Blogs & Updates

CES (Catholic Education Service) Census 2017
  January 17 2017

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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...
Tidy up time
  January 12 2017

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Although Census time allows schools to update a lot of information held in SIMS, the same old data issues often persist (contacts not showing correctly, no little houses, names in upper and lower ca...
Spring Census - Fileset 502
  January 03 2017

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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...
Spring 2017 Census
  December 09 2016

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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 ...
School Workforce Census 2016
  October 05 2016

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The School Workforce Census is on Thursday 3rd November 2016 but it is never too early to start preparing. Our documentation to assist you is now available to download via the links below. You migh...
On Your To Do List?
  September 29 2016
So what else do you have to do? School census, year-end accounts, budget preparations (with increased costs from the apprenticeship levy and increases in pension rates), cyber security! Help is at ha...
Autumn Census Update
  September 28 2016

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Many of you will now be well underway with your preparations for the Autumn Census, the date for which is next Thursday 6th October 2016. You will no doubt be aware of the significant data gathering...
SIMS Autumn Census information
  September 12 2016

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Autumn Census date is Thursday 6th October 2016 As always, it’s important to prepare to ensure that you meet the deadline. Our documentation will take you through the whole process step-by-step....
New SIMS Data Collection Sheet
  June 23 2016

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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...
New data items required for the Autumn Census
  June 17 2016

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The DfE have introduced 3 new data items to be collected in the Autumn 2016 Census, they are: 1. Pupil Nationality To be recorded for: all pupils on roll and pupils that have left since the start of...