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Posted on 28th April 2017
SIMS Summer Census guidance
The SIMS Summer Census will be on Thursday 18th May 2017 Our phase-specific documentation will take you step by step through the preparation and production of the Census return. Preparing for th...
Posted on 28th April 2017
Performance Measures for England 2017 – Important News
Did you know that this summer Capita SIMS will not be creating a Performance Measures file (PM file) for English schools? Instead, Capita have introduced some new tools within SIMS intended to enab...
Posted on 5th April 2017
Capita SIMS announces a major refresh
Have you heard about the next generation of SIMS? Capita SIMS announces a major refresh and have completely redesigned its SIMS system from the ground up. The changes start with the release of a red...
Posted on 22nd March 2017
SIMS End of Key Stage
The 2016/2017 key stage tests phase commences soon with the Key Stage 2 tests taking place in the week beginning Monday 8th May. As you will know, key stage tests come at a very busy time for schoo...
Posted on 6th March 2017
SIMS Spring Release 2017
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...
Posted on 14th February 2017
2017/2018 National Insurance Rates for SIMS
The new 2017/2018 National Insurance table rates will need to be added to SIMS Personnel. The following table displays the new rates: Band Upper Monthly Earnings Limit Lower Monthly Earnings Limi...
Posted on 7th February 2017
Statutory Analysis Reports for KS1 and KS2
Capita have recently updated their KS1 and KS2 analysis tools to incorporate the revised measures for 2015/16. These can be downloaded from the links further down the page (refer to the steps shown o...
Posted on 7th February 2017
SIMS Exams - New Gradesets - patch 22729
The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) have released new Gradesets to match new Basedata. The following gradesets have been introduced: Gradesets 48 to 57, relating to variations of GCSEs Gr...
Posted on 27th January 2017
Progress 8 and Attainment 8
Progress 8 and Attainment 8 are hot topics right now. Last Thursday, when most schools and academies were running their Census, the DfE published the national performance tables for Key Stages 4 and ...
Posted on 20th January 2017
Spring Census 2017 - COLLECT issue resolved
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...
Posted on 19th January 2017
Spring Census 2017 - Issues with COLLECT upload
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...
Posted on 17th January 2017
CES (Catholic Education Service) Census 2017
The CES Census 2017 is this Thursday (19th January) - the same date as the Spring Census for the DfE. The Catholic Education Service has many resources to support schools with this return includi...