Insight is the benchmarking tool for analysing attainment data in the senior phase, accessible by secondary schools and local authorities. There are two releases of Insight per year; the September Update provides yeargroup based attainment data for previous sessions. The February Update adds initial leaver destinations data for those leaving school in the previous academic year, facilitating the analysis of both attainment and destinations data at the point of exit from the Senior Phase. The most recent update is the February 2025 update.


Advisor Support

Information on Advisor support, including how to arrange support sessions, can be found through our Insight Padlet. Please email the Advisor if you require further information.

Understanding and Using Insight

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Getting Started - guides for beginners (CLICK TO EXPAND)
  Guide to Using Insight - A step-by-step, measure-by-measure, guide
  Insight Tariff Ready Reckoner - For SQA National Courses & Units
  Tariff Calculator - Calculate points for SCQF units and courses
  Literacy and Numeracy Measure - A paper highlighting what contibutes to this measure
Video Guides - further support (CLICK TO EXPAND)
  Getting started - Logging on, user settings, landing screen and help pages
  Tariff Points - Using points to understand attainment
  Virtual Comparator - What the VC is and how to interpret it
  Surfacing Attainment - Finding your awards and identifying what others are offering
  Course Completion Rate - Using Breadth & Depth to surface how well learners are completing their courses
Deep Dives - focusing on particular aspects of Insight (CLICK TO EXPAND)

  Deep Dive 1: Guide to Insight Tariff - Using the tariff scale to understand attainment
  Deep Dive 2: Recognising Achievement - Capturing wider achievement
  Deep Dive 3: Deprivation Data - Using deprivation data to inform improvements
  Deep Dive 4: Key Attainment Areas - Using Insight to understand impact of recent improvements
  Deep Dive 5: Destinations - Linking attainment to post-school participation
  Deep Dive 6: Tracking Attainment Gaps - Interrogating how different cohorts perform
  Deep Dive 7: National and School Presentation Rates - A how-to guide to finding presentation rates at school and national level

The Insight Padlet contains additional support materials.

Going Further with Insight

Deep Dive 8: Using the Analytical Dataset - Using the Dataset to enhance your analysis
Deep Dive 9: Course Comparator - Comparing attainment in SQA graded courses
Deep Dive 10: Learning Partners - Linking with other centres to aid partership working
SCQF Credit Points filter within Breadth and Depth - Highlighting the addition of a new filter to this measure
Technical Guide - For an advanced understanding of Insight

Feedback

To provide feedback on Insight please send us an email.