Blogs & Updates

Fileset 204 for the Autumn Census
  September 09 2015

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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...
School Census - Autumn 2015
  September 01 2015

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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

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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...
Pupil Premium Information
  July 24 2015

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Financial Year 2015-16 Calculation Spreadsheet – this file allows you to copy and paste the DfE CSV file and this will then calculate the amounts of Pupil Premium for the school. Download the fil...
Address Validation Error - resolved
  July 23 2015

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Capita have solved the issue of the Address Validation not working and this was due to the move of their hosted services....
Address Validation Error
  July 22 2015

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We have discovered that a number of schools are being affected by the following “Address Validation Service is unavailable and has been disabled for this session”. This has been tested by ourselve...
SIMS 7.164 upgrade reporting error
  July 10 2015

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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...
Do you know how to generate the new SIMS school report?
  June 29 2015

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The SIMS school report enables the monitoring of key measures in the school. You can customise the SIMS school report output by including or excluding specific measures that you are interested in. Al...
What’s new in the SIMS Spring Release?
  June 03 2015

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SIMS Spring Release Update An overview of the exciting changes in the SIMS spring release. Assessment Without Levels Solution (Primary only) The long-awaited SIMS solution to Assessment Without Level...