11 Dec 2018
This FAQ lists the latest information regarding the School Census. It contains information on the latest filesets, patches and errors. The latest census documenation can be viewed at the bottom of this…
Census Date: Thursday 17th January 2019 Back to the School Census Bulletin Return Dates and Contacts Dfe Awaiting Confirmation https://www.gov.uk/school-census LA Specific Advice Cambridgeshire Awaiting Confirmation Cornwall Return Date: 17th January 2019…
6 Dec 2018
Scomis Hosted Application 2016 Service uses Microsoft Remote Desktop Printing. This means that any printers which are used with Scomis Hosted Application Service are required to be Microsoft Certified. If they are…
If presented with a list of staff and it is not possible to chose any of the items on the left:- Try clicking on the Skip button at the bottom right -…
3 Dec 2018
For more information on installing this app on either personal or managed Chromebook devices please see the following FAQs: For personal devices: https://faq.scomis.org/kb22722/ For managed devices: https://faq.scomis.org/kb22733/ To connect to the Scomis…
This FAQ will run through how to install the Hosted Android App on a managed device – if your Chromebook is a personal machine i.e. if your email address that you use…
This FAQ will run through how to install the Hosted Android App on a personal Chromebook – if your Chromebook is managed by your IT department i.e. if your email address that…
30 Nov 2018
This report will run for any students but the effective date must be one when they were on roll at the school. Reports>Attendance (or Lesson Monitor)>Whole Group Pupil (student) Reports>Pupil's (student's)School Career…
KS4 Analysis Resources The published figure for a school's Progress 8 includes a possible adjustment for students 'with extremely negative progress scores' . This is a slightly different calculation to that used…
The report below can be run to show a list of all pupils and what Parental Consent they currently have. It also shows whether they have Emergency Consent ticked within their records.…
26 Nov 2018
Please find report definition for current staff contracts below. Current Staff Contracts To import this report, download the file and unzip it once it has saved. Go into SIMS and go to…
Exporting PoS Grade Sets and User Defined Elements Routines | Data Out | Assessment | Export An additional export option has been provided on the first page of the Export wizard. This…
Given the recent position of the DfE no longer collecting Proficient in English (1.4.3.2), Pupil Country of Birth (1.4.3.3) and Pupil Nationality (1.4.3.4), Capita SIMS have released the following three patches in…
22 Nov 2018
Current use of Sims ID Lite:- SIMS Primary (next generation SIMS) SIMS Finance (next generation Finance) SIMS Parent Lite & SIMS Parent SIMS Activities (part of SIMS Parent Full) SIMS Agora (online…
The Web address to sign in with Sims ID is: https://id.sims.co.uk
Sims ID - Onboarding If schools have already registered for Parent Lite/ Parent App (full version)/Options on-line then schools will not need to register again. However, Scomis will need the Secret Code…
What are the benefits of auto-provisioning through Sims ID? Schools start using SIMS ID for a variety of reasons. Some use SIMS ID to manage their Active Directories and Office 365 provisioning.…
Once parents have updated the Data Collection information and submitted it the administrator may access it from their Sims .net Home Page. In order to do this the SLG Alerts panel must…
14 Nov 2018
In order to Publish an Assessment Individual Report or Profile Report that has been uploaded to the students linked documents the user will require one of the following: - Senior Management Team…
Assessment individual reports and Profile reports can be published to the SIMS Parent app providing they have been created and uploaded to the Students linked documents first. Once they are uploaded to…
8 Nov 2018
Capita have developed a series of reports to assist primary school leaders, governors and any other relevant stake holders to analyse statutory Key Stage data in line with the DfE Primary Accountability…
23 Oct 2018
This example is for enabling scheduled reports. Go to Focus>System Manager>Manage Groups - Click on New Section 1 - enter a Code and Description eg RepSched and Report Scheduler Section 2 - click…
From version v6.10 of the Scomis Hosted connector, it is possible for an administrator to set a registry key that will force the Scomis Hosted Applications connector not to use Pre-Authentication web…
22 Oct 2018
If a pupil is showing in the take register screen but is not in the pupil search and is not on roll at school, they may be sat in the admissions area…
18 Oct 2018
From version v6.10 of the Scomis Hosted connector, it is possible for an administrator to set a registry key that will force the Scomis Hosted Applications connector to always use a gateway…
16 Oct 2018
The Scomis Hosted Applications version 6.08 is a major change in the technology that Scomis use for connecting schools to the Scomis Hosted Applications platform. This page contains information about Upgrade Troubleshooting.…
12 Oct 2018
Documentation: Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded here: SIMS 2018 Combined Release Note FMS Autumn 2018 Release Note Headlines: GDPR Routines/Pupil/Bulk Deletion - AD Provisioning, Communication and…
11 Oct 2018
Groupcall assign the permissions for a school staff member to have Administration rights. They can then log in to manage.groupcall.com with their Scomis Desktop username and password and manage user accounts and…
27 Sep 2018
To setup attendance letters to send to parents for certain attendance categories, you can do the following. Go to Tools - Setups -Attendance Setup - Letter Definition Click 'New' and enter…
26 Sep 2018
Scomis are currently undertaking a major technology refresh across the Hosted Applications platform. Following a successful pilot with a range of schools across our spectrum of customers, we are now undertaking the…