Blogs & Updates
School budget setting process
April 29 2016
How was it for you?
School budget setting process 2016-17
We are keen to hear about how you found your school budget setting process this year. With many schools submitting their budget in early May...
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...
Changes to CFR & March Accounts Return
April 26 2016
April is a busy period in all schools.
For those in the maintained sector it is the start of a new financial year - with the EFA announcing changes to CFR.
All academies are required to provide ...
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...
April Round Up
April 12 2016
For those considering expanding their Academy Trusts or opening a new UTC the DfE have recently issued guidance.
Primary Schools are reminded to publish details on how they spend their Sports Grant.
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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 ...
Spring Update - Payroll Reconciliation and Salary Sacrifices
April 01 2016
April begins with a new update to SBS Online and the most significant update we have made so far this year.
Read the rest of this news article for an overview of the functionality or keep an eye on t...
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...
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