GovernorBrief · pilot

IDSR Governor Briefing

Your school's IDSR, ready for the governors' meeting.

Drop in the IDSR file and get a one-page briefing, a full briefing with questions for governors, and an editable Word copy. For primary and secondary schools; special schools are not yet supported.

No AI. Fixed rules read the tables; the same file always gives the same briefing.
No upload. The file is read in this browser and never leaves your computer.
Traceable. Every headline points to its row in the IDSR.

See what a board receives: sample briefings for an invented school, one page (PDF) and full briefing (PDF).

I am a nominated DfE Sign-in user for this school, or the school has authorised me to handle its IDSR. I will store and share the output only as Ofsted's IDSR conditions of use allow.

Upload IDSR (.html) Drag the file here or click to choose. Tick the box above first.

How to get the file

On a laptop or desktop computer, sign in to the IDSR site (idsr.ofsted.gov.uk) through DfE Sign-in and open your school's IDSR.
Choose Download this page, or in your browser press Ctrl+S (⌘S on a Mac) and pick Webpage, HTML only.
Upload the saved .html file here. The PDF version will not work.

Governor without a DfE Sign-in account? Ask your headteacher or clerk for the file. You can send them this message:

Please could you send me our school's latest Ofsted IDSR as a web page file? Sign in to the IDSR site through DfE Sign-in, open our school's IDSR, press Ctrl+S (or ⌘S on a Mac) and choose "Webpage, HTML only". The file name will end in .html. Please share it securely, as the IDSR is confidential. Thank you.

The example uses invented figures. It is not a real school.

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Data coverage

Output

Hide small numbers: counts of 5 or fewer are shown as "5 or fewer", and suspension and exclusion reasons are left out. Percentages are still shown as the IDSR gives them.

How it's checked

Checked against the IDSR. If your IDSR is newer than that, the briefing still loads but carries a warning.

Tested before each release. At this version, 31 rule tests and 43 browser tests pass. They cover the number reader, banding and significance rules, small-number hiding, files that should be refused and files built to cause harm. It has not yet been validated against a large set of real IDSRs; founding schools are helping with that.

For data protection officers. The page is static. The IDSR is opened by the browser on the user's own device and is never transmitted: the site's security policy forbids the page from connecting to any server, and there are no cookies, analytics, accounts or storage. The supplier therefore never receives the school's data. The site is hosted on Netlify, which keeps ordinary visit logs.

How the headlines are made. Every rule is written out in the method note, with one headline traced from the IDSR row to the sentence.

Who built it. Built by a serving headteacher, so that governors can use the IDSR without reading all of it.

About, privacy and limits

Your data stays on this device. The IDSR is read in your browser only; nothing is sent to us or stored, and the site's security policy blocks this page from connecting to any other server. No AI is used. You remain the data controller and Ofsted's IDSR conditions of use apply to anything you print or share.

This briefing supports governor scrutiny. It does not replace the original IDSR or professional judgement, and it is not an Ofsted judgement, grade or prediction. Bandings and significance are reproduced from the IDSR; every headline carries a reference to its source row in the evidence trail. Small cohorts move percentages a lot: check the pupil numbers (n) before drawing conclusions.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by Ofsted or the Department for Education. Source data: Ofsted IDSR, © Crown copyright, provided to the school under Ofsted's IDSR conditions of use; not for publication.

Tick the box and upload an IDSR, or load the example school to see the three outputs.