Posted on 7th June 2016
Top tips for effective exams analysis
With the busy exam season now upon us analysing your final exam results begins to rank highly on the list of priorities. This year the emphasis on exam outcomes is somewhat greater with new performan...
Posted on 25th May 2016
The SIMS Web Address file has been updated
The SIMS Web Address Validation (WAV) Service allows schools to validate addresses in SIMS by accessing a Capita maintained database over the Internet. The database, which contains the details of ap...
Posted on 19th May 2016
Winner of our SIMS Accreditation Survey
Firstly, a big thank you to all schools who participated in our SIMS Accreditation Survey. We are delighted to have achieved our accreditation and are very touched by the feedback. How does a SIMS ...
Posted on 12th May 2016
Not ready for the School Census next week? We can help.
With just a week left until the Summer Census, we are busy arranging remote Census sessions: a great way of making the most of your SLA visit time. It isn't too late for you to book - you can cal...
Posted on 6th May 2016
Adding a School Closure (Exceptional Circumstance) in SIMS
If your school is fully or partially closed to students because it is being used as a Polling Station, DfE advice states that the # code be used. Code #: Planned whole or partial school closure ...
Posted on 5th May 2016
SIMS Remote Services - maximising efficiency
Summer Census, Autumn Census, School Workforce Census, Spring Census…long gone are the days when school office staff could find some ‘quiet time’ to catch up on things. Here at School Business...
Posted on 3rd May 2016
School Census - Fileset 302
A new Fileset (302) has been made available by Capita for the Summer Census. It contains updates to both the summary report and validation files. Downloading and Applying a Fileset Please check tha...
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 ...