Posted on 15th May 2017
Advice for schools on the Ransomware crisis
Following the recent NHS Ransomware crisis, as well as many other organisations being impacted, we feel it is important to send out an update on this subject. As covered in our previous blogs, ther...
Posted on 12th May 2017
May Returns
Not some political prophecy, but a look at this month’s academy returns. ESFA Returns Academies are reminded that their Budget Forecast Return – Outturn must be submitted by Friday 19th May. Pe...
Posted on 9th May 2017
New SIMS Training Course - SIMS Interventions
Some of you may have already looked at the new SIMS Interventions area following the latest SIMS Spring release. Designed to help teachers and SLT track underperforming pupils, SIMS Interventions en...
Posted on 3rd May 2017
Known Issue with SIMS Attendance 'Today's Register Report'
Many schools have reported an issue with running the Today's Register Report via Reports | Attendance | Whole Group Pupil Reports. When clicking 'OK' to Run a Screen Based report, the following err...
Posted on 2nd May 2017
Is your school going to be used as a polling station?
If so, you will need to add the school closure as an Exceptional Circumstance in SIMS using the '#' code. Creating an Exceptional Circumstance in SIMS Select Focus | Attendance (or Lesson Monitor...
Posted on 28th April 2017
SIMS Summer Census guidance
The SIMS Summer Census will be on Thursday 18th May 2017 Our phase-specific documentation will take you step by step through the preparation and production of the Census return. Preparing for th...
Posted on 28th April 2017
Performance Measures for England 2017 – Important News
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...
Posted on 25th April 2017
The DfE, SARA and what it means for academies
In this blog we look a little deeper into why academies are required to complete additional returns, and catch up on other news from the EFA and TPS. Sector Annual Report & Accounts (SARA) As P...
Posted on 25th April 2017
SBS Online's Funding Predictor
New Funding Predictor ensures you are receiving the correct funding from your local authority. SBS Online’s Funding Predictor allows you to forecast your income for five years by referencing studen...
Posted on 5th April 2017
Capita SIMS announces a major refresh
Have you heard about the next generation of SIMS? Capita SIMS announces a major refresh and have completely redesigned its SIMS system from the ground up. The changes start with the release of a red...
Posted on 30th March 2017
Academy Budget Forecast Return - One Becomes Two
The latest ‘Dear Accounting Officer’ letter from the EFA sets out their plans to replace the Academy Budget Forecast Return, due in July, with two returns. Download the letter! → In previous y...
Posted on 22nd March 2017
SIMS End of Key Stage
The 2016/2017 key stage tests phase commences soon with the Key Stage 2 tests taking place in the week beginning Monday 8th May. As you will know, key stage tests come at a very busy time for schoo...