Blogs & Updates
CES (Catholic Education Service) Census 2017
January 17 2017
The CES Census 2017 is this Thursday (19th January) - the same date as the Spring Census for the DfE.
The Catholic Education Service has many resources to support schools with this return includi...
Tidy up time
January 12 2017
Although Census time allows schools to update a lot of information held in SIMS, the same old data issues often persist (contacts not showing correctly, no little houses, names in upper and lower ca...
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...
Consolidated Exams patch available
December 15 2016
Capita have now released a consolidated exams patch (22509) which adds the newly identified discount codes TA1, TA2 and TA3 as well as correcting JCQ Gradeset 43 and fixing basedata issues previous...
Reduce Paper Records and Improve Efficiency
December 08 2016
Back in the Summer, we published a blog about the new Direct Scan Solution from Brother.
Please note this product is currently unavailable from our Procurement service and this blog is now for refer...
Updated KS4 Resources including Scatter Graphs
December 07 2016
New Version of CAS Key Groups Inspection Dashboard Report
This report has now been updated to include the 2016 National figures which have just been published.
When imported, the updated report wil...
SIMS for Safeguarding
December 02 2016
With Ofsted placing greater emphasis on safeguarding than ever before, it is essential that staff in schools are aware of their responsibilities and have confidence in the monitoring systems that are...
SIMS Training Courses in 2017
November 14 2016
Dates for our 2017 SIMS courses are available to view now on our SIMS Training page.
As well as some of the ever-popular, regular SIMS training courses you will also find some new courses on offer:
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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...
Children Missing Education - New statutory guidance from the DfE
November 03 2016
On 1st September 2016, new statutory procedures were introduced by the DfE with regard to Children Missing Education.
The DfE Children Missing Education statutory guidance document states that:
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