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Overview of 2025 DfE Attendance codes

An overview of the latest attendance codes, updated by the DfE.

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SIMS Pay - Planned Maintenance
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Posted on 12th March 2021

SIMS Pay - Planned Maintenance

We have been advised that the SIMS Pay UK site will be down for maintenance on 12/03/2021 between 2pm and 5pm. 

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Building a Resilient Trust Webinar
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Posted on 2nd March 2021

Building a Resilient Trust Webinar

Book your free spot at one of these upcoming webinars in the "Building a Resilient Trust" series from Arbor!

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Heading back to normality (ish)
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Posted on 1st March 2021

Heading back to normality (ish)

With the news that we’re all heading back to class, here’s a reminder of some of the areas in Arbor you may need to change for the 8th March.

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SIMS Bitesize Webinars
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Posted on 4th February 2021

SIMS Bitesize Webinars

Learn SIMS from the convenience of your home. Due to the current circumstances, we have been delivering SIMS Bitesize Webinars that are easy to access whilst you are working from home. Below are...

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SIMS - Upcoming changes to supported SQL Versions
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Posted on 3rd February 2021

SIMS - Upcoming changes to supported SQL Versions

Feel free to contact us to book your SQL migration Capita’s Roadmap for SIMS.net shows that Support for SIMS on ‘SQL Server 2012’ and ‘SQL Server 2014’ will come to an end after the Spring...

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SIMS: Covid-19 - Useful links and resources to help in the current situation
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Posted on 26th January 2021

SIMS: Covid-19 - Useful links and resources to help in the current situation

Below are some great useful links, tips and resources to help you get SIMS working for you. How can I use SIMS to help complete the daily Educational Settings Form? Schools will be only too well a...

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*UPDATED* Fileset 1706
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Posted on 25th January 2021

*UPDATED* Fileset 1706

Fileset 1706 is now available The latest Fileset is now available 1706 so hit the download button and unzip the folder. Now open SIMS and go to Tools | Setups | Import and click the yellow folder b...

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*UPDATED* Fileset 1706
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Posted on 22nd January 2021

*UPDATED* Fileset 1706

Fileset 1706 is now available The latest Fileset is now available 1706 so hit the download button and unzip the folder. Now open SIMS and go to Tools | Setups | Import and click the yellow folder b...

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Malware discovered on laptops provided by government
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Posted on 22nd January 2021

Malware discovered on laptops provided by government

It has been brought to our attention that Malware has been found on school laptops given out by government. What is the latest? Teachers have reported suspicious files and the Department for Educa...

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Would you like to take part in the new pilot for attendance data?
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Posted on 18th January 2021

Would you like to take part in the new pilot for attendance data?

GOV.UK has sent out the following invitation for all state funded schools to take part. (This does not include Nursery Schools.) Invitation to take part in a pilot to automate the daily collection o...

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Latest Spring Census Guidance and Fileset
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Posted on 15th January 2021

Latest Spring Census Guidance and Fileset

We have just received the latest guidance on the Spring Term 2021 School Census The school census date is Thursday 21st January 2021 with a submission return by Wednesday 17th February 2021. Key P...

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Spring Census 2021
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Posted on 13th January 2021

Spring Census 2021

The DfE has confirmed that the Spring Census 2021 will go ahead as planned Following consultations with schools and their representatives, the DfE has decided to go ahead with the school Census Spr...

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