Blogs & Updates
Adding a School Closure (Exceptional Circumstance) in SIMS
May 06 2016
If your school is fully or partially closed to students because it is being used as a Polling Station, DfE advice states that the # code be used.
Code #: Planned whole or partial school closure
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SIMS Remote Services - maximising efficiency
May 05 2016
Summer Census, Autumn Census, School Workforce Census, Spring Census…long gone are the days when school office staff could find some ‘quiet time’ to catch up on things.
Here at School Business...
End of Key Stage – Scaled Scores
April 28 2016
The month of May heralds end of key stage test time.
As you will be aware, pupils studying the new national curriculum will not be assessed using levels; instead, levels will be replaced by scaled s...
Summer Census time
April 20 2016
The Summer census is on Thursday 19th May.
Our step by step documentation to help you prepare for summer census time and run the census is now available for download via the links below. You wi...
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 ...
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