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Alps December 2024 Newsletter
Alps December Newsletter ? Merry Christmas from the Alps Team! Welcome to the festive edition of our newsletter, filled with exciting updates, details of our Christmas opening hours, and a sneak peek at upcoming webinars and events in the new year. ...
Alps November 2024 Newsletter
Alps November Newsletter ? Welcome to the November edition of the Alps Newsletter! This month, we're spotlighting monitoring, with a feature section packed with top monitoring tips and resources. We also share highlights from the events we attended ...
Available in Connect – 2024 Provisional Attainment 8 estimates
We are delighted to announce that we have updated our KS4 platform to include the latest DfE Attainment 8 estimates. Your KS4 gradepoints will be updated automatically across Monday 9th December meaning you do not have to take any action to see the ...
The Alpinist Term 1.2 14/11/24
Connect Knowledge Base Contact Us Welcome to the first edition of The Alpinist, a half-termly support bulletin to help with common data queries at particular times of year, top tips and key updates in the Alps Connect platform. In this edition, we ...
Maximising Achievement with Y11 in the final 15 weeks before the 2025 examinations in Wales
A companion piece to our Alps Champions Webinar on Thursday 23rd January 2025. At Alps, we are with you all the way as you face the challenge of maximising Y11’s outcomes and achievement in 2025. Context reminder: GCSE grades fell in 2024 as ...
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Updating Contract Access
As part of a group project, when agreeing terms you will have outlined access rights that the contract owner has regarding your data. As the controller of the data you are free to change this access at any time. This article outlines the process for ...
Roll-over Student Details
This article will give details of how you can use our Auto Roll-over tool to move your Year Groups from one to the next, saving you time when creating your Cohorts. What is roll-over? If you have existing data, you can roll-over the data for these ...
Checking that your personalised targets are aspirational
One of the most important aspects of using personalised targets for individual subjects is that subject staff can use the Minimum Expected Grade (MEG) and their own unique subject thermometers to be aspirational for each individual student. This ...
Average GCSE Score Calculation - Grade Conversions
For all KS5 imports, you will need the Average GCSE Scores as a baseline for your students. The manual GCSE Score calculator allows you to enter the received GCSE grades one by one, and will calculate the Average GCSE Score for you. Key Stage 5 Prior ...
Setting up your Year Group - KS4 and KS5 Schools in England
Step 1: Rolling Over Existing Student Data If you have existing student data from the previous year, you can roll this over into your current year. You cannot roll-over Y13 or Y11 data, but please feel free to roll-over Y12 into Y13 and Y10 into Y11. ...