Submit Census Files from within Hosted Applications
This article has been retired. To view the most recent documentation, please visit the following link. How to submit your census return via COLLECT through Hosted Applications
Trial Balance Report – Option to hide FC and FD Codes
From the Spring 2014 upgrade Capita has changed the way schools can choose to use or hide FC and FD codes from the Trial Balance Report. The following is included in their documentation for the upgrade. Enhancements to the Summary Trial Balance By Ledger Code Report This report has been enhanced to enable you to decide whether to…
Service Children and Pupil Premium
Back to Pupil Premium FAQ These notes are designed to clarify the difference between who you record in census as a Service Child and the Service Children you will receive Pupil Premium for. Who to record as a Service Child The Service Children indicator recorded on the School Census indicates if a child…
Reference Start Date for Cover Totals
If you get the following error message, these are the steps you need to perform, in order to reinstate the Reference Start Date for Cover Totals. To reinstate this date, please close down Cover and navigate to Tools – Cover – Global Settings. You will then be able to put the date back into the Reference…
Customising the Corero/Outlook Settings
If you use Corero for sending orders or remittance advice Emails, you may wish to further configure Outlook to allow replies to automatically be returned to the schools email address. Please ensure that you have completed the Using Outlook with Corero instructions – Setting up for the first time from http://faq.scomis.org/kb10764 Open Outlook Specify an…
Installing Groupcall Emerge for iPad/iPhone
Installing Emerge on your iPad/iPhone.
Swap between timetable reports within SIMS
Within Reports – Timetables it is now possible to switch between timetable reports from a report output by clicking a component on the timetable. For example, from the Staff Timetable(s) report, clicking the room name on the output displays in a separate window that room’s timetable for the timetable cycle. This functionality was previously available…
Autumn 2013: Bringing new basedata data into Nova T6 – Teachers, Rooms, Subjects and Rooms
In Nova T6 – Data / Refresh Basedata, you can choose the area you want to update from SQL (Sims .net) rather than being presented with options for import for all the areas, e.g. to bring in Levels from SQL – go to Data/Refresh Basedata tick Levels and you will go straight to the Import Levels option. …
Cover and Absences on Teacher’s timelines
Routines | Home Page | Home Page Timeline Configuration Using the Home Page Timeline Configuration functionality, it is now possible to enable the display of additional information on the My Timeline widget on the SIMS Home Page, including absence details (who is covering your lesson, reason for absence, etc.), room names and lessons for which…
Attendance Code F
Due to changes in the Education Regulations, Headteachers can now only grant leave of absence during term time in exceptional circumstances and are responsible for determining the number of days permitted to be taken. Therefore, the Headteacher no longer needs to grant extended leave. This has resulted in the use of attendance code F (extended…
Protecting your computer(s) against Viruses and Malware
Protecting your computer(s) against Viruses and Malware Anti-Virus Software • Install a quality Anti-Virus package that includes Malware protection*. • Regularly check to make sure that the virus definition file is being updated daily. • Regularly check for patches or newer versions of the software which require manually installing. • Schedule regular full system virus…
CryptoLocker/Wannacry Malware
What is CryptoLocker/Wannacry? CryptoLocker/Wannacry is a malicious program that when installed will encrypt important files and documents on your computer making them unusable, and then demand payment to restore access to them. Once your files have been encrypted by CryptoLocker/Wannacry they are not recoverable by any means other than paying the money demanded. Even if…
Splitvhdx WSB System State backup error – Server 2012
There is a known bug with the following updates for Windows 2012 and system state backup – KB2871777 – KB2876315 – KB2871389 It causes the error “SplitVHDX.exe has an error (exit code = 2). See backupservice.log for more detail.” within the log files. If you are receiving that error and have those updates installed on…
Base Pay in the SWC
Base Pay is being collected Base Pay is calculated from the information in SIMS. If your information in SIMS is update to date and you have included the latest pay award the SWC should calculate it correctly. To check the information print out the Payment Details detailed report after you have created and validated…
How to enter a Pay Award in Sims .net
At various times pay awards are negotiated for different types of staff and the resulting agreed amounts published. These figures will then need to be entered into Sims .net for both the School Workforce Census and budgeting purposes. The latest pay award information for those schools who are following the nationally agreed pay scales (LA…
SIMS Personnel – Pay Related
Due to the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions changes effective from September 2013 which removes a mandatory pay structure for teachers, Local Authorities and SCOMIS are unable to provide automatic updates in the future. This decision has been taken because schools now have the option of setting their own pay scales (within defined minimum and maximum points)….
