4Matrix Desktop Update 3.9.9.2 (27/02/2025)

Change log for 4Matrix Desktop Update 3.9.9.2, issued at 5.30pm on 27/02/2025

1. Developments

Key Stage 4 Performance Measures

1. Validated 2024 Attainment 8 coefficients added.
2. Validated 2024 EBacc Value Added coefficients added.
3. Validated 2024 National Transition Matrices data added (for use with key stage 4 Subject Value Added).
   All the above are automatically applied to series for Y11 in the 2023/24 academic year and later cohorts.

Key Stage 5 Performance Measures

1. Validated 2024 Value Added coefficients added.
2. KS5 Tech Level Value Added score included in Press Release, Gap Analysis, Performance Tracking, Subject Summary, Subject Overview, Pupil Display, Custom Reports, Fusion upload. Tech Level VA is new for 2024.
   All the above are automatically applied to series for Y13 in the 2023/24 academic year and later cohorts.

Password Management

1. New password complexity requirements. If the current password does not meet requirements it will prompt the user to update their password. This applies to 4Matrix-specific accounts only i.e. Active Directory login is unaffected.

Press Release (KS5)

1. Tech Bacc section replaced with ‘key stage 4 prior attainment’ figures for 2024 performance year and later cohorts.
2. Key stage 4 prior attainment figures added to Pupil Breakdown and Table view, as per above.

2. Fixes

Key Stage 4 Performance Measures

1. In Progress 8, U grades no longer count as a ‘slot filled’. Note that a grade U grade in either English Language or Literature will still qualify the second grade to be doubled e.g. grade 2 is doubled to 4 points when the second grade is a grade U.

Admin > Edit Pupils > Custom Fields

1. Custom fields now sort alphabetically.

Global Pupil Filter Control

1. Custom fields now sort alphabetically.

Import

1. Updated Arbor results import feature in support of latest changes to the Arbor API.
2. Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause an error to occur when adding data to/overwriting an existing series.
3. GIAP import now auto-maps column header Forenames to Forename data field.

Moving Results (Via Edit Subjects)

1. Moving results for a subject now includes pupils marked as ‘off roll’. 

Press Release (KS5)

1. AAB Facilitating Subject columns moved to separate section and labelled accordingly (instead of ‘floating’ within pupil details section).

Qualifications

1. Fixed KS5 QAN 60144567 to count in 2025 KPIs.
2. Fixed KS5 T Levels to use correct Core Gradeset (A*-E) (applies to 61041580, 61040915, 61040927)