Blogs & Updates
Identify and track behavioural issues with SIMS
April 13 2016
Did you know you can use SIMS to identify and track students with behavioural issues?
Lucy Crawford from Capita shows you how to use the SIMS homepage to track the students you want to monitor, create...
Manage extra-curricular activities with SIMS Activities
April 06 2016
Capita have produced a new add on module called SIMS Activities which is now available to order.
Watch the video and find out how this can help your school to efficiently manage extra-curricular ...
New assessment graphs for SIMS Discover
March 24 2016
Several new assessment graphs have been made available to schools.
These fall in to 3 categories:
Early Years Termly Tracking graphs
CAS Discover graphs
Programmes of Study graphs
Templates ...
Are you ready for the SIMS upgrade?
March 23 2016
As many of you will already know, the SIMS Spring release is now available. Not only does this include many enhancements to SIMS, it also includes the latest release of FMS, which features changes t...
SIMS Spring Release is now available
March 17 2016
The SIMS Spring release is available now and we’ll be in touch soon to arrange a date for your school to receive it. In the meantime, here are some of the key enhancements.
Assessment
May 2016 wi...
SIMS Training Courses - new dates available
March 16 2016
Understanding how to make the most of your SIMS data is key to supporting whole school improvement
At School Business Services, we know the difference it can make to staff when they feel confident ...
SIMS accreditation
February 23 2016
MIS support team achieves Capita SIMS accreditation for the second time
Following a thorough assessment of our high quality service, and participation from our valued schools, the SIMS support team a...
SIMS User Permissions Audit
February 22 2016
As part of our continuing improvement for our SIMS Service and adding value for our customers, we are providing an audit service for SIMS users and permissions.
Over the next couple of weeks we w...
SIMS Assessment is a BETT Show winner for 2016
February 15 2016
We are pleased to announce that Capita/SIMS is a BETT Show Awards 2016 winner.
We are very pleased to share the news that SIMS Assessment with the SIMS Teacher app has been voted best ICT Tool for...
Childcare Question and Validation Rule 2950
January 29 2016
Please note that the DfE has recently added validation rule 2950 to its COLLECT validation.
This validation checks that the childcare questions are answered for all four types of childcare. This vali...
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