<TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="MARGIN: auto auto auto 5.4pt; WIDTH: 477pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=636 border=0><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636>We need an efficient way of quickly calculating the number of classes required and class sizes for each school (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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lace>UK</st1lace></st1:country-region> schools).<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636>Schools can have various numbers of pupils from Primary 1 up to Primary 7. These are known as Year Stages.<o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636>eg. <o></o>
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Year Stage<o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 75.6pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=101>Pupils<o></o>
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</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636>Delimiters for PRIMARIES 1, 2 and 3<o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636>Each class could contain a single year stage up to a maximum of 30 but preferably 27 pupils.<o></o>
</TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o></o>
Eg. For the example above we could create one P1 class with 28 pupils. But with P2 we would have to create a class ideally of 27 from 32 pupils, which would leave a remainder of 5 pupils. <o></o>
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When there is a remainder, we can create a composite class between stages (eg. Some pupils from P2 joined by some pupils from P3). <o></o>
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Delimiters for Composite Classes<o></o>
A composite class can contain a maximum of 25 pupils of which there must be a minimum of 4 pupils from any one stage. (eg. At least 4 pupils from P2 and up to 21 pupils from P3 or visa versa or any other combination to make a maximum of 25).<o></o>
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Possible ways to split the classes<o></o>
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P2 has 32 pupils. We could create a single stage class of 27 (the ideal size) and this leaves a remainder of 5 pupils. These 5 pupils could then be used to create a new composite class called P2/3. We would then look at P3, (35 pupils) and create a single P3 class of 27, remainder 8, slotting those 8 into the P2/3 class. P2/3 now has 13 pupils. A class of 13 is a waste of resources and ideally we’d like the classes split more effectively. <o></o>
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Eg. <o></o>
P1 (28 pupils) could have a single stage class of 24 pupils. Leaving a remainder of 4 (the minimum single stage allowed for a composite) to carry forward to P1/2. <o></o>
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P2 (32 pupils) could be split, placing 21 pupils into P1/2 (creating a composite class of 25), leaving a remainder from P2 of 11 pupils which would then be slotted into another composite class P2/3. Then P3 (35 pupils) could be split using 14 pupils in P2/3 class (composite of 25 pupils) and leaving a remainder P3 of 21. (21 is the maximum allowed into a composite from a single stage, therefore we can use this number combined with 4 pupils from P4.<o></o>
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Delimiters PRIMARIES 4, 5, 6 and 7<o></o>
Each class would contain a single stage up to a maximum of 33 but preferably 30 pupils.<o></o>
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Now that we’ve used 4 pupils from P4 in the P3/4 composite class, we are left with 30 pupils in P4 of which we can make a single stage class with no remainder pupils to carry forward. Therefore there will be no P4/5 composite class necessary.<o></o>
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P5 (25 pupils). We must make a single stage class since we cannot carry forward 25 pupils into a composite class. (maximum can be 21 from any single stage).<o></o>
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P6 (39 pupils) and P7 (30 pupils). A quick glance tells us that we can create a single stage P6 class of 30 and P7 class of 30 but we’d be left with 9 remaining from P6. In this scenario, we’d ideally have split P6 and P7 into 3 more evenly distributed classes. Eg. P6 (25 pupils) and remainder of 14 and P7(25 pupils) with a remainder of 5. Joining the 14 and the 5 into a composite class of 19 pupils.<o></o>
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Now comes the hard part! We need to create formulae to take into account every possible scenario which could crop up in each school. Some schools have up to 444 pupils in total and other schools have as little as 15 or maybe 30 pupils in the whole school. For the small schools, we would need to create a composite class called P1/7, or P1/3 and P4/7. Or any other composite possibility, up to a maximum of 25 pupils in each composite class.<o></o>
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We’ve been looking at this trying to work it out for the last couple of weeks and it’s beyond us! Can anyone throw any light on it for us. It’s so complex, can it even be done using Excel formulae or does it need a VBA brain?<o></o>
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ffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1lace>UK</st1lace></st1:country-region> schools).<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o
></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636>Schools can have various numbers of pupils from Primary 1 up to Primary 7. These are known as Year Stages.<o
></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o
></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636>eg. <o
></o><TABLE class=MsoNormalTable style="WIDTH: 417.2pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=556 border=0><TBODY><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 75.6pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=101><o
