Posted on 8th January 2016
Census Key Information
Selected Period and Pupil Funding Specifying the Selected Period on Census Day The selected period on the Census Day is used in conjunction with the class information collected in the return. It is b...
Posted on 7th January 2016
CES (Catholic Education Service) Census 2016
The CES Census 2016 falls on the same date as the Spring Census for the DfE - Thursday 21st January. The Catholic Education Service has many resources to support schools in their completion and su...
Posted on 4th January 2016
Spring Census Preparation Documents
The Spring census is fast approaching - Census day is Thursday 21st January. To help you prepare, our step by step documentation is now available for you to download via the links below. You ...
Posted on 7th December 2015
Progress 8 data within the SIMS School Report
We have seen this recent video from Capita regarding Progress 8 and thought it may be of interest to our readers because of how you can now view the Progress 8 data within the SIMS School Report and ...
Posted on 4th December 2015
Spring Census is just around the corner!
The date for the Spring 2016 Census is Thursday 21st January 2016 We will be publishing the school census documentation at the beginning of the new year, however, should you require an onsite consul...
Posted on 26th November 2015
Assessment Data & Student Progress
What will you show Ofsted in the future when their inspectors call? Life after levels, beginning in September 2015, will still require students to be assessed. Importantly, those assessments will n...
Posted on 23rd November 2015
SOLUS3 Upgrade
Following the Capita technical road map, all schools using SIMS should upgrade to the new version of SOLUS by the end of March 2016. In addition, Microsoft have removed support for SQL Server 2008 an...
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 11th November 2015
Welcome to the team
We would like to introduce two new members of the MIS team who you will be either seeing or speaking to and we are sure that you will make them both welcome Leyla Tovey MIS Assistant Manager ...
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 ...