Blogs & Updates
Children Missing Education - New statutory guidance from the DfE
November 03 2016
On 1st September 2016, new statutory procedures were introduced by the DfE with regard to Children Missing Education.
The DfE Children Missing Education statutory guidance document states that:
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SIMS Summer release is available now
July 06 2016
The SIMS Summer Release is now available and includes several enhancements and new areas of functionality.
We are currently contacting schools to book a time to carry out the upgrade remotely.
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New SIMS Data Collection Sheet
June 23 2016
Following our recent blog post about the new Autumn Census data items we have created a new Data Collection Sheet for import into SIMS which includes the new fields for Pupil Nationality and Country...
End of Key Stage – Scaled Scores
April 28 2016
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...
Assessment Data & Student Progress
November 26 2015
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...
Using SIMS for Behaviour Management
November 20 2015
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...
SIMS 7.164 upgrade reporting error
July 10 2015
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...
SIMS Assessment – ‘Supports one of the central processes of any school’
June 05 2015
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...
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