SIMS blog
Posted on September 18, 2020 by Georgina Rowlands in SIMS.
01/10/20 is the Autumn Census day this year, so let’s make a start, get those dry runs on the go and get ahead of the game!
This year will be slightly different due to the cancellation of the May Census, so let’s go through the changes:
- Termly attendance will not be collected, instead Attendance Data will be collected between 13/04/20 – 31/07/20
- Exclusions Data will be collected between 01/09/19 – 31/07/20
- FSM Data will be collected between 17/01/20 – 01/10/20
And if you’re a Secondary:
- Learning Aims will be collected between 01/08/19 – 01/10/20
- Prior Attainment is based solely on the ‘history’ of GCSE Language grades
- Post 16 Programme Aims must be allocate a type of Study Programme, T Level or T Level Transition
Now let’s talk Attendance:
Remember those extra temporary codes (7,8,9) you may have added to help with the analysis of Covid 19 Attendance? Well you shouldn’t be using them now, you should have reverted back to X and Is. If you have accidentally put a few in for this year just pop back into edit marks and swap them back. For all those ones you used during lockdown in the period up to 31/07/20 we now have Patch 25918 available to remove these on bulk for you and the screen shot below shows you which code will be entered instead.
Please do make sure you have completed any analysis before you request this patch, because once they’re gone they’re gone!
New! Exclusion Reason
There’s also a new Exclusion Reason for this year that will start to be reported on in the Spring. Again its just a phone call away to request Patch 26010.
PH – Wilful and repeated transgression of protective measures in place to protect public health
The DfE is aware that this new code is being introduced at very short notice and knows that the new code may not be available in the software if required at the start of this academic year. So they suggest that an alternative code is used until this new code is available. Any ‘alternative’ code must be replaced by the ‘actual’ code in time for reporting in School Census Spring 2021.
We’ve been waiting for the latest handy guides for you, but unfortunately we don’t have them as yet. So we’ve popped the one we do have which is for an All through School below to give you a hand and as soon as we have the rest we’ll get them out asap.
Download the latest guide from Capita! →
However, we do have the latest Fileset for you which is 1603 so hit the download button and unzip the folder. Now open SIMS and go to Tools | Setups | Import and click the yellow folder button to browse to the fileset, simply highlight it and choose Open then use the Import Fileset button. Remember, you’ll need to close and open SIMS again for it to take affect.
Download the fileset now! →
If you require any assistance please call us on 0345 222 1551 • Option 3 or email MISservicedesk@schoolbusinessservices.co.uk
Posted on September 16, 2020 by Laura Bagnall in SIMS.
Remote Nova Timetabling Course
Refresh your timetabling skills with our remote course in November.
See our latest MIS blog for details.
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Posted on September 11, 2020 by Becky Hall in Company News, Finance, HR & Payroll, ICT, SBS Online, SIMS, Webinars.
Join us in recognising the unsung Teaching Assistant heroes next Wednesday.
Created by our partners at Teaching Personnel in 2012 to spotlight 244K people dedicated to supporting children in schools.
Follow, share, celebrate, nominate!
See our recent blog for more details.
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Posted on September 8, 2020 by Georgina Rowlands in SIMS.
Updating Pupil Premium information in Arbor
It’s that time of year again and we know how much is going on in schools right now.
Please read our recent blog for further details on how we can help you with this.
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Posted on September 8, 2020 by Georgina Rowlands in SIMS.
It’s Pupil Premium time!
With the return to school in full swing it’s easy to forget you need to re-enter your Pupil Premium ticks for this year.
Please read our recent blog for further details on how we can help you with this.
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Posted on August 19, 2020 by Laura Bagnall in SIMS, Webinars.
NEW SIMS Labels, Letters and Certificates.
SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to help you create Labels, Letters and Certificates within SIMS.
See our latest blog for further details.
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Posted on July 27, 2020 by Georgina Rowlands in SIMS.
The SIMS Summer Upgrade is now available!
SIMS Version 7.194 has been released. Our team are now booking in and carrying out the upgrades for our schools.
Please see our latest blog for details.
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Posted on July 13, 2020 by Laura Bagnall in SIMS.
NEW SIMS Basics training course for NQTs
SBS has created a remotely delivered training course to provide basic skills for Newly Qualified Teachers to navigate SIMS.
See our latest MIS blog for details.
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Posted on July 8, 2020 by Georgina Rowlands in SIMS.
Covid Summer Food Fund
Families will face increased pressure on household budgets over the coming months. That is why the DfE are launching a Covid Summer Food Fund which will enable children who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals to be supported over the summer holiday period.
See our latest blog for details.
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Posted on July 6, 2020 by Laura Bagnall in SIMS.
Remote training – Preparing SIMS for Summer 2020 Results Day
This Capita SIMS course is for staff who are responsible for handling external examination results and producing analyses of data.
See our latest blog for details.
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