Preparing objective statement files for processing
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We know that changing software can be stressful. As part of your trial, we'll help you get started by transferring your pre-trial summative assessments and any curriculum objectives where possible. This is a free service, but there are a few caveats on what we're able to do. Please read below for advice on required file formats, etc.
Curriculum Objectives
If you plan to assess any curriculum objectives/statements/KPIs in Insight, we can usually import these.
Open-licence statement banks
We have the National Curriculum, Assessment Framework and other objective collections which are available under open licences ready for schools to use. Unless you have a custom version of these, there’s probably no need for you to upload your files - just let us know what you're assessing.
Commercial statement banks
We have pre-existing agreements with Focus Education, Norfolk Assessment Pathway, Birmingham SEND Toolkit, Jigsaw PSHE and Discovery RE which allow us to import their statement banks to Insight for you after verifying your subscription. For other commercially available statement banks, please ensure that you have the rights to use any statements that you add into Insight or that we process for you. Terms and Conditions tend to vary between providers of curriculum statements. Some do allow schools to use the statements as they wish (for example, many schools will assess against statements in Excel or a third-party tracker like ours), others may not.
Once you're ready to send us your objectives, please note the following tips:
- Check the files contain clearly defined periods, such as Y1, Y2, KS1, KS2, Y-2 etc.
- Excel or Word documents are the preferred format, although some PDFs are fine if we can lift text from them. Unfortunately we can't process objectives from images such as JPEG files.
- Flag any statements which need to be marked as key objectives clearly.
Please provide as much contextual information as you can to help us understand your curriculum and how best to set it up in Insight. For example:
- If your objectives are broken down into terms, let us know if you'd like us to include these as part of the strand etc.
- If your document is structured as a table with more than one column of objectives, or has additional information alongside core objectives, let us know which statements are to be used and which ones we can ignore.
- If you have objectives already in place, let us know if your new statements are to replace your current set, or if you'd just like us to add them as part of your current grid.
How to send your files
Please do not email objective statement files to us. Uploading these through Insight is more secure and will ensure we get to your case as quickly as possible.
Once you have all your files prepared, visit this page to see how to upload them to us and find advice on timeframes.
