Programme details (training day)

Areas covered on training day will include everything listed below. This will be hands-on training, you will be working with the instructor. Some of the areas covered may be tasks the school administration will be responsible for while others will be tasks performed by teachers.

Downloading - You will be shown how to download and install the whole software program along with all current update releases. This section will also inlcude loading data - SIMS (.xml, .csv) and Key to Success (.xml, .csv).

Importing data - from xml, csv, mtf files xml files

Otherwise known as common transfer files (ctf) files obtained from SIMS through export routine - www.keytosuccess.dfes.gov.uk, username and password needed - phone 01325 392626 if not known.

Other PAT installations, eg Primary sending data to Secondary from spreadsheet using csv files.

Manual inputting - Using tool within PAT direct from papers

Spreadsheet loading using csv route and wizard

Backing –up data

Setting up other users to protect dataset

Analysis for KS3, Optionals 7 & 8 and KS4

Whole school - Overall performance (Bar Overall)
Overall performance by level (Bar All Levels)

Divergence - from national performance

Trends - over time

Creating own graphs

Value added

APS only

KS2 to Yr7
KS2 to Yr8
KS2 to KS3
KS2 to KS4
KS3 to KS4

Contextual

KS2 to KS3
KS2 to KS4
KS3 to KS4

Question level

Track progress of

Individual pupils
Groups of pupils
Whole cohorts

Challenge

Teaching strategy
Decision making for curriculum
Where help is needed

Target setting

Setting up the school parameters
Building school targets from bottom up (set targets for pupils PAT calculates school targets)
What if… scenarios

Report writing

School improvement
School level
Pupil Level