Blogs & Updates

Address Validation Error - resolved
  July 23 2015

MIS

Capita have solved the issue of the Address Validation not working and this was due to the move of their hosted services....
Address Validation Error
  July 22 2015

MIS

We have discovered that a number of schools are being affected by the following “Address Validation Service is unavailable and has been disabled for this session”. This has been tested by ourselve...
SIMS 7.164 upgrade reporting error
  July 10 2015

MIS

If this is your first visit to the SIMS blog, welcome! This is where all of the latest news, tips and guidance on school data will be posted. SIMS 7.164 Upgrade Error With the new SIMS upgrade there...
Do you know how to generate the new SIMS school report?
  June 29 2015

MIS

The SIMS school report enables the monitoring of key measures in the school. You can customise the SIMS school report output by including or excluding specific measures that you are interested in. Al...
Welcome to the Team!
  June 05 2015

MIS

Please welcome our newest member of the MIS team Zara Nancy Harris-White. Zara Nancy born on Tuesday 14th April 2015 at 10:22am is the second daughter for Nikki Harris-White from our SIMS Servic...
SIMS Assessment – ‘Supports one of the central processes of any school’
  June 05 2015

MIS

SIMS Assessment & Reporting Suite provides a comprehensive tracking solution that works directly with pupil information held within SIMS. So up-to-the-minute data becomes readily available and reflect...
Raising Teaching Standards
  June 05 2015

MIS

Successfully manage staff performance and raise standards across your school, with SIMS Staff Performance. “Held within a single, central and secure location, teachers’ annual appraisal objective...
Do your governors have what it takes?
  June 05 2015

MIS

With governors now more accountable, having a governing body with a range of skills is key to supporting high standards of educational achievement across your school. The latest guidance from the Dep...
The SIMS Teacher App - Making everyday classroom tasks even easier
  June 05 2015

MIS

Imagine stepping into the classroom and your tablet knows which lesson you’re taking and shows the name and picture of all students in that class. Mark a student late and it shows by how many minute...
National Insurance Tables 2015/16
  June 05 2015

MIS

The following table shows the figures that should be entered into SIMS Personnel for employees with Contracted In or Contracted Out salary-related pension schemes and where the school will benefit fro...