Blogs & Updates

Become an Assessment Manager Expert
  April 18 2018

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Exclusive Discount on David Pott’s Remote Assessment Training David Pott, whose blog you might have seen on this very page (Click here to view David's GuestBlog) has produced a series of webinars ...
SIMS Spring Upgrade 2018 - 7.180
  March 20 2018

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The snows are gone and Spring is on its way, and to mark its passage as always, it’s not Easter, it’s the new SIMS Spring Upgrade! As usual, we are starting to contact our schools to get this bo...
Schools receiving generic terrorism hoax email
  March 19 2018

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Please be advised that schools have received emails today claiming that there is a student onsite with a bomb and are demanding $5,000. We have contacted the anti-terrorism unit and they are treatin...
Early Years Pupil Premium Rates
  March 07 2018

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Your Pupil Premium Rates for 2018/19 Not to be left out after last weeks blog on Pupil Premium, here are the rates and information on the Early Years Pupil Premium for 2018/19. All early years prov...
Your new Pupil Premium rates for 2018/19
  March 02 2018

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Making sure you know how much you're getting for each PP Pupil/Student Now that you've settled down, back from your half term and enjoying some snow (or not) it might be time to start looking at you...
SIMS Parent Lite App
  February 26 2018

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The FREE SIMS tool to help you with GDPR and data management. Clearly we are living in the world of GDPR now and Capita have released a free app to further help you to ensure the integrity of your da...
National Insurance Rates for 2018-19 in SIMS Personnel
  February 21 2018

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Another year, another set of NI figures for you to enter into SIMS Personnel Exciting news as always in the SIMS world, with the new NI figures being available (This year with fewer bands). Unlike ...
GuestBlog: Assessment Manager - Top Tips for Senior Leaders
  February 15 2018

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We are delighted to present guest author David Pott who has been working with schools and local authorities since 1987 and is well known for his expertise in SIMS Assessment Manager. David is...
GDPR - Don't panic!
  February 08 2018

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With a raft of companies and people throwing scare tactics at you about the upcoming GDPR, SIMS is now able to help you take some of the worry away. In relation to SIMS there are 4 key areas that ar...
Catholic Education Services (CES) Census 2018
  January 22 2018

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For some of you the Census is now done, but for others you still have another one to complete, the CES Census. Please see below a link to a Completing the Census guide, along with a couple of bits ta...