Blogs & Updates
Capita's Insight webinars for primary senior leaders
October 05 2015
As a school leader you will want to know what’s working in a school and what isn’t - but with so much going on, it’s often hard to have everything you need all in one place.
SIMS gives you an ...
Advice on Learning Aims for the new 2 Year A Levels.
September 21 2015
With the introduction of the new form A Levels, which will be 2 year courses as opposed to a single year AS Level followed by a single year A2, there is some confusion in how these should be recorded...
Census - New Fileset 205
September 21 2015
Downloading and Applying a Fileset
Use the link provided to download the ZIP file to an available folder; it doesn’t matter what folder is chosen as the ZIP does not contain any sensitive data.
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Fileset 204 for the Autumn Census
September 09 2015
Please note: A new Fileset has been released by Capita ready for your School Census and School Workforce Return and is available for you. Please check that you have had your Summer upgrade and are on...
Happy New Year
September 04 2015
The new school year has started. I’m sure that as well as re-kindling some old acquaintances all schools will be welcoming new colleagues, new pupils and new parents. Many new academies will have a...
School Census - Autumn 2015
September 01 2015
It's that time of year again!
School census date Thursday 1st October 2015, please remember that this census is very important for your funding allocation.
We will be sending out the documentation fo...
Managing after school clubs and trips takes a leap into the future!
August 25 2015
Throw out your spreadsheets and notepads, great savings in admin time!
CHQ Virtual Activities Environment (VAE) is an exciting new web-based product that allows you to fully manage all of your out of...
SBS Online update! KPIs & Analysis Tags
August 06 2015
Hope you are enjoying some hard-earned time off over the summer!
We've released a new SBS Online update. It contains a range improvements with the two major features being Key Performance Indicators...
July Budget, Coasting Schools and Teachers Pay
July 13 2015
As another school year draws to a close, we consider the announcements made by the new government and how they might impact on schools and academies next year.
July Budget
There were no new announceme...
SIMS 7.164 upgrade reporting error
July 10 2015
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...
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