></o>Year Stage<o
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</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=65>P1<o></o>
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P2<o></o>
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P3<o></o>
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P4<o></o>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=65>></o>
P5<o></o>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=65>></o>
P6<o></o>
</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=65>></o>
P7<o></o>
></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 75.6pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=101>Pupils<o
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</TD><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48.8pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom width=65>28<o></o>
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32<o></o>
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35<o></o>
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34<o></o>
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25<o></o>
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39<o></o>
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30<o></o>
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></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o
></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o
></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636>Delimiters for PRIMARIES 1, 2 and 3<o
></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o
></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636>Each class could contain a single year stage up to a maximum of 30 but preferably 27 pupils.<o
></o></TD></TR><TR style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><TD style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 477pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" vAlign=bottom noWrap width=636><o
></o>Eg. For the example above we could create one P1 class with 28 pupils. But with P2 we would have to create a class ideally of 27 from 32 pupils, which would leave a remainder of 5 pupils. <o
></o><o
></o>When there is a remainder, we can create a composite class between stages (eg. Some pupils from P2 joined by some pupils from P3). <o
></o><o
></o>Delimiters for Composite Classes<o
></o>A composite class can contain a maximum of 25 pupils of which there must be a minimum of 4 pupils from any one stage. (eg. At least 4 pupils from P2 and up to 21 pupils from P3 or visa versa or any other combination to make a maximum of 25).<o
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></o>Possible ways to split the classes<o
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></o>P2 has 32 pupils. We could create a single stage class of 27 (the ideal size) and this leaves a remainder of 5 pupils. These 5 pupils could then be used to create a new composite class called P2/3. We would then look at P3, (35 pupils) and create a single P3 class of 27, remainder 8, slotting those 8 into the P2/3 class. P2/3 now has 13 pupils. A class of 13 is a waste of resources and ideally we’d like the classes split more effectively. <o
></o><o
></o>Eg. <o
></o>P1 (28 pupils) could have a single stage class of 24 pupils. Leaving a remainder of 4 (the minimum single stage allowed for a composite) to carry forward to P1/2. <o
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></o>P2 (32 pupils) could be split, placing 21 pupils into P1/2 (creating a composite class of 25), leaving a remainder from P2 of 11 pupils which would then be slotted into another composite class P2/3. Then P3 (35 pupils) could be split using 14 pupils in P2/3 class (composite of 25 pupils) and leaving a remainder P3 of 21. (21 is the maximum allowed into a composite from a single stage, therefore we can use this number combined with 4 pupils from P4.<o
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></o>Delimiters PRIMARIES 4, 5, 6 and 7<o
></o>Each class would contain a single stage up to a maximum of 33 but preferably 30 pupils.<o
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></o>Now that we’ve used 4 pupils from P4 in the P3/4 composite class, we are left with 30 pupils in P4 of which we can make a single stage class with no remainder pupils to carry forward. Therefore there will be no P4/5 composite class necessary.<o
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></o>P5 (25 pupils). We must make a single stage class since we cannot carry forward 25 pupils into a composite class. (maximum can be 21 from any single stage).<o
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></o>P6 (39 pupils) and P7 (30 pupils). A quick glance tells us that we can create a single stage P6 class of 30 and P7 class of 30 but we’d be left with 9 remaining from P6. In this scenario, we’d ideally have split P6 and P7 into 3 more evenly distributed classes. Eg. P6 (25 pupils) and remainder of 14 and P7(25 pupils) with a remainder of 5. Joining the 14 and the 5 into a composite class of 19 pupils.<o
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></o>Now comes the hard part! We need to create formulae to take into account every possible scenario which could crop up in each school. Some schools have up to 444 pupils in total and other schools have as little as 15 or maybe 30 pupils in the whole school. For the small schools, we would need to create a composite class called P1/7, or P1/3 and P4/7. Or any other composite possibility, up to a maximum of 25 pupils in each composite class.<o
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></o>We’ve been looking at this trying to work it out for the last couple of weeks and it’s beyond us! Can anyone throw any light on it for us. It’s so complex, can it even be done using Excel formulae or does it need a VBA brain?<o
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