Title of presentation goes in here Advanced Level Performance System ALPS

Participants At A Level –2,580 providers –241,036 students –685,377 examination results At AS Level –2,549 providers –321,791 students –1,180,304 examination results

At BTEC –1,594 providers –125,306 students –266,550 BTEC Nationals

What does ALPS do? Places a student into one of eleven prior achievement bands dependant upon points on entry Identifies the UCAS points per subject entry achieved by the top 25% in each achievement band – Target UCAS Points per subject Compares the actual UCAs points achieved by each student to the target UCAS points

What are the outputs? Provider Scores for each A Level AS Level and BTEC Provider Quality and Breadth Indicator Quality of teaching and learning measure T Score

Grades Explained 1 – Outstanding 2 – Outstanding 3 – Excellent 4 – Very Good 5 – Satisfactory to Good 6 – Below Average 7 – Less than Satisfactory 8 – Relatively Poor 9 – Poor

A Level Distribution by GCSE Score

UCAS Points per Subject

Points per Subject gained by students with a GCSE Score of 5.8-<6.1

A Level Grade for Quality and Breadth Grade 5 Satisfactory to Good Why not better than 5 when the previous indicator was 3.78? Answer – Breadth

AS Distribution by GCSE Score

AS Level Distribution by GCSE Score

Who Progresses?

UCAS Points per Subject

UCAS Points per Subject for students with a GCSE Score of 5.2-<5.5

AS Grade for Quality and Breadth Grade 3 Excellent

BTEC Distribution by GCSE Score

UCAS Points per Subject

5.2 – 5.5 Points on Entry

BTEC Grade for Quality and Breadth Grade 7 Less than satisfactory

UCAS Points per Subject

A Level Subject Grades Grade

AS Subject Grades Grade

Red Blue Teaching A Level EntriesExcellentUnsatisfactory AS Level ExcellentUnsatisfactory BTEC ExcellentUnsatisfactory

Quality of Teaching and Learning A Level RedBlue AS Level RedBlue BTEC RedBlue

Finally Score Single Year Grades BTEC Grade 9 - Poor A Level grade 4 – Very Good AS Level Grade 3 - Excellent