
Following the annual submission of records eligible for tracking into Key Stage 4 (KS4) and Key Stage 5 (KS5), we are now pleased to share that the Department for Education (DfE) has commenced the process of linking your records to their GCSE and A Level/Level 3 2025 exam results in the National Pupil Database (NPD).
Following the linking process, the Students and their matched attainment outcomes from the NPD will then be made available to us in the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Secure Research Service (SRS), where we will prepare your member-level datasets, aggregated to Activity Type, Programme Title and Descriptor level.
We will provide you with an estimated timeline for release of the latest datasets and associated resources as soon as we have access to the data in the SRS.
If you would like to learn more about the HEAT Track and how impact can be monitored and evaluated, our HEAT Analysing Impact Page provides further information.
In the meantime, if you are new or want to learn more about how to use HEAT Attainment Track data and dashboards to explore the impact of your attainment-raising outreach activities, why not check out our online training course for the KS4 Attainment Track. Further details can be found our New Interactive Guide to the Key Stage 4 Track announcement.
If you have any queries regarding this update, please contact HEAT Support.