If your school already has KS2 fine levels added to Pupil Progress, then senior leaders, heads of department and data managers are able to use the KS4 Grade Analysis section of the platform to track a number of additional key indicators.
The colour coding of this section is the same as you may already know from using your trackers; with blue meaning the student is above their target, green being on-track, yellow one grade below and red meaning that they are two or more grades below their target.
Setting the analysis to show Attainment 8 (A8) data means that each of the coloured squares will state a student's specific A8 score, which will usually be the same as their unit grade, perhaps with the exception of some combined science or vocational qualifications.
Toggling to Progress 8 (P8) will show a the students' P8 scores, which is directly linked to the KS2 grades that have been entered. If you're a little unsure on these, you are either able to check the UK Government website or our video elsewhere on the help centre that goes into more detail:
In the analysis, you may notice 4 different types of filled-in cells:
Cells with an 8+E are being counted both towards a student's A8/P8 score and their English Baccalaureate
Those with an 8 only are counting towards students' A8 and P8 scores
Similarly, those only with an E are counting towards the EBacc, but not A8 or P8
Cells that only contain an A8 or P8 score (depending on which mode the tool is in) are not counting towards any broader performance metrics
The Summary section of the grade analysis can provide a quick glance into a number of helpful metrics for leaders. Here, you are able to check students' attainment scores on an individual level, as well as looking at the broader school data - the example in the GIF above shows us that this school as an overall A8 score of 30.63 and P8 score of -0.9.
If you're looking to use this feature to calculate your attainment metrics but don't yet have students' KS2 grades on the platform, please feel free to send these over to [email protected] in whatever format you have and we'd be glad to upload them. Alternatively, if you're looking to upgrade your membership to a whole school subscription so that you can better utilise the analysis tools that Pupil Progress has to offer, please book a call with us today and we'd be glad to discuss your needs in more detail.