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. …
Go to Tools/Setups/Attendance..
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
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…
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
Need Y code for expectional circumstances, to create this…
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.
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.
If you backdate a contract it will affect FMS. If you have reconciled against the old contract the advice is to not backdate unless you are happy to change FMS as well.
The Exception log (section 4) of the export process will show if SIMS .net has exported the CTF successfully. The key is to look at the Number of Students in File and compare this to the Number of Students Processed. If these match then the export has been successful and the CTF is ready to…
If there is an error with the CTF look in the bottom left-hand side of the screen within the CTF window for a clue as to what the error is.
If pupils are not showing in the list to be included in the CTF please make sure the tick box that is located in tab 3 – ‘Students’ that is named ‘Include students already exported’ is ticked and then refresh. If the pupil/students are still missing from the list, check the view being used is correct. The choices…
When creating the CTF for an alternative destination that has already been created, choose the option from the ‘Destination LA/Other’ drop down list and not the ‘Destination School’ drop down list. If the new destination still doesn’t show, you will need to restart SIMS and it will pull through. Reviewed – 19/03/2018
If you do not know the destination of a Leaver you will need to send the CTF to an alternative destination called unknown destination. This will appear within the destination school as the name “Unknown Destination”. If the unknown destination does not show then please follow these steps: – Go to: Tools/setups/CTF and click on the…
If the CTF is being sent to one of the above you will need to set up an alternative destination. Go to: Tools/Setups/CTF and click on the ‘Alternative Destinations’ hyperlink. Click ‘New’. Type…..
When you have chosen the destination school from the drop down list when creating a CTF do not then put in a destination LA as well, as this will clear the school name that you have already entered. The same thing will happen the other way around, so if you have a destination LA do not…
If you are sending a CTF and the destination school is not there, please follow these instructions: Go to Tools/Other Schools and carry out a search on the school name. If the school is not there you will need to create a new record and fill in the required details. If the school is there…
Have you received the email from the DFE to say that there is a file waiting for you? If not, the school intending to send the file has not managed to send it yet. If you have received an email to say that there is a CTF waiting for your school you may not be…