Appendix 3: Sample pro forma

Academic year / AVA name / Contact / Position / Phone / Email / Person completing
2013-14 / Ava

B1

AVA / Academic year / Funding status / Total learners
AVA / 2013-14 / not included on Data Service return

B2

Under 19 / 20-24 / 25-29 / 30-34 / 35-39 / 40-44 / 45-49 / 50+ / Missing Age / Grand total
Ethnicity / M / F / M / F / M / F / M / F / M / F / M / F / M / F / M / F / M / F
African / 0
Any other Asian background / 0
Any other Black/
African/Caribbean / 0
Any other ethnic group / 0
Any other mixed/
multiple ethnic background / 0
Any other White background / 0
Arab / 0
Bangladeshi / 0
Caribbean / 0
Chinese / 0
English/ Welsh/ Scottish/
Northern Irish/British / 0
Gypsy or Irish Traveller / 0
Indian / 0
Irish / 0
Not provided / 0
Pakistani / 0
White and Asian / 0
White and Black African / 0
White and Black Caribbean / 0 / 0
0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

B3

AVA / AY / Disadvantage / Funding status / Grand total
AVA / 2013-14 / From deprived area / not included on Data Service return / 0
AVA / 2013-14 / Unknown / not included on Data Service return / 0
0

B4

AVA / AY / LLDD / Funding status / Grand total
AVA / 2013-14 / Disability/ies / not included on Data Service return / 0
AVA / 2013-14 / Disability/ies and Learning Difficulty/ies / not included on Data Service return / 0
AVA / 2013-14 / Learning Difficulty/ies / not included on Data Service return / 0
AVA / 2013-14 / No Disability/ies or Learning Difficulty/ies / not included on Data Service return / 0
AVA / 2013-14 / No Information Provided / not included on Data Service return / 0

B5

/ Completion status
Achievement / Break in learning / Completed / Continuing / Transfer to new aim / Withdrawn / Grand total
Achieved (non AS-level) / 0
Continuing / 0
Exam not taken yet / 0
No achievement / 0
Partial achievement / 0
Result not yet known / 0
0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0

B6

Subject Area Tier 1 / Subject Area Tier 2 / Total registered learners / Total
Access to HE Diplomas
1 Health public services and care / 1.1medicine and dentistry
1.2 nursing and subjects and vocations allied to medicine
1.3 other health, public services and care
2 Science and mathematics
3 Agriculture, horticulture and animal care
4 Engineering and manufacturing technologies
5 Construction, planning and the built environment
6 Information and communication technology / 6.1 ICT practitioners
6.2 other information and communication technology
7 Retain and commercial enterprise
8 Leisure, travel and tourism
9 Arts, media and publishing / 9.1 crafts, creative arts and design
9.2 other arts, media and publishing
10 History, philosophy and theology
11 Social sciences / 11.1 sociology and social policy
11.2 other social sciences
12 Languages, literature and culture
13 Education and training / 13.1 teaching and lecturing
13.2 other education and training
14 Preparation for life and work
15 Business, administration and law / 15.1 business management
15.2 other business, administration and law
Z1 Combined arts
Z2 Combined sciences
Z3 Combined social sciences
Z4Science combined with social studies/arts
Z5 Social studies combined with arts
Z6 Other general and combined studies
0 / 0

B7

Destination / Total learners / Access to HE Diplomas
Continuing existing programme of learning
Death
Destination unknown
Economically inactive
Entered further education
Entered higher education
Found voluntary work
Full time employment
Full-time education or training (not FEHE)
Missing (not applicable/ not known)
Not in Education, Employment or Training
Other
Part time employment
Self employed
Unemployed
0 / 0

AVA grading and credit data for 2013-14

Data collection on award of credits and grades. Data reported here should relate only to students who were awarded a full Access to HE Diploma within 2013-14. Data on partial achievers should not be included.

Core Data 2013-2014

number / %
Total number of students to whom a Diploma was awarded (with a full graded transcript) in 2013-14
Total number of Diplomas awarded[1]
Total credit value of all level 3 units achieved within the 60 credits for the Diploma by all students to whom a Diploma was awarded in 2013-14
Total credit value of all level 3 units graded at Pass, (***and percentage of total credit value of all awarded level 3 credits) (ie figure given in Q3)
Total credit value of all level 3 units graded at Merit, (***and percentage of total credit value of all awarded level 3 credits ) (ie figure given in Q3)
Total credit value of all units graded at Distinction, (***and percentage of total credit value of all awarded level 3 credits ) (ie figure given in Q3)
Grade profiles awarded
Number and percentage of students who achieved, and who were issued with transcripts with the following grade profiles: / 45 CREDITS AT LEVEL 3 / BETWEEN 46 AND 59 CREDITS AT LEVEL 3 / 60 CREDITS AT LEVEL 3
number / % / number / % / number / %
aall Passes (no Merits or Distinctions)
ball Merits (no Passes or Distinctions)
call Distinctions (no Passes or Merits)
dsome Passes, some Merits, some Distinctions
esome Merits and some Distinctions (no Passes)
fsome Passes and some Distinctions (no Merits)
gsome Passes and some Merits (no Distinctions)
8. / Total profiles at Q1 = all graded Diplomas awarded (CHECK)
Profile 1:
60 CREDITS at D / Profile 2:
45 to 59 credits at D, the remaining level 3 credits, where achieved, at M or P / Profile 3:
30 to 44 credits at D, the remaining credits to a maximum of 45 at M, and any L3 credits additional to the 45 at M or P[2] / Profile 4:
15 to 29 credits at D, the remaining level 3 credits including where more than 45 were achieved, at M or P
9. / number / % / number / % / number / % / number / %
Number and percentage of the AVA's students who achieved this profile / Same as 7c
10. / Number and percentage of the AVA's studentswho achieved the equivalent profile (30 credits at D and 15 credits at M) or better (Profiles 1, 2, and 3 combined) as percentage of all successful students. / %

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[1] The figure in question 2 may be higher as it can include recognition of prior learning; those receiving posthumous awards; those whose achievement includes credits achieved before the introduction of grading; or any others who for any reason are not awarded a full graded achievement transcript. The figure in question 1 relates only to those a full graded transcript in 2013-14.

[2]Profile 2: 30 to 44 credits at D, the remaining credits to a maximum of 45 at M, and any L3 credits additional to the 45 at M or P, for example:

For students who achieve 60 credits:

44 credits at D, 1 at M, 15 at P; 36 at D, 12 at M, 12 at P; 30 at D, 30 at M; 42 at D, 9 at M, 9 at P

For students who achieve 51 level 3 credits:

44 credits at D, 1 at M, 6 at P; 36 at D, 12 at M, 3 at P ; 30 at D, 21 at M; 42 at D, 9 at M; 42 at D, 3 at M, 6 at P