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Get your data to us in Results weeks for benchmarks based on 2024 Alps client data

 

In September 2023, we provided schools and colleges in Wales with A level analysis based on data submitted to Alps from clients. This analysis was made available through a benchmark toggle in Connect.

These benchmarks were generated using data from only Welsh schools and colleges.

The client benchmarks were generated in response to the unique nature of examination outcomes in Summer 2023:

 

1. Students completing their Key Stage 5 courses had elevated prior attainment baselines from CDGs in 2021. The overall standards moved closer to 2019 levels. This caused the analysis based on the 2019 national data on Results Day to be more ‘blue’ than perhaps it was in reality.
2. Schools and colleges across Wales used the client benchmark toggle extensively to provide a more realistic analysis of their 2023 outcomes. 

 

The situation for examination outcomes for A level is again set to be unique this summer (2024): 

• In 2024, results in Wales will return to 2019 levels. Prior attainment is elevated because 2022 GCSE results were part of a transitional grading year.  

 

On Results Days, the default benchmark in Connect will be the 2019 national dataset, which is the current analysis available in Connect. 

The benchmark toggle option, where you can switch your analysis to view it against the Welsh client benchmark, will be available in mid-September, once the majority of Welsh schools have uploaded their data.

In order to achieve this timeline, to ensure that it is robust and to have your data included, we would ask that you submit your examination results to Connect Data by 5pm on Friday 30 August.