Blogs & Updates
Performance Measures for England 2017 – Important News
April 28 2017
Did you know that this summer Capita SIMS will not be creating a Performance Measures file (PM file) for English schools?
Instead, Capita have introduced some new tools within SIMS intended to enab...
SIMS Spring Release 2017
March 06 2017
The next SIMS update is due for release on Friday 10th March 2017.
If we usually run the upgrade for you, please contact our MIS Service Desk on 0345 222 1551 • Option 3 as soon as possible so tha...
SIMS Exams - New Gradesets - patch 22729
February 07 2017
The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) have released new Gradesets to match new Basedata.
The following gradesets have been introduced:
Gradesets 48 to 57, relating to variations of GCSEs
Gr...
Progress 8 and Attainment 8
January 27 2017
Progress 8 and Attainment 8 are hot topics right now.
Last Thursday, when most schools and academies were running their Census, the DfE published the national performance tables for Key Stages 4 and ...
Spring Census 2017 - COLLECT issue resolved
January 20 2017
Further to our blog post yesterday afternoon we can confirm that the DfE have fixed the issue affecting Census file uploads to COLLECT.
Please contact us if you require any assistance with your Sp...
Spring Census 2017 - Issues with COLLECT upload
January 19 2017
This post is for all schools and academies who upload their Census files straight to COLLECT.
We have been made aware of an issue whereby some authorised files are not uploading and COLLECT is genera...
CES (Catholic Education Service) Census 2017
January 17 2017
The CES Census 2017 is this Thursday (19th January) - the same date as the Spring Census for the DfE.
The Catholic Education Service has many resources to support schools with this return includi...
Spring Census - Fileset 502
January 03 2017
A new Fileset (502) has been made available by Capita for the Spring Census.
It contains updates to both the summary report and validation files.
Downloading and Applying a Fileset
Please check tha...
Consolidated Exams patch available
December 15 2016
Capita have now released a consolidated exams patch (22509) which adds the newly identified discount codes TA1, TA2 and TA3 as well as correcting JCQ Gradeset 43 and fixing basedata issues previous...
Spring 2017 Census
December 09 2016
Our step by step Census documentation is available now so that you can get ahead and start preparing for Spring Census day which is on Thursday 19th January.
Preparing for the Spring Census ...
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