15 Aug 2018
Please do the following Make sure the qualification is added into Tools / Examinations / Manage Performance Indicator Check that the points values are correct. Check that the Size Equivalence column is…
Collating PI Data (Resetting Discounting) Click the CRD button on the Edit PI Data page. If this option is selected, all manual Discounting ticks recorded in the Performance Results grid are discarded…
Schools will need to download the June copy of the basedata and edit the results file. Details on the process can be found on the OCR website.
Routines | Pupil (or Student) | Bulk Delete Pupil Data Following the Sims Summer 2018 Upgrade to assist schools in being GDPR compliant, it is now possible for a school to bulk…
What is the Science Trilogy Double Award? Where students don't want to take separate individual science qualifications, they can choose to combine all three science areas (trilogy) into a single GCSE which…
10 Aug 2018
This section works itself out and cannot be added to manually. To force an item (eg Edit Marks) go to Focus>Attendance>Edit Marks - then close it - a few times and then click the…
9 Aug 2018
These instructions will take you through creating a Company Bill Payer and linking the Company to a student. 1 A Company Bill Payer should be created and the student added to the…
Examination results are generally available for download at midnight on Results Download Day. To restrict the publication and viewing of examination results before their official release time (i.e. 06:00 on the Thursday,…
25 Jul 2018
If you are entering the leaving date for a pupil, you may get an error message such as "Invalid DOL" or "Invalid Scenario" If you get any sort of error message, make…
You can now run reports in SIMS that will show staff and what permissions they have within SIMS. 1 - Go to Reports - Run Report. 2 - Select Staff from…
24 Jul 2018
The way to double up teachers in SIMS is to go to the class timetable. This can be done via Timetable > New > Group and selecting the year, block and group.…
23 Jul 2018
Unfortunately, this feature is currently not available within Discover (a change request has been logged with Capita). However 'Termly graphs' have been included in the Autumn 2013 release of Discover. These will include…
19 Jul 2018
The HCSS Web Companion has been redeployed to all Hosted schools following an update from HCSS. The companion is now running version 5.1.7 The first change is the name of the shortcut…
Non Hosted schools will need to re-download the HCSS Web Companion due to changes that HCSS have implemented. In order to download the companion you will need to log into the HCSS…
17 Jul 2018
If you have previously created a report within SIMS and made it private but would now like to make it public, you will need to do the following. 1 - Go to…
If a user is getting the error message below when logging into SIMS, their username will be incorrect in System Manager. You can follow these steps to resolve it. 1 - If…
When adding dietary needs including allergies to a pupil record, the options you need to enter may not be available. You can add in any extra options in here by following these…
16 Jul 2018
The Individual Session Summary Report (Reports/Attendance/Individual Pupil Reports/Individual Session Summary Report) will only display one student's attendance details per page. Unfortunately it is not possible to change this. As a workaround, please…
10 Jul 2018
In order for the EYFS results to appear in the CTF for submission to your LA, you will need to make sure that you "Calculate" the marksheet and save.
7 Jul 2018
Adding Non EDI Results In SIMS select Tools | Examinations | Edit PI Data and click OK to confirm an up-to-date download. The system will collate then calculate the PI data. In…
5 Jul 2018
The Scomis Desktop - Taking registration - Click here KB21875
The Scomis Desktop - Recording a quick behaviour - Click here KB21870
The Scomis Desktop - Recording a quick achievement - Click here KB21865
The Scomis Desktop - Class Layout - Click here KB21860
The Scomis Desktop - Analytics for Conduct and Attendance - Click here KB218548
4 Jul 2018
Importing data from a "Formatted" spreadsheet will import back into the original aspects and result sets that were contained when the data was previously exported. Importing data from an "Un-formatted" spreadsheet will…
3 Jul 2018
Is it possible to copy and paste comments from a Word document into a Comment Aspect in a marksheet?
Yes, select the paragraph you wish to be copied in Word, press CTRL + C to copy the comments from Word, then press CTRL + V to paste the Word comments into the…
29 Jun 2018
Click here to download a copy of the Summer 2018 Examinations Newsletter Exams Newsletter 2018
27 Jun 2018
In order for approved qualifications to count in the PI reports in Sims they should be in Sims - Tools / Exams / Manage Performance. It is the school's responsibility to make sure that the qualifications…
The Summer Release will introduce a new Discounting Family field for 16-18 Qualifications in compliance with DfE specifications announced in January this year. The field must be populated for all 16-18 qualifications in order to be included in…