Posted on 20th November 2015
Using SIMS for Behaviour Management
This week is anti-bullying week. The theme for this year is Make a noise about bullying It is widely recognised that a robust behaviour recording and reporting system can help schools tackle bully...
Posted on 19th November 2015
Giving teachers more freedom
Giving teachers more freedom this Autumn with SIMS Assessment. Read Capita's Product Manager, Rachael Marshman’s blog on how SIMS is supporting school’s approach to assessment and what changes ...
Posted on 18th November 2015
What’s new in the SIMS Autumn Release?
Here are just some of the changes to look out for in the SIMS Autumn Release Improvements to SIMS Assessment The developments in assessment have been made with teachers in mind; improving usabilit...
Posted on 6th November 2015
Evidence the quality of teaching and support CPD in your school
Dear Colleague, When it comes to Ofsted inspection and achieving an ‘outstanding’ judgement overall, schools have to prove that their quality of teaching merits this. Senior leaders will need ...
Posted on 3rd November 2015
Win a Digital Camera!
School Business Services are currently undergoing the Capita SIMS re-accreditation The process for SIMS accreditation is very similar to schools undertaking an Ofsted inspection. The assessment requi...
Posted on 22nd October 2015
Census and School Workforce Return - New Fileset 207
There is a new updated fileset which solves a number of issues with validations for the Census and SWR which has just been released. Download the Zip file and then follow the instructions below to imp...
Posted on 7th October 2015
School Workforce Census 2015
With the School Workforce Census 2015 date looming on 5th November it’s important to prepare to ensure that you meet the deadline. Our preparation documentation is now available for you to downl...
Posted on 5th October 2015
Capita's Insight webinars for primary senior leaders
As a school leader you will want to know what’s working in a school and what isn’t - but with so much going on, it’s often hard to have everything you need all in one place. SIMS gives you an ...
Posted on 1st October 2015
SIMS Training Courses
We recently moved to larger premises and are excited to announce our new MIS & ICT training facility in Newport Pagnell. To celebrate the opening we are offering a 10% reduction this Autumn on ou...
Posted on 21st September 2015
Advice on Learning Aims for the new 2 Year A Levels.
With the introduction of the new form A Levels, which will be 2 year courses as opposed to a single year AS Level followed by a single year A2, there is some confusion in how these should be recorded...
Posted on 21st September 2015
Census - New Fileset 205
Downloading and Applying a Fileset Use the link provided to download the ZIP file to an available folder; it doesn’t matter what folder is chosen as the ZIP does not contain any sensitive data. D...
Posted on 16th September 2015
Census Preparation Documentation
With the census date looming on 1st October it’s important to prepare to ensure that you meet the deadline. Our preparation documentation is now available for you to download via the links below. ...