An online impact survey on the uses being made of the outcomes benchmarking (OB) data was carried out as part of NatSIP’s contract with the DfE.

Completed submissions were received from 41 of the 82 services (50%) involved in the last OB exercise (Academic Year 2013-2014) covering 49 of the 96 LAs (51%). This provided a substantial, representative sample and, in itself, was thought to indicate the significant level of interest in and relevance of this area of work.

This report discusses the survey findings in detail.

The NatSIP Outcomes Benchmarking Summary Report (Academic year 2013-14) has been prepared for general circulation and contains basic details about the benchmarking exercise and the main findings. The full report, incorporating all of the benchmarking data and analyses, is restricted to participants.