Is your school going to be used as a polling station?

If so, you will need to add the school closure as an Exceptional Circumstance in SIMS using the '#' code.

Creating an Exceptional Circumstance in SIMS

• Select Focus | Attendance (or Lesson Monitor) | Exceptional Circumstances
• Click the New button to display the Create an Exceptional Circumstance page
• Enter the dates e.g. from 08/06/2017 AM to 08/06/2017 PM
• By default the Group Type is displayed as Whole School. If a different group is required, select this from the drop-down list and then click on Search to refresh the display.
• Select the required Attendance code from the drop-down list i.e. #
• Enter the reason in the Description field e.g. School used as Polling Station
• Highlight the pupils/students e.g. Whole School
• Click the Apply button; you will see a message confirming that the marks have been applied.