Blogs & Updates

IMPORTANT – SIMS Census Exclusion Issue
  January 22 2020

MIS

Is SIMS Census exclusion data being reported correctly in your Spring Census? Currently the SIMS 7 and SIMS Primary census applications are reporting permanent exclusions data where the Exclusion...
MIS Spring Census 2020 guidance
  January 13 2020

MIS

The MIS Spring Census 2020 will be on Thursday 16th January. This blog includes guidance documentation for 3 MIS systems and the fileset for SIMS users. Welcome back after what we hope was a nice re...
SIMS Spring Release 2017
  March 06 2017

MIS

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

MIS

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

MIS

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...
Spring Census - Fileset 502
  January 03 2017

MIS

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

MIS

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 ...
The SIMS Autumn Release is available now
  November 09 2016

MIS

If you are a school for whom we run the upgrade, we will be contacting you to arrange a convenient date. Important Information regarding this release School Census – this release will remove the A...
Autumn Census Update
  September 28 2016

MIS

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

MIS

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....