Using Homework Leaderboards

Homework Leaderboards are spreadsheets sent to schools each week to encourage healthy competition.

What are Homework Leaderboards?

• The Homework Leaderboard is a spreadsheet that Sparx generates weekly, allowing you to see how your school is doing compared to other Sparx schools.
• The leaderboards are sent out every Monday during UK term times to the Sparx Leader, Head of Maths, and Head of School contacts, as per your Sparx site Staff Manager records. We also send to the Maths SLT Link contact, which your school has provided us contact details for.
• Schools are ranked based on the amount of compulsory Sparx Maths Homework that was completed on time by students in the previous Monday to Sunday period.

What information is displayed in the Leaderboards?

The following information is displayed on the “Last Week On-Time” sheet within the Leaderboard spreadsheet.

• School - The School name
• MAT - The name of the MAT the school belongs to if applicable.
• UK Town - The town the school is located in (for UK schools only)
• % FSM - The percentage of students that have received free school meals at any point within the last 6 years, according to 2020-2021 UK Government KS4 data.
• Rank - The position in the leaderboard, based on highest Compulsory homework completion.
• Trend - The difference between last week's and this week’s rank.
• Number of Students - The number of students that had homework due within the last week.
• Avg HW set time [min] - The average minutes of HW set to students who had homework due within the last week.
• Compulsory % completion - The percentage of students who fully completed their Compulsory homework on time, for homework that was due within the last week.
• XP Boost % completion - The percentage of students who fully completed their XP Boost homework on time, for homework that was due within the last week.
• Target % completion - The percentage of students who fully completed their Target homework on time, for homework that was due within the last week.

There is also a “Rolling 6 Week Overall” sheet, which contains the same columns but is instead aggregated over the previous 6 weeks instead of just the previous week.

Frequently asked questions

What year groups are included in the Leaderboards?

All of the year groups that use Sparx in each school are included in the Leaderboards.

Why is my student number wrong on the homework leaderboard?

The student count is done by students with homework switched on, so it may be that you have some classes with homework switched off or students set to optional only. If that's not the case then please get in touch.

How is rank calculated?

The leaderboard is ranked by the compulsory completion rate. Students on Optional Only will not affect the data in this column but will still affect the XP Boost and Target columns.

Why can't I see all the other Sparx schools in my Trust on the Homework Leaderboard?

If you know of schools that use Sparx but aren't on the leaderboard, then it's probably the case that they have opted out.

Why can’t I see data from my school in this week’s Leaderboard?

If no information is showing next to the names of certain schools, the likelihood is they've had no homework set for that particular week.