EYFS 2021 Framework

With regard to the new EYFS 2021 Framework, you may need to change your data entry options from 30-50 and 40-60 to be Birth-3, 3-4 and Reception Year. To reflect the new EYFS 2021 Framework, within Sims, go to: Tools/Performance/Options – tick “revised EYFS from 2020” Schools using the revised EYFS resources should select revised…

KS2 Assessments – Uploading Results to The Primary Assessment Gateway

  Exporting Results – Once the appropriate assessment levels or test scores have been entered for all pupils, the results need to be exported to the Primary Assessment Gateway -https://www.primaryassessmentgateway.education.gov.uk/publicaccessproduction/selfservice/citizenportal/login.htm Although the website to upload Key Stage 2 results has changed from the National Assessment Agency to the Primary assessment Gateway the below is still…

Phonics Wizard not showing.

If when trying to run Tools > Performance > Assessment > Wizard Manager the Phonics Screening Wizard you are looking for does not show. Firstly ensure the Filter at the top is set to All If the Wizard still does not show it will need to be imported. To do this go to Routines >…

EYFS – Reception Baseline Assessment

The Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) is a statutory assessment from September 2021 onwards. It provides a snapshot of where pupils are when they arrive at school. It will provide a starting point to measure the progress schools make with their pupils between reception and the end of primary school. Full information about the reception baseline…

Sims Assessment – KS5 Resources – *NEW 4/11/19

This enables schools to have a report similar to the Ready Reckoner used by OFSTED to show the value added score of the school, subjects and students at KS5. What is in the English KS5 Resources? NEW 4/11/19 Now updated to 2019 Value Added figures. Please note that this latest version requires the KS4 average points…

Updated KS2 Wizards – Comparative Report

Capita provides a KS2 Comparative England 2019 report in SIMS that enables schools to provide parents with information on the school’s current Year 6 end of key stage outcomes alongside comparable national data from 2018. Unfortunately, some inconsistencies have been identified in the report in the way the data is currently presented for national performance…

Creating Assessment Lookup Tables

For guidance on how to create an Assessment Lookup Table, please see the document below: Creating Lookup Tables For further queries, please contact the Scomis Service Desk on 01392 385300

Sims Assessment – Enhancements for the SIMS 2019 7.186 Spring Release

Annual Updates to Early Years Foundation Stage Profiles for 2019 Applicable to schools in England only Routines | Data In | Assessment | Import The following resources have been updated for 2019 and are available from the AMPA\England Primary (and Middle Deemed Primary)\Assessment Manager folder: EYFS Profile Template 2019.xml EYFS Profile Wizard 2019.xml. Annual Updates…

Assessment Scores- What is ?

What is a Raw Score? The raw score is the total number of marks a pupil scores in a test, based on the number of questions they answered correctly. What is a Scaled score? Scaled Score results are reported consistently from one year to the next.  The national curriculum tests are designed to be as…

How to bulk delete results in Assessment Manager 7 for an aspect

Select route:- Tools | Performance | Assessment | System Utilities | Results Select – Delete a Selection of Results Next Browse to the Group required Select ALL (or tick the students required) Click Apply Click Next Browse to the Aspects the results are associated with Tick required aspects and Click Apply Select either  Result Set…

KS4 Analysis Resources- October 2018 – RAISE OnLine

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 currently by OFSTED to exclude ‘outliers’ and is impossible to predict before the results are known.  It is the OFSTED calculation which is…

Sims Assessment – Enhancements for the SIMS 2018 Autumn Release

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 option enables Assessment Co-ordinators to Export Programme of Study grade sets and user-defined elements of the DfE Framework or other user-defined subject/strands so…

Sims Parent – Which documents can be published to the Sims Parent App?

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 the Students linked documents they can be published through Routines | SLG & SIMS Online | Publish Documents.

* Updated 8th July 2019* Primary School SIP (School Improvement Programme) Statutory Key Stage Analysis Resources

(Updated 7th July 2019) 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 Measures 2018 updated September 2018 and Provisional 2018 National Figures from Statistics at DfE – Department for Education. These…

EYFS Results not showing in CTF

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.  

Exporting/Importing Key Stage marksheets to Excel and Mapping aspects

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 require user input to map the columns of the spreadsheet to the aspects and result sets in SIMS. If the spreadsheets are exported…

Colour in Sims Assessment – Individual Reports

When adding colours within a cell in a marksheet, (right clicking on the cell “Select colour to a cell”)  the colour will NOT pull into individual reports.  If you want the colour to pull into an individual report along with the result, it will need to be coloured using a Nested If Then Else formula…

Submitting KS2 Results to NCA Tools Website (Hosted Schools)

Submitting KS2 Results to NCA Tools Website (Hosted Schools) Currently Schools are unable to access the NCA Tools website via Internet Explorer in Scomis Hosted Applications. https://ncatools.education.gov.uk/Teacher-Assessment/Home.aspx They receive either of the following two errors that are shown below   Testing performed by Scomis has revealed that the website actively blocks connection requests from the…

Changing The Font In An Individual Report Which Is Using PoS Information

When you pull through information from Programme of Study (PoS) you are not able to change the font to match the rest of the report just by selecting the information and then selecting the font or colour you would prefer. The steps to change the formatting in these columns is :- Change the style of…

Assessment Manager Import Activity Log

This log is available after importing new Assessment Manager resources via Focus>Assessment>Marksheet entry – usually following an upgrade Click Yes – this can take a long time, do not interrupt it, when finished it will show the activity log Click on Save and choose a location Unless this is manually saved at the time there…

Programme of Study Column Colours

Columns relating to statutory guidance are displayed with a green background and can be identified by the letter Y in the PoS Expectations heading. Columns that relate to non-statutory guidance are displayed with a pale blue background and can be identified by the letter N in the PoS Expectations heading. Columns relating to user-defined resources…

How do I remove a Student from a User Defined Group?

In Sims.net go to: Focus Groups User Defined Groups Search for the Group that you want to remove the student from Go to Panel 2 – Membership Find the student in the Member list Right click on the orange bar to the right of the Member’s name Click on Remove Membership Save   Reviewed: 22/02/18…