[bromcom] Historical Record of Pupil Premium Eligibility Bug

[RootsSchImp]

I've come across a bug in Bromcom Analysis whereby if you set cohort filter to a date range in the past and select Pupil Premium it will include students who became eligible for the Pupil Premium after the date range ended. I think the issue is pervasive across the MIS because if you add the pupil premium flag to a custom report there's no interval to say when you want to see PP eligibility. It looks like as far as Bromcom is concerned if you become eligible for PP then you've always been eligible for it, like it's an eternal truth they've discovered inside you.

 

I guess they figured that as you can get an accurate figure for today it doesn't matter but it's a strange oversight given how important Pupil Premium is as a pupil characteristic. I guess you can work around it by deducing eligibility from FSM and LAC rolls (which are date sensitive) but that would be a lot of hassle. Has anyone come up with a better way of dealing with this when doing analysis of past cohorts in Bromcom?

[Bromcom_Hus]

I've come across a bug in Bromcom Analysis whereby if you set cohort filter to a date range in the past and select Pupil Premium it will include students who became eligible for the Pupil Premium after the date range ended. I think the issue is pervasive across the MIS because if you add the pupil premium flag to a custom report there's no interval to say when you want to see PP eligibility. It looks like as far as Bromcom is concerned if you become eligible for PP then you've always been eligible for it, like it's an eternal truth they've discovered inside you.

 

I guess they figured that as you can get an accurate figure for today it doesn't matter but it's a strange oversight given how important Pupil Premium is as a pupil characteristic. I guess you can work around it by deducing eligibility from FSM and LAC rolls (which are date sensitive) but that would be a lot of hassle. Has anyone come up with a better way of dealing with this when doing analysis of past cohorts in Bromcom?

 

Pupil Premium filters are date range based within Bromcom's Built-In Analysis Screens for Attendance, Assessment, Behaviour and Student Breakdown. I suggest raising case with Bromcom Support Team with examples, so we can look into this for you.