEN | SEN-E (EHC plan), SEN-K (SEN support), SEN-N (no special educational needs), SEN-S (statement, a value from before EHC plans) |
| Schools | The schools in your trust |
These groups come from each school’s key filter mapping in Sisra Analytics. Disadvantaged is meant to follow the DfE’s definition, but each school chooses which of its own filters to map. If a group looks wrong for one school, ask that school’s Sisra administrator to check the mapping.
Benchmarks
Section titled “Benchmarks”With Show Benchmarks ticked, each chart shows the benchmark as a solid purple line, and each table adds a Benchmark row or column. On the Overview, the benchmark is a purple bar.
The benchmark is the average of the schools that took part in the Sisra Data Collaboration year chosen when the data was published. It is not a DfE national figure. For a current cohort it usually comes from an earlier year’s exam results, so it compares this year’s predictions with other schools’ past results.
DfE weighting
Section titled “DfE weighting”Apply DfE Weighting is on the Overview and on every view of Attainment 8 & Progress 8, Basics and EBacc (English Baccalaureate). It is not on Subjects. It uses the dates in Settings > School Joining Dates. After checking the dates, select Insights from the drop-down at the top left to go back to the reports.
Weighted figures appear only where at least three schools with KS4 results have been in the trust for at least three academic years. With weighting on, the Schools Overview tables show each school’s weighting. How trust figures are calculated explains the method.
Overview
Section titled “Overview”The Overview shows the trust’s headline figures for one cohort and data collection. Select View Report on a tile to open that measure’s own report.
| Tile | Headline figures | Chart | Table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 & Progress 8 | Average Attainment 8 and Average Progress 8 | The trust’s Progress 8, with the benchmark | Progress 8 for each school, highest first |
| English & Maths | Strong Pass 5+ and Standard Pass 4+: the percentage with grade 5 or above, or 4 or above, in both English and maths | 9-5% English & Maths beside 9-4% English & Maths | English & Maths Grade By School, in alphabetical order |
| EBacc | Pupils Entered: the percentage entered for the EBacc. Strong Pass 5+ and Standard Pass 4+ for those entered (see EBacc) | The percentage entered and their Average Points Scored | Average Point Score for each school, in alphabetical order |
Strong Pass 5+ means grade 5 or above, and Standard Pass 4+ means grade 4 or above. The names come from a DfE letter of 2017. The DfE’s 2025 guidance does not use them: it says grade 5 and above, and grade 4 and above.
Every Overview figure treats the trust as one large school, unless you tick Apply DfE Weighting.
Attainment 8 & Progress 8
Section titled “Attainment 8 & Progress 8”This report shows Attainment 8 and Progress 8 for the trust, each school and each group.
| Option | Choices |
|---|---|
| Measure | Average Progress 8 - Eligible Pupils, Average Attainment 8 - All Pupils |
| Subject | Overall (all three baskets), English and Maths (basket 1), EBacc (basket 2), Open (basket 3) |
Attainment 8 averages over every pupil in the data collection. Progress 8 averages over eligible pupils only: those with a KS2 result that matches an estimate. Pupil Count gives the number of eligible pupils. In the school and group views, Pupil Count (%) adds their share of the cohort.
Pupils who finished year 11 in 2025 or 2026 have no KS2 results. For these cohorts a school’s Progress 8 is blank unless it uploaded unofficial KS2 conversions. A trust figure built from such conversions is not the DfE’s Progress 8, and it covers only the schools that uploaded them. See Progress 8 for cohorts without KS2 results.
How Sisra calculates the KS4 measures explains the baskets and estimates.
Basics
Section titled “Basics”| Option | Choices |
|---|---|
| Measure | Strong Pass 5+, Standard Pass 4+ |
| Subject | English, Maths, English and Maths |
The tables give 9-5% English & Maths, 9-5% English, 9-5% Maths, 9-4% English & Maths, 9-4% English and 9-4% Maths. Each is a percentage of all the pupils in the data collection. English and Maths counts pupils with the grade in both subjects. For English, either English language or English literature counts.
The DfE announced on 4 November 2025 that the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) is leaving headline accountability. Use this report to compare with earlier years, not as a target.
| Option | Choices |
|---|---|
| Measure | Pupils Entered, Average Score, Strong Pass 5+, Standard Pass 4+ |
| Subject | English, Maths, Science, Humanities, Languages, Overall |
Pupils Entered is the percentage of pupils entered for the EBacc, or for one subject area. Average Score is the average point score for each EBacc subject area. Juniper’s product documentation says that, without DfE weighting, Strong Pass 5+ and Standard Pass 4+ are percentages of the pupils entered, not the whole cohort. This guide could not check it in the product. Ask Juniper support which applies before you compare EBacc pass rates with other figures.
