The Alpinist Term 2.1 07/01/25

Connect Knowledge Base Contact Us Happy New Year! Welcome to the second 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 our last edition, we shared useful guides and videos on uploading your autumn monitoring data. In this edition, we cover our top tips for analysing your Gradepoints and have an exciting announcement regarding the England KS4 Attainment 8 Estimates from the DofE. 12/12/2024 KS4 England Attainment 8 Estimates We are delighted to announce that we have updated our Connect KS4 platform to include the latest DfE Attainment 8 estimates! This means that on December 10th, new Progress 8 scores were generated for all KS4 monitoring and results Gradepoints for the last academic year 23/24. In addition to this, all monitoring points for the current academic year will have new Progress 8 scores. Please note this only applies if you are using indicative KS2 scores as your prior attainment, not CAT4.  If you are using CAT4 but would like Progress 8 scores, please contact us at support@alps.education for the CAT4 to KS2 conversion file. Unfamiliar with the KS4 Performance Measures area in Connect? Follow the link below for more information. Read More Popular Articles Click the below links to read December's most popular articles with Alps customers. Which Benchmark Should I use? Did you know we have two KS5 benchmarks in Connect? Read our guide to make sure you're using the right one for your analysis. For Welsh benchmarks click here. Student Valued Added Did you hear about our latest feature release? We now have individual Student Value Added scores for A Level and KS4. Please read our article for more information. Comparing Student Groups Wanting to enhance your monitoring analysis? In the Connect analysis zones you can filter your cohort by Gender, SEND, Ethnicity, Disadvantage, EAL, or your Custom Columns. Top Tips Here's our top tips for the start of 2025! Did you know 68% of Alps schools and colleges have uploaded 2620 Gradepoints in the first term? At Alps we recommend you upload quality monitoring data across the year to track progress and maximise student outcomes. If you need support uploading your data please read our guide here. Has there been changes to your data since your initial upload? In Connect you can edit all previous data uploads using the edit pencil for individual entries, and the merge/overwrite tools for bulk changes. For further support with this please read our guide here. Did you miss last term's Alps Champions Webinars? You can now access recordings of previous webinars in our Knowledge Base. Click here to view the recordings and please see the details of our next webinar at the bottom of this bulletin! Recommended Articles Read articles recommended by our Customer Success Team. Subject Analysis Trends Have you see our Trends tab in Subject Analysis? Track the progress of your students across multiple Gradepoints, showing differences in grades across the academic year. Monitoring Accuracy Have you used the Monitoring Accuracy zone in Connect?  Evaluate the accuracy of predicted grades and the progress students are making between Gradepoints.   IB Analysis in Connect Are you an International Baccalaureate school? You can now analyse your exam and monitoring results in our new IB analysis zone, based on key metrics from the IB Diploma Programme Statistical Bulletin. Led by Alps Education Consultants, John Philip and Dr John Roe, this webinar will give practical advice on strategies to use between now and the summer exams, to maximise achievement at KS4 & 5. They will demonstrate how to use Connect effectively to ensure you are on top of the subjects, sets and students who need most support if you are to achieve your goals in 2025. To register, please select your relevant key stage below: John Philip Mon 20 Jan 3:30pm KS5 England Dr John Roe Tues 21 Jan 3:30pm KS5 Wales Wed 22 Jan 3:30pm KS4 England Thurs 23 Jan 3:30pm KS4 Wales Led by Alps Director of Education, this webinar will focus on maximising the use of the Summit platform, as we approach the last 15 weeks before Summer exams. The session will explore your Summit setup, tracking for Year 11 and 13, guidance on the effective use of Summit and support your schools/colleges in their use of Connect across the Spring Term. Thurs 23 Jan 3:30pm Register Need Help? We have a dedicated, expert Customer Support Team (with 100% happiness rating!) who are here to help Monday to Friday via Live Chat, phone 01484 887 600 or email support@alps.education. In addition we offer all our schools and colleges free Annual Health Checks  – a 20 minute consultation on any matter on which you would like assistance. If you have any queries at all or are feeling a bit stuck – click below to book in your session at a time that suits you. Book a Health Check We hope you enjoyed this half term's Alpinist. If you think there's something missing from our bulletin, or would like to share feedback, please follow the link below! Give Feedback Contact us on 01484 887 600  or email us at: support@alps.education This email was sent by Alps Alkemygold Ltd. View in browser | Unsubscribe Copyright © 2024 Alps Alkemygold Ltd. S56, The Media Centre, 7 Northumberland Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1RL. Company Number: 4258920 You are receiving this email because you have visited our site, are an Alps client or have asked us about our regular newsletter. Make sure our messages get to your Inbox (and not your bulk or junk folders). 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