News

News

Protecting the sensitive data that schools and colleges choose to send to us is a top priority. To further enhance the protection for our users, we have launched an optional Multi-Factor Authentication feature. This will add an additional layer of protection to our existing password sign-in process.

News

We are delighted to announce that The Howard Partnership Trust (THPT) is the latest Multi-Academy Trust to choose Alps Summit to track student performance progress across their KS5 provision.

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Super-curricular activities/resources are designed to help students expand their subject knowledge beyond what is taught in the classroom. They can help students decide whether certain courses and careers may be right for them and be valuable in the development of independent learning skills. In our latest blog, Alps Education Consultant, John Roe explores the diverse range of super-curricular activities available, their benefits and tips to help students gain the most from them.

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Multi-Academy Trust CEOs and School Headteachers are currently waiting for an update on how the DfE plans to deal with the headline KS4 Accountability measures in 2025 and 2026 in the wake of cancelled KS2 SATs. In this blog, Alps Senior Education Consultant, John Philip, explores the range of alternate baseline options that are already proving popular across our Alps schools.

Opinions

Opinion

An increasing number of schools are already using Alps at KS4 as a key part of their approach to improving outcomes. You will have a well-established monitoring and tracking system already at KS4, so why consider changing to Alps? There are three main reasons you should consider investigating Alps further…

Opinion

In this blog, John Philip reflects on why the continuing delay from the DfE to clarify the headline accountability measures in 2025 and 2026 has led to some calling for the abolition of Progress 8.

Opinion

In this blog, Alps Education Consultant, John Roe explores the diverse range of super-curricular activities available, their benefits and tips to help students gain the most from them. 

Opinion

For our latest meet the team blog, we sat down with Michelle to find out about her career background, her biggest achievements at Alps and what advice she would give to aspiring marketers.

Opinion

How does the DfE plan to deal with the headline KS4 Accountability measures in 2025 and 2026, in the wake of cancelled KS2 SATs in 2020 and 2021, for this cohort and current Year 9s?

Opinion

Earlier this month, we sat down with Sophie to find out more about her career background, some of her favourite things about working for Alps over the last 6 years and what advice she would give someone wanting to start a career in sales. 

Opinion

In this blog, John Roe discusses the benefits of developing a comprehensive careers programme and some practical tips that post-16 leaders can use to support with this. 

Opinion

As a MAT grows, it is common for the Leadership team to face challenges along the way. In this blog, we have analysed some of the key pressure points MAT’s are facing and how, at Alps, we’ve supported them through the challenges and growing pains, as they expand.

Opinion

Now that Alps is a growing presence at KS4, in August we were able to generate and release customer-based Attainment 8 and Progress 8 figures. Not only did our schools receive their high quality, easy to use Alps analysis but also, for the first time, we offered their KS4 Attainment 8 and Progress 8 scores in Connect.

Opinion

Introducing our brilliant Educational Consultant, Dr. John Roe. Prior to joining Alps, John has worked in education for 22 years as a science teacher, head of department/faculty and pastoral lead and was Director of Radyr Sixth Form in Cardiff where he gained extensive experience of using Alps to raise student achievement. 

Opinion

Introducing our brilliant Sales Executive Michael Rice. Michael is a vital member of the Alps Sales Team. Earlier this month we sat down with Michael to find out more about his career background, how he has found the last 12 months working with Alps and what advice he would give someone wanting to start a career in Sales.  

Opinion

In this blog, Alps Education Consultant, John Roe discuss his experiences of using Alps Connect to support target setting and the development of an aspirational, ‘can do’ culture.  

