SIMS Pay BACS Reference
The BACS reference should be the full budget code without spaces – example. G120G12341234 being made up of [Phase]G[School Number][Item Code].
Post 16 Programmes of Study – New information required for 2020-2021
New fields have been added in in the Post 16 Programmes of Study table for 2020-2021 in line with rollout of T Levels Programme Type, Start Date, End Date, Planned End Date, Status and Reason (if withdrawn) are required for the Autumn 2020 census for all Post 16 students. Students are deemed to be on…
T Level Qualifications
T Levels are new 2 year technical qualifications which include an industry placement and are equivalent to 3 A levels. The first 3 T Level qualifications have been rolled out for Post 16 students in September 2020. A T Level Transition 1 year programme is also available for students who want to start a T…
Students taught out of Year in SIMS
Go to Focus > Student/Pupil > Student/Pupil Details and open the student’s record. In Panel 2 Registration the following must be recorded: Year Group Year Taught In These fields need to correctly reflect the student’s situation. The Year Group is the actual Year that the student should be in based on their date of birth….
Hosted Application Service – Supported VLEs and Third Party Applications
The Scomis Hosted Application Service offers support for a wide range of 3rd party applications which require access to Capita SIMS. Below is an explanation of what is supported and how different applications are supported. While we cannot list all applications, we have done our best to list some common ones below. For a slightly…
How to upgrade SIMS without Solus 3
The following notes will take you through the process of upgrading SIMS and FMS without using Solus 3. This is useful for upgrading SIMS on the cube, upgrading our training suite to a beta release, and upgrading the social media laptop. Step 1 – Downloading the latest update Current the latest releases are posted on…
Autumn Census 2020 Return Dates
School Census Date – Thursday 1st October 2020 Back to Autumn Census Bulletin This page will be updated with further information as soon as we have it DFE Return Date – 28th October 2020 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/complete-the-school-census
How to schedule reports in SIMS
You will need to be a member of any of the following User Groups in System Manager to run this function: School Administrator System Manager. Please see your System Administrator/Manager if you are not sure whether you have the required Permissions. Scheduling Reports – Quick Reference Sheet To have scheduled reports setup on Scomis Hosted…
Installing NT6 as a Satellite Version
The Installation setup is only run once on any local machine. The install puts all the necessary files in place and a Spring 2022 version of NT6.exe. The NT6.exe needs updating to the current version in SIMS and then going forwards, updated with every SIMS upgrade. The instructions for updating the NT6.exe are at the…
Staggered Lunches in Nova
Where staggered lunch periods are required/overlap, it is best to create an extra period. This manages the staggered lunch much better, but will distort any period analysis. On the Cycle screen – choose the lunch periods and give them a green period type Lunch – i.e. not exclusive In Plan | Subjects, create a subject called…
4 Week Cycle/Timetable
Setting up a 4 Week Timetable and applying it in SIMS If the following is being actioned after the start of the academic year, great care needs to be taken. Please see https://faq.scomis.org/kb16581/ for details on sending the cycle mid-year. Please be aware that as 4 week timetables have not previously been used, Capita are still…
Key Stage 2020 – Devon Schools
This is not a statutory requirement. Babcock has produced an Excel Spreadsheet for recording end of year assessments for Reception, Year 1 Phonics, Year 2 and Year 6 pupils. These sheets look to take a March Assessment for Reading, Writing and Maths and to assign this a Security Rating. For schools using SIMS, it would…
Summer 2020 Upgrade to SIMS (V7.194) and FMS (V6.194)
The Summer 2020 Upgrade (V7.194) is planned to be rolled out over the weekend starting Friday 17th July 2020 Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded below: SIMS_Summer_2020_Combined_Release_Note Summer 2020 SIMS What’s New Summer 2020 FMS What’s New Here are some useful videos showing new features in this…
Covid-19 Attendance Report – what you need to check
Update 18/06/2020 The report definition was updated today. To ensure the customer is using the latest version, check that the report output contains the information below. Original post below: What is it? This report is designed to help schools complete the daily DfE return on attendance. It focuses on the student/pupil section of the form….
Adding a student to the favourites panel
It is possible to add a pupil to your favourites so they appear on the Home Screen. To do this, open up the pupil record and click the green “Favourites” cross in the top right hand side. Pupils will then appear in your favourites panel on the homepage under the student tab.
