Introducing our New Strategic Analysis area

Introducing our New Strategic Analysis area

We are delighted to announce the release of our new Strategic Analysis section within Connect. The new section will replace the existing Strategic Analysis zone and is due for release in May 2023. 

The new section has been developed to look and feel like the rest of Connect, and to make your analysis simpler and more efficient. It will also allow us to add additional functionality to the platform. 
We will be adding new features such as: 
  1. A drag and drop on the Quality Indictor thermometer, showing you how many grades might be needed to change you overall Alps grade.
  2. A 'What If' on subjects - if you move one subject into the red, how might this affect you overall QI Alps grade? 
  3. Click into cells on BBPA tables to show students contributing to progress being made within the band. 
  4. An A*/A Attainment column on the A level Attainment Profile page.

Watch this video for more details on what you can expect from the new strategic pages, or read the blog below. 





Welcome to the new Strategic Section of Connect

  1. Open the new Strategic section by clicking on the New Strategic Analysis bar on the Homepage 
  2. Welcome to the new Strategic Landing page - before you do anything, make sure that you have selected the gradepoint trend you want to analyse using the gradepoint selector.  
  3. You have two options here: 
    1. Start a new Strategic Analysis session 
    2. Create a PDF Report 
  4. Creating a new interactive session
    1. Selecting an examination level -  the options available to you here will depend on your gradepoint selection. The qualifications available will adjust according to data available in your primary gradepoint.             
      1. If you have a results gradepoint selected then you will be able to choose KS5 and KS4 from the dropdown 
      2. A KS5 monitoring gradepoint will allow for the selection of KS5 qualifications only 
      3. A KS4 monitoring gradepoint will allow for the selection of KS4 qualifications only 
    2. Decide how you want your analysis to look
      1. You can select multiple qualification types to display across your interactive pages
      2. Use the dropdown to select these now
      3. You can always add qualifications to pages as you navigate through your strategic session
    3. Comparisons are optional - you can add these once you start your session 
      1. Selecting these from the landing page will mean that each page and each strategic analysis table will automatically display a performance group profile by default 
    4. Create Session - this will generate your strategic analysis pages according to your selections in the dropdowns above. 
    5. NOTE: Once you start a session you will notice the message below appear next to the gradepoint selector
      1. This message means that your session settings will be stored. You can safely navigate away from the strategic zone, for example to subject analysis and safely return to the session as you had left it with all settings applied. 
      2. Clicking on the red stop button will reset the whole session and allow you to start again. 

  5. Using the interactive pages
    1. Once you have clicked 'Create Session', you will be taken to the overview page. 
    2. Qualifications selected on the landing page will show as tabs, and you can navigate between the qualification types without having to restart the strategic template

    3. You can add more qualifications using the 'Add exam levels' dropdown

    4. All tables in the strategic section contain the same indicators as you are used to in the old strategic report. 
    5. Navigate to different strategic pages by hovering on the 'Overview' in the title menu

    6. You can apply a comparison to each table by selecting it from the dropdown. Note that if you have pre-selected a comparison on the landing page, then tables will automatically show this comparison group across all available strategic pages. 
      1. Select comparison 

      2. Table shows groups underneath main indicator row

      3. The Focus on dropdown allows you to filter one of the comparison groups at any time 


    7. All tables are exportable individually to excel. If you have multiple qualifcation tabs applied, then these will export as separate excel files. 
    8. NOTE: The Raw Results page in the old strategic section is now called Attainment profile 

  6. The PDF Report  
    1. At present, the PDFs that are generated are existing PDFs using old formatting. We will develop new PDF exports across next Academic Year allowing you to export analysis more aligned to how it appears on the screen. 
    2. Select your qualification type - you can select multiple levels at once 
    3. Set your Report template 

      2. This selection uses the existing templates in the old strategic analysis section. 
      3. The Main Provider Report is the most popular and will export all analysis pages 
      4. Governor Reports export key headline pages only 
      5. Custom allows you to select individual/multiple pages 

    4. Select a comparison - optional. When added pages will export for each comparison group alongside the overall pages.