Supported Hosted Applications Supported applications on the Hosted Applications service can include, where appropriate: SIMS.net FMS Discover Nova-T6 Launcher Monitor Petty Cash Authorisation Prepare Authorised Payments Reformat for FMS Claim Preparation Claim Transfer Creditor Debtor End of Year ConDocs Contract Printing Finance File Manager Trial Balance Comparison A2C Migration Application Supported, although users may be…
Admissions+ by Applicaa can now be accessed as an application within the Scomis platform for Hosted Schools. Please send a request to Scomis asking for Admissions+ to be setup. Scomis will require the Hosted Applications username, who will use the application in the request. Once the application has been assigned to the user, they can…
If you wish to download a copy on any previous census files you can follow these steps below. You need to go to Tools>Statutory Returns Tools>Retrieve Authorised Census Return Files: You then need to click on the Census you want, which will highlight the return you want to retrieve: Next you will need to…
To download a CTF file from the DfE website in the new edge please follow the below procedures: When you choose to download your CTF from School to School you will get the follow message appear – click OK You will then see the following message appear – you will want to say KEEP You…
Reconciliation items for income may be received into FMS Automatic Reconciliation on a ledger code that you do not wish to use. If this is the case do not process the reconciliation item as normal, instead carry out a central payment into FMS to record the income against the correct ledger code as follows: …
ESS have confirmed that this is expected functionality, Whilst Intouch is capable of sending messages not every template is suitable for SMS messaging. Unfortunately, SMS messaging does not support the same level of formatting that emails do. We often see examples of formatting and hyperlinks that do not carry over to an SMS message from…
Empl hours = the total hours the staff member is contracted for Load hours = the actual teaching hours they teach (this does not include PPA etc) Eg, if you have a 25 period timetable and the staff member is full time, employed is 25. If they are 0.6 then its 15 (25 x 0.6)…
When using Microsoft Edge browser to access the Training and Support environment (https://train.scomis.org) we have seen the following behaviour: Browse to https://train.scomis.org Log in with user details, user is presented with the option for the Primary or Secondary Training Pools. User clicks on one of the pools to launch a session but the following message…
SIMS Examinations Organiser is used to administer public exams, such as GCSEs. The training booklet below explores how Examinations Organiser can also be used to administer domestic (internal/mock/PPE) examinations. This includes; create a domestic exams season identify candidates and issue exam numbers create appropriate basedata record ‘entries’ manage seating including clashes run reports clone a…
Capita have now issued a PDF file with the latest National Insurance Rates for 2022/23. There is now a Capita patch available, number 26960, which will insert the National Insurance table 2022-23 on your behalf. If you have already created the table for 2022-23, the patch will overwrite the existing table. The patch adds an…
The Autumn 2022 SIMS Upgrade (V7.208) & FMS (V6.208) is planned to be rolled out on the evening of Friday 25th November 2022 from 5.30pm (Scomis Hosted users please log off by 5pm) Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded below: SIMS_Autumn_2022_Release_Note_Combined_Edition AMPARK_Autumn_2022_Release_Note FMSWhatsNew FMS_Autumn_2022_Release_Note WhatsNew_Discover Discover_Autumn_2022_Release_Note…
Please see links for ESS videos for some updates below: SIMS Interventions: User customisable Interventions areas SIMS Interventions: Reporting on Session Notes SIMS Interventions: Recording Intervention Attendance Pronouns Enhancements in Autumn Pronouns in Student Reports Fee’s Billing: Producing Bills in Arabic Personal Pronouns Recently, functionality was provided in SIMS that enables the setup and maintenance…
It is possible to have a graph on your home page which will show you the Application Status of each pre-admission application. To configure the home page to add the Admission Summery click configure in the top right-hand corner of screen shot below: Then drag and drop the Admissions Summery into panel. To add the Admissions Summery Panel…
If you wish to manually add a new pupil as a pre-admission. This could be a one-off pupil needing to be added after you have completed your ATF Import, or numerous pupils – as you do not use the ATF import area (this often applies to Special Schools). Navigate to Focus>Admission>Application or you can use the shortcut…
In some situations, where you are setting up your word template to show some pages in Portrait and others in Landscape, you might find that, on preview, the page orientation is not what has been set. The resolution here is to add a “Next Page” rather than a “Section Break”. We would recommend that you…
Exam Marksheets do not default to the Exams Officer as the owner, as it depends on the group that the marksheet has been created for. Exam Marksheets setup for different groups will have default owners as below: Classes – Main Class Teacher will be owner Registration Group – Registration Tutor Year Group – Head of…
The KS4 Autumn Checking Exercise is carried out by the DfE to ensure that the information held within the DfE is the same as what is held in the Schools MIS. This information relates to GCSE exam results received in the summer and any subsequent remarks, SEN, Pupil Premium, Dual Registration etc. Sometimes a student’s…
There are two ways that you can link courses to QANs: 1.Adding an Award to the Examination panel in Maintain Course, clicking new here will pull through any Award that has been imported into Exams Organiser. If the award is new and basedata has not yet been imported that contains the specific award, it will…
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…
A CTF will only export Statutory results and Programme of Study results. Therefore, any bespoke internal tracking/progress assessments will not show in the CTF.
If you log into Access Workspace and receive this error, it means that the clock on your PC is out of sync with the correct time. To resolve this on a Windows PC, follow the steps below: Open an Internet browser and search for Time. In the bottom left, click the Start icon and type Control Panel. Click the…
To access your Internet Favourites in the Edge browser you need to click on the “Star with 3 lines” icon at the top right of the Edge window: If there is another website you wish to add to your list of favourites, then…
If you get a “SIMS Command Line Reporter” error when running Parent Pay please check the log files found in : F:\Public\ParentPay\Users\username\Logs\ In the logs it may say the error “Root element is missing.” Please follow the steps to fix this issue: Log into MIS Sync Go to Tools > Settings > SIMS and check…
If you are on our Hosted Environment, then you will need to submit your Census return file from within your hosted SIMS If you need to submit your return via COLLECT you will need access to the DFE Services shortcut which is located under Apps and Tools. Your shortcuts are located on the left hand side…
Go to Focus > School > School Diary. Find the correct date and right click on this field and select ‘New Public Holiday’. Enter the appropriate description and select ‘Bank Holiday’ for the category, Check the date is correct and then click ‘OK’ Students will automatically have # codes for all Bank Holidays. Note for Attendance /…
How do I make my admission pupils on-roll pupils Select Routines | Admission | Admit Applications to display the Find Intake Group Enter all or part of the intake group Name or select the appropriate options from the drop-down lists then click the Search button to display all intake groups that match the search criteria…
If you have admitted a pupil from your admission group who is no longer coming to your school you will need to delete their student record. You should only do the following if the pupil NEVER came to your school. If they attended for 1 day or even for just 1 morning you should mark…
When setting up a new user with access to SIMS, you will need to make sure they have relevant permission groups added to their record. The spreadsheet below shows all of the permission groups and what areas of SIMS they give access to. You can use this to come to a decision on which groups…
The Summer Upgrade 2022 includes functionality to report on the Assessment Result Owner with the “Result Owner” field within the Assessment Results area of the reporting dictionary in Design Report. This will now allow users to see which member of staff recorded the result alongside the rest of the result information. Go to Report >…
Brought in for the Summer 2022 upgrade – to improve system security, it is now a requirement that the password assigned to the ‘Sysman’ login is changed to a strong password. The replacement strong password must contain a minimum of eight characters including one alphabetic, one numeric and one special character. If this is not…