Capita have issued a PowerPoint document which has been designed to assist post-16 schools prepare for School Census.

The slideshow explains how 6th form schools can use Academic Management to create accurate course Planned End Dates, saving time come census day.

Please click here to download the slideshow and don”t hestiate to get in touch if you require further assistance.

I”m sometimes asked why a primary school might want to use the Performance Analysis routines in Assessment Manager. Here’’s some good examples of the kind of questions you can answer using Performance Analysis:

1. Find out the correlation between Foundation Stage points scores and KS1 results. Many schools have a rough idea what the correlation is for their pupils, but few schools actually know for sure.
2. Graph the progress of your year 3 pupils towards their year 3 targets. RAISEonline makes this easy for pupils at KS1 or KS2, but how can you do this for year 3 (or 4 or 5)?
3. Identify pupils who are strong in one subject, but weak in others. Once you know ”who”, you can ask ”why?”.
4. Identify year groups that don”t make the progress you”d expect.
5. Spot pupils who are being left behind their classmates.
6. How many people who got a 2B at Key Stage 1 are at 3C by the start of the spring term of year 3? More importantly, how many aren”t at 3C yet (because they should be by ther summer term!)