In Sims.net go to: Tools Setups Attendance Setup Module Setup In panel 2 Display of Names put a tick in the boxes Show Preferred Forename instead of Legal Forename and Show Preferred Surname instead of Legal Surname
Feb 022012
There seems to be a problem with the DfE calculations for several of the rows in this table. Code Y should be counted as a session where pupils are not required to attend, but it is being counted as a session where pupils are expected to attend. For example, if a school used Code Y [...]
To produce a report showing one percentage mark for whole school go to Reports | Attendance | Group Reports | Group Session Summary Change Group type to ‘Whole School’ Click ‘search’ Change dates to the dates you wish to run the report from and to click ‘print’ KB4844
To change the enrolment status from Single Registration, Main Dual Registration or Subsidiary Dual Registration to GUEST without losing attendance data you must make the student a leaver and readmit them and then change the enrolment status please follow the instructions below for how to do this…
Should you need to amend the dates in a student history youc an do so be…
May 062010
Polling day changes to your attendance data when the whole school is closed. If only part of your school has closed please contact…
Go to Tools/Setups/Attendance..
May 292009
Go to Tools/Setups/Attendance Setup/Module Setup Click on tab 3 ‘Exclude from attendance’ Take the tick out of ’Exclude Students with date of birth after’ Click save
May 292009
To change the order the registration groups appear in go to Focus/School/Pastoral Structure /Current Structure. Click on the + to expand the pastoral structure until you see you registration groups. Highlight the group you wish to move higher or lower in the list and use the up and down arrows near the top of the [...]
You can enter this through the school diary. Go to Focus/School/School Diary, select the date for which you wish to enter an occasional day and right-hand click. This will give you the option to select ‘new public holiday’. If this is the first time you have entered an occasional day you will need to click [...]
Go to Focus/Attendance/Exceptional Circumstance. Search for the incorrect instance that you set up. Highlight it and click the delete button. This will remove the Y code from all the records that it had been applied to.
On the top right hand of the screen you can change the option from whole school to individual student or registration group depending of what suits you best and then click search. Just highlight those you with the code to apply to. You can use the ctrl key to help with your selections.
May 292009
Need Y code for expectional circumstances, to create this…
May 292009
It sounds like the marks have been preserved. There is a toggle button at the top of the screen within Edit Marks, click on this to switch between overwrite and preserve.