Troubleshooting System State backups (using wsb plugin)
This FAQ can be updated each time new errors with known fixes or better troubleshooting techniques are developed. Troubleshooting system state backup on server 2008 can be time consuming and there are various factors which can cause wsb system state backup to fail within the Scomis remote backup service . First of all, check that…
Updating the backup Email List – Process
Open Remote Backup 13-14.xlsm – Read Only is fine. Path to spreadsheet is – \\ds\docs\Exeter, Great Moor House\EALData\Traded\ScoMIS\Admin\ScoMIS Unit Finance\2013-14*\Remote Backup 13-14.xlsm *when we enter the 2014-15 financial year, use the subsequent \2014-15\ folder and so on Go to Summary tab Click Export Latest Data (for Service Desk) and wait for the process to complete…
Parent Missing House Icon
If an address for a parent is missing the House icon you will need to do the following: Modify the Parents Address within the Pupils details to have a significant difference. (i.e. House name written in capitals) so when you browse you can see the incorrect address. Next look up the parent in Focus – Persons…
Batch Photo Import Licence
Schools can be supplied with a Photo Import Licence from an accredited school photographer for which there is an annual charge. A list of the accredited photographers can be found at Accredited photographers | ESS SIMS (ess-sims.co.uk) Schools should contact these photographers directly for a new licence. The Exception To The Rule Schools who have…
SEN Provision in the School Census
The school census summary shows Pupils on Roll with SEN Provision and includes Number of SEN Pupils in a mainstream school who are members of a Special Provision (SEN Unit), and Number of SEN Pupils in a mainstream school who are members of a Special Provision (Resourced Provision) If a school has added SEN Provisions…
Remove/uninstall the Scomis Hosted Applications Connection (version 5)
In order to fully uninstall the Scomis Hosted Applications Connector, the following steps will need to be taken…
School Workforce Census – Leading Practitioner
Leading Practitioner pay range and SWC There are several changes announced in the July 2013 bulletin regarding the Advanced Skills Teacher and Excellent Teacher pay arrangements and the replacement pay terms for Leading Practitioner (the relevant Excerpt from this bulletin is shown at the bottom of this page for further information). Capita are aware of the need to record the…
School Workforce Census & Pay Performance
Latest advice from Capita: Changes to teachers pay from September 2013 The updated STPCD 2013 explicitly states: From September 2013 schools may find that they are initially operating more than one pay system within each pay range to accommodate existing teachers and new entrants. This is acceptable and it will be for schools to determine…
SIMS Staff Performance Enhancements
Capita have provided Appraisal and CPD Functionality into their SIMS Personnel records, in order to aid schools with their new Performance Pay legislation requirements. This will be released as a separate upgrade entitled SIMS Summer Release 2 and will incur a one-off charge per school. Scomis have put together a powerpoint guide, previewing the new functionality,…
Downloading and Importing of Exams Basedata – The Basics.
Details of examinations are supplied by examination boards as basedata files. The exam boards distribute a complete set of basedata appropriate to a particular time of year that they refer to as a Series. The basedata files contain most of the required information including syllabuses, options, components, dates and duration of examinations, maximum marks for…
Sims.net – Minimum System Requirements.
Capita make strong recommendations about the hardware specification of the hardware to run SIMS Workstations of Minimum System Requirements specification would be recommended for occasional use and are likely to be less able to deal with multiple open applications. Staff who spend significant amounts of time using SIMS are strongly recommended to use equipment bought…
What qualifications count towards the English Baccalaureate Qualification?
What is the English Baccalaureate? The English Baccalaureate was introduced as a performance measure in the 2010 performance tables. It is not a qualification in itself. The measure recognises where pupils have secured a C grade or better across a core of academic subjects – English, mathematics, history or geography, the sciences and a…
Year 11 Leavers – DfE Advice
The official school leaving date is the last Friday in June in the school year in which a student reaches age 16. Where a Year 11 student has applied and been accepted into the school 6th form, they must remain on roll until the end of term. Code X can be used for the period…
Office 365 Migration – Users not getting email, senders getting Undeliverable mail
No users are getting any email, senders to the school are receiving an undeliverable mail response from the Exchange server. On the server event logs for check for multiple errors for each email: Event Type: Error Event Source: MSExchangeTransport Event Category: NDR Event ID: 3020 Description: A non-delivery report with a status code of…