Overall covers all five subject areas: a pass needs the grade in every one. Science needs combined science at the grade, or three of biology, chemistry, physics and computer science with the grade in two of them. Humanities means history or geography, and Languages an ancient or modern language.
In the Pupil Characteristics Overview, each percentage is of the pupils with that characteristic. If 2 pupils are disadvantaged and 1 of them is entered, Pupils Entered for Disadvantaged is 50%.
Subjects
Section titled “Subjects”The Subjects report shows each subject’s grades across the trust. Choose the view at the top of the page.
| View | What it shows |
|---|---|
| All Subjects | Every subject taught in the trust’s schools |
| Subjects - by Schools | One subject, school by school. Select a subject’s name in All Subjects to open it |
| Subjects - by Pupil Characteristics | One subject, group by group |
In the last two views, choose the subject with Select Subject. Subjects are grouped in one table for each grading scale, such as GCSE 9 to 1, chosen in Grade Type. Here Grade Type means the grading scale, not the data collection’s grade type.
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| School Count | The number of schools with results in the subject |
| Grade Count | The number of pupils entered for the qualification |
| Grade columns | The percentage or number of pupils at each grade, such as 9 to 1, U and X (no result) |
| Average Points | The subject’s average point score, to 2 decimal places |
| Benchmark (SPI) | The subject’s Subject Progress Index (SPI), to 2 decimal places |
Tables show percentages at first. Select Show Counts for numbers of pupils, or Show Cumulative for the ranges 9-7 and 9-5. DfE weighting does not apply to subjects.
Average Points counts every pupil entered across the trust. For example, School A’s 3 geography pupils score 7, 5 and 6, an average of 6.00. School B’s 5 pupils score 4, 5, 3, 6 and 4, an average of 4.40. The trust figure is 40 ÷ 8 = 5.00, not 5.20, the average of the two schools.
SPI compares each grade with the average grade of pupils with similar KS2 results in Sisra Data Collaboration. A positive SPI means pupils did better than those pupils. SPI is blank where there is too little Data Collaboration data, and for pupils without a KS2 result.
Pupil characteristic rows
Section titled “Pupil characteristic rows”The Pupil Characteristics Overview, and the subject view by pupil characteristics, have a row for each group.
| Row | Pupils included |
|---|---|
| Summary | Every pupil in the trust, or in the schools you filtered to |
| Male, Female, Non-Binary / Not Specified | Pupils of each gender |
| Disadvantaged, Non Disadvantaged | Pupils mapped as disadvantaged, and the rest |
| SEN - E | Pupils with an EHC plan |
| SEN - K | Pupils on SEN support |
| SEN - N | Pupils with no special educational needs |
| Pupil Count (%) | The eligible pupils, as a number and a percentage |
Where the data comes from
Section titled “Where the data comes from”Each figure comes from the schools’ most recent publishes in Sisra Analytics for the chosen cohort, term and grade type. Attainment 8, Progress 8, Basics and the EBacc follow the DfE rules year each school chose when it published.
Progress 8 uses the Attainment 8 estimates each school chose. SPI and the benchmark come from the Data Collaboration year each school chose. As at 12 October 2026, Juniper Education advises the 2024 official Attainment 8 (A8) and value added (VA) estimates and 2024 Collab for the 26/27 cohort onwards.
To see each school’s choices, see Check the options each school published with.
Limits
Section titled “Limits”Read the number of pupils before the percentage. In a group of 8, one pupil is 12.5 percentage points. Small schools and groups can swing a long way from one data collection to the next.
A difference between schools is a reason to look closer, not a judgement on a school or its teachers. Check that both schools published with the same estimates first.
The reports show the trust, its schools and groups. They do not list individual pupils: use the school’s own Sisra Analytics for that.
The figures are not the DfE’s trust measures, even with weighting on. How trust figures are calculated lists the differences.
Export
Section titled “Export”To download a chart, select the cloud icon at its top right, then choose SVG, PNG or CSV. The CSV file holds the data the chart is drawn from.
To export a table to Excel, select the export icon on the right of the table.