What are the consequences if I promote AFTER the start of the academic year?
We would strongly recommend schools to promote before the end of the current academic year…
How do I enter an Occasional Day?
To enter an Occasional Day:
Navigate to school diary …
Where are the notes for completing the Admissions process?
The notes are held within the documentation section of SIMS…
How to check your MacAfee Antivirus is updating correctly.
MacAfee items to check…The version number must be 8.5 or above & the DAT created on date – this needs to be within the last few days
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Student History dates need to be amended
Should you need to amend the dates in a student history youc an do so be…
Server & Network Team – Logging faulty Dell server hardware
Logging faulty Dell hardware for our comms room
How do I create the LA destination when creating the CTF for the Key Stage return?
Tools/Setups/CTF click on the Alternative Destinations…
When creating the CTF for my Key Stage return, which boxes need to be ticked from the Data to be exported section?
Remove all ticks except the ones in Student Addresses, Assessment…
When creating a CTF for my Key Stage return I can’t see all of my expected students.
In the students’ options area enter a tick against “include students already exported” and…
Pupil/Student is appearing as Mrs / Mr
If a pupil shows with a title of Mr or Mrs please follow the below instructions…
When entering the Key Stage 3 results the calculated levels are not as I would expect
Sometimes, the Assessement Wizards become corrupted…
We are a Hosted School; where can I find the Key Stage 1 and 2 wizards to import?
Go to Routines / Data in / Assessment / Import…
I am receiving a lot of SPAM emails – What should I do?
I am receiving a lot of SPAM emails – What should I do?
Backup Control for SQL2008 – Troubleshooting
If you’re seeing failure messages when you check the backup logs follow the below steps Check whether a terminal server school BCU should be removed at time of TS installation If this hasn’t happened delete the Backup Control program folder and the associated scheduled task Browse to http://upgrades.scomis.org/upgrades/logBackup/updateactivestatus.php Search for the school Select…
How do I import exam results into Examinations Organiser?
To import a result file, please follow this route……
I have downloaded the results file but cannot find it to import.
There are a few possible reasons why users are unable to find any recent results files………..
How do I amend an imported exam result?
There are 2 ways to edit this……..
Will the PI Calculations include Results for Students who have taken Exams early? Eg Year 9.
Provided that the July season dates overlap with the Summer ……….
One of our registration tutors cannot see the marksheet for their tutor group; why is this?
This is usually because the registration tutor is not allocated to the registration group in the pastoral structure. Go to…
How do I view exam results?
Go to Reports | Statement of Results……….
How do I re-admit staff?
This is now possible as Capita has amended the software……………
Error “Contract scales not corresponding to the service term” saving Employee Details
This is usually due to conflicting information in a contract.
Check the closed contracts, they probably have an open scale record …………
I imported a CTF and now I have a duplicate student
This can happen if the information you have entered into SIMS .net does not match exactly what is on the CTF. SIMS .net matches 5 pieces of information: forename, surname, date of birth, UPN and gender. If any of this information differs, SIMS .net will think that the student on the CTF is a new student. …
My attendance register is showing the pupil’s legal surname; how can I get it to show their chosen surname?
Go to Tools/Setups/Attendance..
My attendance does not show children that are not yet 5 years old; how can I get them to show?
Go to Tools/Setups/Attendance Setup/Module Setup Click on tab 3 ‘Exclude from attendance’ Take the tick out of ‘Exclude Students with date of birth after’ Click save Last reviewed: 22/12/2014
My registration groups are not in the order I want when I go to print my registration sheets.
To change the order the registration groups appear: Go to Focus – School – Pastoral Structure – Current Structure. Click on the + to expand the pastoral structure until you see you registration groups. Highlight the group you wish to move higher or lower in the list and use the up and down arrows near…
I entered the code Y for the wrong date; it will take too long to remove them individually is there an easier way?
To Bulk Remove a Y code entry: Go to Focus/Attendance/Exceptional Circumstance. Search for the incorrect instance that you set up. Highlight it and click the delete button. This will remove the Y code from all the records that it had been applied to. Reviewed 28/07/2020 – AT
Attendance Code Y
Need Y code for expectional circumstances, to create this…
I am trying to change some attendance marks but cannot overwrite what is already there.
It sounds like the marks have been preserved. There is a toggle button at the top of the screen within Edit Marks, click on this to switch between overwrite and preserve.
When trying to save an allowance or anything else I get a message that the Pay Scale is required.
Open all the allowances, posts and scales and look for a blank or red field, fill in the required information and then try to save again.