Value Added Analysis for Secondary Schools in Wales

Descriptions

The contract is for the acquisition of information on pupil progress to assist schools and Local Education Authorities (LEAs) in the production of targets and school performance measures, and for other purposes, including informing policy development and monitoring. The main services the contractor will be expected to provide are:(a) match data at pupil level from the Pupil Level Annual School Census, National Curriculum teacher assessments, public examinations and attendance for all pupils in maintained and special schools in Wales;(b) calculate value added models for pupil progress between Key Stages and examination results, taking into account previous performance and various socio-economic factors;(c) provide the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) with school and LEA summary reports, showing estimated performance for the current year and predicted performance for future years;(d) provide WAG with pupil level estimates of future performance for Key Stage 2 to 3 and Key stage 2 to 4.The Welsh Assembly Government, on behalf of the Welsh Ministers, will be conducting this procurement exercise through the etenderwales portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk. Tender documents and other information must be downloaded from and returned through this portal. If you require any further assistance the BravoSolution helpdesk is available on:Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk Phone: 0800 011 2470/ Fax: 020 7080 0480Full information in accessing the portal is found in Section VI.3.