Blogs & Updates
IMPORTANT – SIMS Census Exclusion Issue
January 22 2020
Is SIMS Census exclusion data being reported correctly in your Spring Census?
Currently the SIMS 7 and SIMS Primary census applications are reporting permanent exclusions data where the Exclusion...
MIS Spring Census 2020 guidance
January 13 2020
The MIS Spring Census 2020 will be on Thursday 16th January. This blog includes guidance documentation for 3 MIS systems and the fileset for SIMS users.
Welcome back after what we hope was a nice re...
SIMS Spring Release 2017
March 06 2017
The next SIMS update is due for release on Friday 10th March 2017.
If we usually run the upgrade for you, please contact our MIS Service Desk on 0345 222 1551 • Option 3 as soon as possible so tha...
Spring Census 2017 - COLLECT issue resolved
January 20 2017
Further to our blog post yesterday afternoon we can confirm that the DfE have fixed the issue affecting Census file uploads to COLLECT.
Please contact us if you require any assistance with your Sp...
Spring Census 2017 - Issues with COLLECT upload
January 19 2017
This post is for all schools and academies who upload their Census files straight to COLLECT.
We have been made aware of an issue whereby some authorised files are not uploading and COLLECT is genera...
Spring Census - Fileset 502
January 03 2017
A new Fileset (502) has been made available by Capita for the Spring Census.
It contains updates to both the summary report and validation files.
Downloading and Applying a Fileset
Please check tha...
Spring 2017 Census
December 09 2016
Our step by step Census documentation is available now so that you can get ahead and start preparing for Spring Census day which is on Thursday 19th January.
Preparing for the Spring Census ...
The SIMS Autumn Release is available now
November 09 2016
If you are a school for whom we run the upgrade, we will be contacting you to arrange a convenient date.
Important Information regarding this release
School Census – this release will remove the A...
Autumn Census Update
September 28 2016
Many of you will now be well underway with your preparations for the Autumn Census, the date for which is next Thursday 6th October 2016.
You will no doubt be aware of the significant data gathering...
SIMS Autumn Census information
September 12 2016
Autumn Census date is Thursday 6th October 2016
As always, it’s important to prepare to ensure that you meet the deadline.
Our documentation will take you through the whole process step-by-step....
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