Blogs & Updates
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....
New SIMS Data Collection Sheet
June 23 2016
Following our recent blog post about the new Autumn Census data items we have created a new Data Collection Sheet for import into SIMS which includes the new fields for Pupil Nationality and Country...
New data items required for the Autumn Census
June 17 2016
The DfE have introduced 3 new data items to be collected in the Autumn 2016 Census, they are:
1. Pupil Nationality
To be recorded for: all pupils on roll and pupils that have left since the start of...
Not ready for the School Census next week? We can help.
May 12 2016
With just a week left until the Summer Census, we are busy arranging remote Census sessions: a great way of making the most of your SLA visit time.
It isn't too late for you to book - you can cal...
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...
Childcare Question and Validation Rule 2950
January 29 2016
Please note that the DfE has recently added validation rule 2950 to its COLLECT validation.
This validation checks that the childcare questions are answered for all four types of childcare. This vali...
Piloting Our Way Through January
January 27 2016
The warmest winter on record so far in some parts of the country. And in schools and academies everywhere the pace is hotting up – accounting returns to be made and budgets for 2016/17 to be prepar...
DfE FSM Ever 6 at Spring Census 2016
January 27 2016
Capita/SIMS have produced a new SIMS report file for the DfE Free School Meals Ever 6 looking at the data within the Spring Census 2016.
This report can be downloaded and then needs to be saved somew...
Census - new fileset 226
January 18 2016
Downloading and Applying a Fileset
Please note that a new Fileset 226 has been released by Capita ready for your School Census. This new fileset solves a variety of validation errors and contains the ...
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