Posted on 9th September 2015
Fileset 204 for the Autumn Census
Please note: A new Fileset has been released by Capita ready for your School Census and School Workforce Return and is available for you. Please check that you have had your Summer upgrade and are on...
Posted on 1st September 2015
School Census - Autumn 2015
It's that time of year again! School census date Thursday 1st October 2015, please remember that this census is very important for your funding allocation. We will be sending out the documentation fo...
Posted on 25th August 2015
Managing after school clubs and trips takes a leap into the future!
Throw out your spreadsheets and notepads, great savings in admin time! CHQ Virtual Activities Environment (VAE) is an exciting new web-based product that allows you to fully manage all of your out of...
Posted on 24th July 2015
Pupil Premium Information
Financial Year 2015-16 Calculation Spreadsheet – this file allows you to copy and paste the DfE CSV file and this will then calculate the amounts of Pupil Premium for the school. Download the fil...
Posted on 23rd July 2015
Address Validation Error - resolved
Capita have solved the issue of the Address Validation not working and this was due to the move of their hosted services....
Posted on 22nd July 2015
Address Validation Error
We have discovered that a number of schools are being affected by the following “Address Validation Service is unavailable and has been disabled for this session”. This has been tested by ourselve...
Posted on 10th July 2015
SIMS 7.164 upgrade reporting error
If this is your first visit to the SIMS blog, welcome! This is where all of the latest news, tips and guidance on school data will be posted. SIMS 7.164 Upgrade Error With the new SIMS upgrade there...
Posted on 29th June 2015
Do you know how to generate the new SIMS school report?
The SIMS school report enables the monitoring of key measures in the school. You can customise the SIMS school report output by including or excluding specific measures that you are interested in. Al...
Posted on 5th June 2015
Welcome to the Team!
Please welcome our newest member of the MIS team Zara Nancy Harris-White. Zara Nancy born on Tuesday 14th April 2015 at 10:22am is the second daughter for Nikki Harris-White from our SIMS Servic...
Posted on 5th June 2015
SIMS Assessment – ‘Supports one of the central processes of any school’
SIMS Assessment & Reporting Suite provides a comprehensive tracking solution that works directly with pupil information held within SIMS. So up-to-the-minute data becomes readily available and reflect...
Posted on 5th June 2015
Raising Teaching Standards
Successfully manage staff performance and raise standards across your school, with SIMS Staff Performance. “Held within a single, central and secure location, teachers’ annual appraisal objective...
Posted on 5th June 2015
Do your governors have what it takes?
With governors now more accountable, having a governing body with a range of skills is key to supporting high standards of educational achievement across your school. The latest guidance from the Dep...