Posted on 28th April 2016
End of Key Stage – Scaled Scores
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...
Posted on 20th April 2016
Summer Census time
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...
Posted on 13th April 2016
Identify and track behavioural issues with SIMS
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...
Posted on 6th April 2016
Manage extra-curricular activities with SIMS Activities
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 ...
Posted on 24th March 2016
New assessment graphs for SIMS Discover
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 ...
Posted on 23rd March 2016
Are you ready for the SIMS upgrade?
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...
Posted on 17th March 2016
SIMS Spring Release is now available
The SIMS Spring release is available now and we’ll be in touch soon to arrange a date for your school to receive it. In the meantime, here are some of the key enhancements. Assessment May 2016 wi...
Posted on 16th March 2016
SIMS Training Courses - new dates available
Understanding how to make the most of your SIMS data is key to supporting whole school improvement At School Business Services, we know the difference it can make to staff when they feel confident ...
Posted on 23rd February 2016
SIMS accreditation
MIS support team achieves Capita SIMS accreditation for the second time Following a thorough assessment of our high quality service, and participation from our valued schools, the SIMS support team a...
Posted on 22nd February 2016
SIMS User Permissions Audit
As part of our continuing improvement for our SIMS Service and adding value for our customers, we are providing an audit service for SIMS users and permissions. Over the next couple of weeks we w...
Posted on 15th February 2016
SIMS Assessment is a BETT Show winner for 2016
We are pleased to announce that Capita/SIMS is a BETT Show Awards 2016 winner. We are very pleased to share the news that SIMS Assessment with the SIMS Teacher app has been voted best ICT Tool for...
Posted on 29th January 2016
Childcare Question and Validation Rule 2950
Please note that the DfE has recently added validation rule 2950 to its COLLECT validation. This validation checks that the childcare questions are answered for all four types of childcare. This vali...