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End of Key Stage Processes 2019
June 07 2019
The End of Key Stage is an important submission in Capita SIMS at a busy time of the year.
This time last year I was talking about the beautiful sunshine and getting your BBQs out, this year the sun...

SIMS End of Key Stage
March 22 2017
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...

Statutory Analysis Reports for KS1 and KS2
February 07 2017
Capita have recently updated their KS1 and KS2 analysis tools to incorporate the revised measures for 2015/16.
These can be downloaded from the links further down the page (refer to the steps shown o...

Updated KS4 Resources including Scatter Graphs
December 07 2016
New Version of CAS Key Groups Inspection Dashboard Report
This report has now been updated to include the 2016 National figures which have just been published.
When imported, the updated report wil...

SIMS Training Courses in 2017
November 14 2016
Dates for our 2017 SIMS courses are available to view now on our SIMS Training page.
As well as some of the ever-popular, regular SIMS training courses you will also find some new courses on offer:
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The SIMS Autumn Release is available now
November 09 2016
If you are a school for whom we run the upgrade, we will be contacting you to arrange a convenient date.
Important Information regarding this release
School Census – this release will remove the A...

New and updated KS4 Resources available
September 30 2016
New KS4 Inspection Dashboard Report
Capita have released a new report which presents this year’s current data against previous years.
Schools will be familiar with the Inspection Dashboard provi...

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.
Her...

SIMS Assessment - KS1 use of 'N' grade in scaled scores
June 22 2016
Earlier this month, the DfE released the tables to convert Key Stage 1 raw scores into scaled scores.
The tables showed that raw scores of 0, 1 or 2 convert to a scaled score of 'N'.
However, this ...

SIMS Assessment Video
June 09 2016
Capita have produced a new SIMS Assessment video, which we believe would be of interest to our schools.
The assessment landscape is ever-changing and, as schools adjust to the changes, they need to e...
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