Blogs & Updates
SIMS Summer Census guidance
April 28 2017
The SIMS Summer Census will be on Thursday 18th May 2017
Our phase-specific documentation will take you step by step through the preparation and production of the Census return.
Preparing for th...
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...
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...
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 ...
School Workforce Census 2016
October 05 2016
The School Workforce Census is on Thursday 3rd November 2016 but it is never too early to start preparing.
Our documentation to assist you is now available to download via the links below.
You migh...
On Your To Do List?
September 29 2016
So what else do you have to do? School census, year-end accounts, budget preparations (with increased costs from the apprenticeship levy and increases in pension rates), cyber security! Help is at ha...
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