Warning icons

Sisra Analytics checks grades and baselines as you upload and change them, and marks problems with warning icons. Each page with icons has a key, at the top right, that names them. This page lists every icon in Grades Management, Baseline Management and the KS5 core baselines list.

Where the icons appear

Page	Where to find it	Where the icons show
Manage Datasets (Grades Management)	Grades, then Grades Management	Under the qualification’s Grades Count, or under a judgement count for AtL warnings
Baseline Management, KS3/4	KS2 / EAP, then Baselines	Against the baseline subject
Baseline Management, KS5	KS4 / EAP, then EAP / Baselines	Against the baseline qualification
Core Baselines, KS5	KS4 / EAP, then Core Baselines	Beside the student’s value

Hover over an icon to see how many grades or people it affects. Select the qualification’s Grades Count, or the baseline’s Grade Count, to see who they are.

The key on the KS5 Manage Datasets page.

The icons

Each icon’s look is described as the key on screen shows it.

Missing class data shows under the Grades Count and in Actions.

Warning	Where	Look	What it means	How to fix it	Stops publishing
Missing Student Data	Grades Management, KS3/4 and KS5	Black circle	A grade belongs to a Student ID that is not in the cohort’s student data	Correct the ID, import or create the pupil or student, or delete the grade. See Fix missing student data.	Yes, for any data set
Missing Class Data for KS3, Missing Class Data for KS4, Missing Class Data for KS5	Grades Management	Red triangle	Someone with a grade is in no class in the qualification’s set of classes for that key stage. Reports show them as Not in Class.	Assign the qualification to a set of classes, add the class, or create the missing class information. See Fix missing class data.	No
Grade Not In Method	Grades Management	Orange diamond	A grade is not in the grade method the qualification’s Expected Attainment Pathway (EAP) sets for the data set’s term. The grade gets 0 points.	Choose the right EAP on the Matching page, correct the EAP’s grade method, add the grade to the method, or correct the grade	KS5: yes. KS3/4: the Exams data set. Fix it before you publish any other data set.
Subgrades Not Valid In This Dataset (KS3/4), Sub Grades Not Valid In This Data Set (KS5)	Grades Management, Exams only	Light blue diamond	An exam result has a subgrade, such as 6+ or A-. Exam results are whole grades.	Remove the + or -: use Edit Grades for a few grades, or correct the file and upload it again	Yes
Unknown AtL Judgements	Grades Management	Teal diamond	An Attitude to Learning (AtL) judgement matches no judgement in its category. Reports count it as Unknown Judgement, outside the averages.	Correct the judgement, add it to the category in CONFIG, or delete it	No
Judgement present without Grade (KS3/4), Judgement Present Without Grade (KS5)	Grades Management	Pink hexagon	Someone has an AtL judgement in a qualification where they have no grade. The judgement does not show in the reports.	Add the grade, or delete the judgement	No
QN / EAP Mismatch	Grades Management, KS5	Blue square	A qualification’s EAP has a grade method with a different grade structure from the one its qualification number (QN) needs	Fix it on the Matching List. See Fix a QN/EAP mismatch.	Yes: student data, KS4 / EAP and every data set in the cohort
Missing Student Data	Baseline Management, KS3/4	Black circle	A baseline belongs to a Student ID that is not in the cohort. Sisra ignores it in the reports.	Correct the ID, create the pupil with Create Missing Student, or delete the baseline	No, except on a core subject: then as for Core Nomination Incorrect
Grade Not In Method	Baseline Management, KS3/4	Orange diamond	A baseline does not fit its subject’s grade type or grade method, such as 0 for Scaled Scores	Correct the subject’s Grade Type, or the values	No, except on a core subject: then as for Core Nomination Incorrect
Core Nomination Incorrect	Baseline Management, KS3/4, schools in England, cohorts up to 25/26	Red triangle	The Core column does not hold the KS2 subjects the DfE uses for the cohort. Hover over the icon to see what Sisra expects.	Nominate English Reading and Maths as core, and no other subject. For 24/25 and 25/26 with no KS2 scores, ignore it.	Not KS2 / EAP. For cohorts up to 23/24, it stops the Exams data set.
Core Nomination Incorrect Grade Type	Baseline Management, KS3/4, schools in England	Purple triangle	A core subject has the wrong grade type for the cohort. The expected type shows under it.	Set the expected Grade Type, usually Scaled Scores	As for Core Nomination Incorrect
Missing Student Data, Grade Not In Method	Baseline Management, KS5	Black circle, orange diamond	As at KS3/4, for EAP baselines. Sisra leaves the students affected out of on track analysis.	As at KS3/4	No
Invalid Core Baseline	Core Baselines, KS5	Orange diamond	A core baseline is not valid: an average point score (APS) outside 0 to 11, or challenge points that are not valid for the cohort	Correct the value with the pencil, or export, correct and import again	Not KS4 / EAP. When you publish grades with headlines, the Invalid Core Baselines check is a warning that stops only the Exams data set.

The KS5 Exams data set adds Sub Grades Not Valid In This Data Set to the key, making seven icons.

How warnings affect publishing

When you publish grades, Sisra runs a health check on the data set. At KS3/4, grades with missing student data stop any data set publishing. Other issues on the Health tab stop only the Exams data set, and other data sets publish with warnings. At KS5, a Health Check Failed result stops any data set publishing.

A warning that does not stop publishing still changes the figures. For example, a grade with Grade Not In Method counts as invalid, and someone with Missing Class Data appears in no class. Clear every icon you can before you publish. Read the health check explains the publishing checks.

Related pages

• Check and correct grades
• Upload KS2 baselines
• Set up KS5 baselines and EAPs
• Match qualifications in KS5
• Publish data to the reports