Briefing Papers

Briefing Paper

A companion piece to our Alps Champions Webinar on Monday 15th January 2024.  At Alps, we are aware you are facing significant challenges again in 2023-24: Y13 students took GCSE examinations in 2022 when GCSE results were awarded far more generously than in 2019 or 2023. Table 1 shows the relative proportion of grades by […]

Briefing Paper

A companion piece to our Alps Champions Webinar on Tuesday 16th January 2024. At Alps, we are aware you are facing significant challenges in 2023-24: Y13 students took GCSE examinations in 2022 when GCSE results were awarded more generously than in 2019 especially at A*-C and higher. Table 1 shows the relative proportion of GCSE […]

Briefing Paper

A companion piece to our Alps Champions Webinar on Wednesday 17th January 2024.    At Alps, we are aware that you are facing significant challenges again in 2023-24: Y11 students’ last undisrupted pre-pandemic academic year in education was Y6 in 2018-19. Their KS3 was extremely disrupted by the pandemic and its consequences. It seems likely the […]

Briefing Paper

A companion piece to our Alps Champions Webinar on 18th January 2024. At Alps, we are aware you are facing significant challenges in 2023-24: Y11 students’ last undisrupted pre-pandemic academic year in education was Y6 in 2018-19. Their secondary education has been extremely disrupted by the pandemic and its consequences. However, their results are being […]

Briefing Paper

If you are a senior leader in a school or college, you will be urgently reviewing your 2023 examination results. Now that the Autumn Term is underway, here are some high-level reflections from Alps on setting Post-16 priorities for your Year 13 students.

Briefing Paper

If you are a senior leader in a school, you will be urgently reviewing your 2023 examination results. Now that the Autumn Term is underway, here are some high-level reflections from Alps on setting priorities for your Y11 in 2023-24.

Briefing Paper

If you are a senior leader in a school or college, you will be urgently reviewing your 2023 examination results. Now that the Autumn Term is underway, here are some reflections from Alps on setting Post-16 priorities for Year 13 students. 

Briefing Paper

If you are a senior leader in a school, you will be urgently reviewing your 2023 examination results. Now that the Autumn Term is underway for schools in Wales, here are some reflections from Alps on setting priorities for Y11 in 2023-24. 

Briefing Paper

At Alps, we are aware you are facing significant challenges in 2022-23, we are here to support you with our Five Top Tips and Connect.

Briefing Paper

At Alps, we are aware you are facing significant challenges in 2022-23, we are here to support you with our Five Top Tips and Connect.

Briefing Paper

At Alps, we are aware you are facing significant challenges in 2022-23, we are here to support you with our Five Top Tips and Connect.

Briefing Paper

At Alps, we are aware you are facing significant challenges in 2022-23, we are here to support you with our Five Top Tips and Connect.

Case Studies

Case Study

Alps is able to stand out from other analytical systems for school data in a way that embraces ease of use and interaction, whilst still giving you the full picture within your school.

Case Study

The success of Alps lies in its simplicity of use, timeliness and the agency it gives professionals to drive school improvement, ensuring that all the young people in our school achieve exceptionally well academically.

Case Study

Alps Connect now provides our subject and senior leaders with an essential aid to set targets, monitor how well subjects are performing in internal assessments and understand the performance of key subgroups…

Case Study

Alps has been invaluable in allowing staff to be able to track the progress of pupils within their subject areas, and to allow middle leaders, and senior leaders to be able to identify areas of strength, and areas of development within subject areas, and within the school as a whole.

Case Study

Ashton Sixth Form College has always worked with the Alps system and used it as a cornerstone of practice within the college. Staff are well versed in the system and are adept at using Alps reports at both college and subject level.

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Alps has been met with a positive response due to its clarity, our ability to input robust internal data and therefore generate meaningful material that colleagues will engage with in a professional and thoughtful
manner.

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What we love about Alps is how it has empowered staff at every level across the Trust to use data to inform people on areas of best practice and areas for improvement.

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Using Alps has been part of a whole school improvement strategy to use data effectively with the aim of bringing about an improvement in outcomes.

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Pupils themselves do not aspire to meet a threshold or a performance indicator, they talk about achieving the best grades they can, so it makes sense for us as teachers to be doing the same thing.

Case Study

Our drive has been based on smart multi-dimensional and accessible data with succinct but impactful analysis.

Case Study

Alps Connect Interactive allowed us to have a clear and universal language to analyse and interrogate predicted and actual grades.  At leadership level, the Alps report also provided an analysis of key groups and a teaching and learning grade that would inspire further discussion and action.

Case Study

Alps data and reports can be generated instantly at any time of the year – giving constant diagnosis of anticipated results. Connect Interactive has undoubtedly enabled teachers to have an even closer focus on individual students.