1. Closing the Gap Analysis Tool Rednock School

2. All this data can be copy and Pasted from SIMs You CANNOT paste into the headings. Do not cut from one column to another...

3. Open Up YOUR WHOLE YEAR’S SIMS MARKSHEET Right CLICK ON THE STUDENTS COLUMN

4. Select the correct colums for the marksheet – the ones on the spreadsheet

5. Sometimes they aren’t in the same order as in the spreadsheet.

6. If not – click and drag them so they are This will make life easier Also left click on students to make sure they are in alphabetical order

7. Export the sheet to an unformatted excel marksheet

8. Select all the data you want.. But not the headings And copy it …

9. Paste It under the headings Into the new sheet Sometimes when things have been pasted They become locked- I have no idea why. It’s a bug in excel.

10. Also paste in the KS2 GRADE, Their Target Grade and the Current GRADE. (For non-core you can do average KS2 Grade) You can select GCSE, BTEC or ASDAN for CELLS.

11. KS4 CTG Analysis

12. Now all the data is in – you can quickly see How well your subject - and look at where the gap is Headline Figures (A*-A, A*-C, A*-G) Compare to targets Track progress from KS2

13. KS4 Class Comparison

14. You can also look at a breakdown from The different classes – it will pick them up And you can see whether any of them have Done well or badly.

15. KS4 ctg class analysis

16. To analyse a class in more detail the final Sheet allows you to select a class from a dropdown list.

17. Once CHOSEN it will give you a breakdown of all the closing the gap information for just that one class.