The Series Column
The series column is an additional column you can add into your in-year monitoring data and end of year exam results.
The series information is the season when the student is going to be sitting their final examinations e.g Summer 2025.
This is what the data needs to look like in your Excel file before you import it:
If you do not include the series data, then the import wizard will tell you that you have missing values.
To fix these errors, you need to click on the 'Select Value' option on the drop-down menu and then choose the appropriate season from the available options.
If you take a look at the bottom right-hand corner of the screenshot below, you will notice that you won't be able to move on with the import until you have fixed these errors.
Once you have chosen the appropriate season, it should look like the screenshot below, and you'll be able to move on with the import:
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