How to link Awards to Courses
Course Award links can be seen in Exam Organiser in Tools | School Setups | Exam Awards but can no longer be changed here. To link exam awards to courses, use SIMS .net – Tools | Academic Management | Course Manager | Maintain Course. Once the information is saved, the elements will also appear. To link the…
Progress 8 calculating incorrect – PI Summary Report
This may be due to the Performance Points not being updated To resolve this issue please navigate to Tools | Examinations | Manage Performance Indicators and update the QN’s you require are using this year. Run CKD in Tools | Examinations | Edit PI Data.
Exam Results Missing
In the first instance, please check through route: Reports | Results |This will show all the ‘certification’ results for the pupil regardless of QCA subject codes or Award to Course Links. ANY RESULTS NOT VISIBLE IN THIS ROUTE INDICATE THAT RESULTS HAVE NOT BEEN IMPORTED. YOU MUST CHECK THIS ROUTE EVEN IF YOU BELIEVE THAT…
UCI No in the result file does not match that recorded for candidate
This error message when importing a Results file is symptomatic of a change made to the Candidate’s UCI. 1.Exams Officers are advised to investigate the original entry file in the Submission Log to ensure that the correct UCI has been sent to the Boards. (This will need to be done for all entry files for…
How to Import Exam Results in Examinations Organiser
To import a result file, please follow this route; 1. Select Tools | Import Results & Enrolments from the Menu Bar to open the Import Results & Enrolments dialog. 2. Select the Results radio button to import results. 3. Click the Navigator button adjacent to the Filename field to open the Import Result Files dialog….
Results files / Basedata not appearing in EDI EXAMIN directory
When attempting electronic import of information through Examinations Organiser the required files may not appear for selection. This probably means that the EDI software through which the files were downloaded has not placed them in the \EXAMIN directory defined in the Exams Module. Defining the EDI Directories Use route : Tools | School Setup |…
Import files are not present for the selected board and season
1. Check that current Season is correct for the Basedata selected. Check the user is ‘IN’ the correct Season. (At the bottom of Exams Organiser) 2. Check that the correct Basedata files for that Season are unzipped and in the EXAMIN directory. For example, if user is trying to import Basedata for June 2020, the…
Quick Contact Details Report
If you need to access student contact details, you can run the registration group list report. First, go to Reports – Student List – Registration Group List You will then need to select the group you are looking at You will then see the list of all of the pupils and the extra fields on…
Quick Contact Details Report
If you need to access student contact details, you can run the registration group list report. First, go to Reports – Student List – Registration Group List You will then need to select the group you are looking at You will then see the list of all of the pupils and the extra fields on…
Bulk Importing Student Emails & Telephone Numbers
Current (on Roll) student emails and telephone numbers can be imported directly into SIMS from a CSV file. Go to Routines | Data In | Pupil (or Student) Data | Import from Spreadsheet. School Administrators can now import pupil/student personal email addresses and telephone numbers. To find out more details, go to the documentation centre…
DFE FSM Ever 6 Report for 2021/22
To download the report file, click here : FSM EVER 6 – Secondary FSM EVER 6 – Primary Please note that these reports can only be an approximation of FSM Ever6 as used by the DfE for allocating Deprivation Pupil Premium. For example, the DfE knows the YTI reported for pupils in School Census when…
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Using SIMS in the classroom for attendance
For Registration to take place there are a few steps schools need to complete but the software itself is part of Sims .net and probably the school’s admin team are already using it. 1 – Each teacher needs access to a workstation where they can connect to the Scomis Hosted Application service – download from – http://faq.scomis.org/kb9079/ 2…
Sims TeacherApp – Summary of Setup Process for Hosted and Non Hosted Schools.
Below is a summary of the process for hosted schools and non hosted schools. Linked documentation shows the details of each step of the process. Teacherapp Installation and Setup Guide SIMS TeacherApp Administrators Guide Using Office 365 with SIMS Teacher App Hosted Schools: School contact Capita and order Sims Teacher App. School checks the pre-requisites….
Setup Process for SIMS Online Services (inc. Parent App)
This article details the four steps that are required to complete the on-boarding process for configuring SIMS Online Services. Step One – Requesting Joining the SIMS Online Services To request Parent App Lite please click here. You will be asked for the following information: The School’s Options contact School name School Post Code School LA…