John Roe joined the Alps Education Team in September 2022 from Radyr Comprehensive School in Cardiff where he was Director of Sixth Form. In this latest blog, he aims to give you some practical tips to support you with the development of your post-16 tutorial programme.
This article contains information on how to navigate to your overall school/college Progress 8 measures and how to find the student level Progress 8 numbers. It also details important information regarding data checks to consider for accurate Progress 8 calculations.
As part of our ongoing commitment to support leaders in MATs, Local Authorities and Groups to drive evidence-informed school improvement, we launched our Group platform, Summit.
In February 2022, the DfE confirmed in their publication of the ‘16 to 18 accountability measures – update’, that there will be no A Level or Applied General Progress Measures (based on the L3VA) published in the 2022 or 2023 Performance Tables.
Great news! You can now use GL Assessment’s Cognitive Abilities Test scores (GL CAT4) as your Alps KS4 prior attainment score in Alps Connect.
We want to provide the very best services to our clients and being part of the EdTech Evidence Group means we can carry out this work within a like-minded community and allows us to share best practice and give each other advice.
Over the last year, we have been developing a new page in Alps Connect, showcasing key accountability measures such as Attainment 8 and APS scores at KS4. With this new development, you are now able to see government accountability measures alongside our easy-to-use, effective Alps analysis.
Introducing our new Alps Summit platform that enables MAT, Local Authority and other Group leaders to strategically analyse and review performance across their multiple schools in a simple, easy, and effective way.
We are honoured to have been selected as one of the finalists and this is a fantastic testament to the brilliant innovations at Alps over the last year.
We are delighted to welcome Daniel Tennent as the new chair of the Board at Alps. Aligned with our ambition to develop our presence further in the UK and International markets, Daniel brings a wealth of experience to the team.
Alps is proud to have brilliant women leading in so many areas of the business, with our CEO, Mary Ahern leading from the front.
As we turn 20 this July, we would like to take the time to celebrate how far we have come since 2001, by remembering the history of Alps, our founder Dr Kevin Conway CBE and the great memories that are being made by Alps employees new and old.
