Reports

Choose the right report

ReferenceFor class teachers, assessment leads, senior leaders, SENCOs and governors

Find the question closest to yours, then open the report with the settings shown.

Most reports need judgements entered for the assessment point, and Sonar does not carry them forward. Check entry first with the Summative Data Check Summary, which shows who is missing a judgement. Find and run reports explains how to open a report and change its settings.

Attainment at one assessment point

Question	Report	Settings
Which pupils are not on track in reading?	Age Related Overview	Choose Reading and tick Names in Display Options. Read Below and Significantly Below, and check No Assessment too.
What share of the class is on track in each subject?	Age Related Overview	Tick Cumulative in Display Options. The Just At column then includes every higher judgement.
Who is on track for the higher standard?	Age Related Overview	Read the tile Above or higher in all subjects, and the Above and Significantly Above columns.
Who is on track in reading, writing and maths (RWM) together?	Venn	Reading, Writing and Mathematics, with the threshold at Just At. Read the centre of the diagram.
Who could reach combined RWM with support in one subject?	Age Related Overview or Venn	In Age Related Overview, tick Combined and Opportunities. In Venn, look at the two-subject overlaps.
How has each pupil done in one subject this year?	Subject Overview	Choose the subject.
Who are the lowest attainers in a subject?	Subject Overview	Choose the subject, then sort by the latest Summative column.

Groups of pupils

Question	Report	Settings
How do disadvantaged pupils compare?	Characteristic Attainment Overview	Choose the subject and assessment point. Check Total Pupils, then compare the Disadvantaged and Not Disadvantaged rows.
How do boys and girls compare in each subject?	Age Related Overview	Tick Summary View in Display Options.
How do pupils with low attendance compare?	Characteristic Attainment Overview	Keep Attendance Band ticked in the characteristics list and read its rows.
How did disadvantaged pupils do at the end of KS2?	Statutory Dashboard	In Key Stage Two, select View Report, then By Disadvantaged.
How do our judgements compare with other schools?	Benchmarking	Needs the Benchmarking module. Covers autumn 2, spring 2 and summer 2 only.
What is the make-up of each year group?	Pupil Overview	Use the tabs, such as By Disadvantaged, and Percentage View.

Progress over time

Question	Report	Settings
How has this cohort done since the end of key stage 1?	Assessment Conversion Matrix	Set From: to End of Key Stage 1 TA and To: to Summative at the current point. Needs key stage 1 results in Sonar.
How has this cohort done since the end of reception?	Assessment Conversion Matrix	Set From: to ELGs 2020 and To: to Summative at the current point.
Has the share of pupils on track changed since last year?	Age Related Progress	Tick the assessment points to compare in the periods list.
Which pupils kept, raised or lowered their judgement between two points?	Summative Progress Analysis (ARE)	Set From: and To:, then read the Pupil Table.
How much progress have pupils working below their year group made?	Summative Progress Analysis	Read Difference (Progress) in the Pupil Table. Target Analysis also helps.
Has the intervention group made progress?	Summative Progress Analysis (ARE) or Age Related Progress	Filter to the group. Set the earlier point before the intervention and the later point after it.
Are test results improving?	Test Performance Progress	Needs Scores ARE bands for every term you compare.
How has each pupil done since reception?	Flight Path	Choose the subject.

Pupil progress meetings and support

Question	Report	Settings
Who should we discuss at pupil progress meetings?	Pupil Progress Meeting	Load the class, then choose the two assessment points and the subject.
Who is on track but slipping, and who is behind and slipping?	Quadrant	Read the two Below Expectation quadrants.
Do judgements, test scores and formative records agree?	Triangulation of Data Analysis	Choose the subject and band.
Who is below their target?	Target Analysis	Choose the term your targets are set for, such as Summer 2.
Where are pupils likely to end the year?	Target and projection reports	Needs end-of-year projections entered on Primary Projection Pathway or EYFS Projection Pathway.
What can I share at parents’ evening?	Single Pupil Overview	Choose the pupil in Pupils.

EYFS

Question	Report	Settings
Who is on track for a good level of development (GLD)?	Good Level of Development Tracking	Load Reception. Read Number of Goals AT ARE and Summative Assessment for GLD Met.
Who is one goal short of GLD?	Good Level of Development Tracking	Look for 11 in Number of Goals AT ARE.
How did children do in the EYFS profile?	End of Reception Outcomes	Load Year 1, last year’s reception class.
How are reception children doing in reading, writing and number?	Age Related Overview	Use EYFS (2020) Age Related Overview, which starts with Word Reading, Writing and Number.

Formative assessment

Question	Report	Settings
Which objectives does the class find hardest?	Cohort Formative Analysis	Load the class and choose the subject. Look for low percentages, and sort an objective’s column to bring pupils coded Taught to the top.
How much of the band have pupils secured since an earlier point?	Formative Progress Analysis	Choose the band the pupils are working in.

Statutory results and governors

Question	Report	Settings
What do I show governors?	Statutory Dashboard, and the reports under Governor Data Meeting	Show results for the school and for groups, without pupil names.
How did pupils do in the phonics check, the multiplication tables check or the KS2 tests?	Statutory Dashboard	Choose the academic year. Statutory outcome reports give the detail by subject.

Reports that are easy to confuse

Reports	The difference
Age Related Overview and Age Related Progress	The overview shows every category at one point. Age Related Progress shows only the share on track, at several points.
Summative Progress Analysis (ARE) and Summative Progress Analysis	The (ARE) report compares age-related expectation categories, so a pupil who stays Just At has made expected progress. The other counts the codes a pupil has moved.
Assessment Conversion Matrix and Summative Progress Analysis (ARE)	The matrix starts from a statutory or earlier outcome, such as key stage 1. Summative Progress Analysis (ARE) compares two summative points.
Quadrant and Pupil Progress Meeting	Quadrant groups pupils by attainment and progress for each subject. Pupil Progress Meeting lists a class by judgement, with arrows for progress.