Blogs & Updates
Autumn Census 2017 - Fileset 704
September 29 2017
A new Fileset (704) has been made available by Capita for the Autumn Census.
Downloading and Applying a Fileset
Please ensure that you have had your Summer upgrade and are on SIMS 7.176 before you...
SIMS Autumn Census guidance
September 19 2017
The SIMS Autumn Census will be on Thursday 5th October 2017
With October coming around fast it’s time again for that joyous thing that is the October School Census. To help with carrying it out we
Your updated Pupil Premium 2017/18
September 08 2017
As many of you are no doubt aware, your Pupil Premium 'ticks' will not have carried over from last year and so will need to be re-entered.
Thankfully to make our lives a little easier, you can down...
SIMS Exams - results day guidance updated for 2017
July 20 2017
As the academic year draws to a close and we look ahead to the summer holidays, Exams Officers in particular are turning their attentions to preparations for the results days.
Results Day Survival K...
SIMS Summer Release
June 29 2017
The SIMS Summer Release is due for release on Friday 30th June 2017 and includes several enhancements and new areas of functionality
New features and updates include the introduction of EYFS in th...
SIMS Patch to update Performance Indicators
June 16 2017
Following feedback from SIMS users, Capita have released a patch (number 23087) designed to help address some concerns raised regarding the accurate updating of performance indicators.
The patch wil...
SIMS End of Year Procedures
June 06 2017
The final half term of the academic year means it's time to prepare for and carry out the SIMS end of year procedures, including creating a new academic year, setting up next year’s registratio...
New SIMS Training Course - SIMS Interventions
May 09 2017
Some of you may have already looked at the new SIMS Interventions area following the latest SIMS Spring release.
Designed to help teachers and SLT track underperforming pupils, SIMS Interventions en...
Known Issue with SIMS Attendance 'Today's Register Report'
May 03 2017
Many schools have reported an issue with running the Today's Register Report via Reports | Attendance | Whole Group Pupil Reports.
When clicking 'OK' to Run a Screen Based report, the following err...
Is your school going to be used as a polling station?
May 02 2017
If so, you will need to add the school closure as an Exceptional Circumstance in SIMS using the '#' code.
Creating an Exceptional Circumstance in SIMS
Select Focus | Attendance (or Lesson Monitor...
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