Percentage Attendance figures produced by a Discover Percentage Attendance Graph are different when compared with the figures produced by an Attendance / Lesson Monitor report. This is due to the way that Discover calculates attendance figures as an average, therefore the data will not always match. The differences are because the Discover graphs and…
Please find the LA return dates and contacts below. Cambridgeshire Contact: Maria Clough – Email – maria.clough@cambridgeshire.gov.uk – Phone – 01480 379859 Return Census by: 10th October 2019 Cornwall Contact: Errika Chew- Email – corestats@cornwall.gov.uk – Phone – 01872 327811 Return Census by: 3rd October 2019 Devon Contact: Alison Chater/ Sharon Vaughan – Email – census@devon.gov.uk – Phone – 01392 383000 Return Census by: 8th…
Please see the instructions below on how to create a report to determine which Aspect is contained in an Assessment Template/Marksheet. Finding template by aspect name Should you have any further queries please contact the Scomis Helpdesk on 01392 385300
Following the Sims Summer 2019 upgrade, changes have been made to the Reporting Dictionary Report | Design Reports and the Additional Student Columns in Assessment and Attendance. The fields previously referred to as Gifted & Talented have been changed to More Able and Talented. Reviewed 27/7/20
This is not currently supported, but Capita are actively developing a system that allows SIMS Pay/ SIMS Parent to create new SIMS ID accounts for themselves at the point where they are accepting their invites. For the time being, parents can use one of the third party account providers. The following alternative may be of…
A notification/alert can be sent to a teacher, who is due to cover a class, to advise them that they are covering a particular class. Unfortunately this is not an automatic process and will need to be carried out manually. Go to Focus-School-Arrange Cover and select the day/absence in question. Once this is open, you…
Auto Update Class Links This tick box is to allow Nova-T6 to remove and/or add classes to the course. This is done when the curriculum and timetable is sent from Nova-T6 to SQL. If the box is ticked, then when a class is exported from Nova-T6 with the same subject and level as the course,…
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Key Dates: Summer 2019 SIMS and FMS Upgrade release date: 26th July 2019 Download days: The Scomis Service desk will be open from 07:00 to 17:00 on results download days – 14th, 15th, 21st & 22nd August 2019. 21/08/2019 UPDATED @ 11:30 OCR Drama J3169A and J316B When importing a result file for students who…
Capita provides a KS2 Comparative England 2019 report in SIMS that enables schools to provide parents with information on the school’s current Year 6 end of key stage outcomes alongside comparable national data from 2018. Unfortunately, some inconsistencies have been identified in the report in the way the data is currently presented for national performance…
When looking at a student’s Individual Registration Attendance report (accessed via links on the right hand side of the student record) you may find that possible attendance varies from one student to another. Attendance codes D, #, Y, X and Z are ‘Attendance Not Required’ codes. As these codes indicate that attendance is not…
User can’t see the option to pick 2019-20 Planned Learning Hours in order to update it through Tools / Academic Management / Course Manager / Post 16 Programmes of Study. Likewise can’t select 2018-19 to Update Prior attainment. These options won’t be available unless the user is in the 2019-2020 academic year. To change the…
To setup B2B tasks to send information to your local authority, you can follow these steps: Firstly, you will need to follow this FAQ – to make sure you are configured correctly – https://faq.scomis.org/kb22259/ Once you have done this, do the following: Go into Routines – Data Exchange – Manage Tasks Press ‘Search’ and you will…
Unfortunately, it is not possible to push attendance via the Parent App for one year group. Changes to the SIMS Parent settings, such as enabling certain modules, will affect the whole school.
It is possible to send out data collection via Parent App to pre-admission groups. Applicants must be in a valid pre-admission group and have an application status of “Accepted”. You can only invite these users in bulk by the groups, they will not appear at all in the individual users lists. One thing worth noting,…
Documentation: Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded here: Summer 2019 Combined Release Note FMS Summer 2019 Release Note The links below show short videos highlighting key information about the enhancements that come as part of the SIMS Summer 2019 release. People in Sims with the Same Address…
Home Page The course homepage will display the introduction and all the course modules. Each course will have a different number of modules to complete. Click on each module and work through all the required modules. Modules Every course has a different number of modules to be completed. Each module will focus on a different…
This report will show you the attendance and % attendance for the student since their date of admission. Reports > Lesson Monitor > Whole Group Student Reports > Student School Career Attendance Report. Attendances and % Attendance include both present and Approved Educational Activity
There is no audit trail in Attendance or Lesson Monitor. The History of changes Report will: Show students who have had a change of mark recorded within the specified date range. All changed marks and their reason for change are shown. When a session mark is saved, SIMS checks if a mark already exists. If…
There is currently no audit trail in SIMS so you will not be able to see which user changed something. If you do know the date and time of when something was changed, then this can be checked against session logins. Go to Focus | System Manager | User Access Log. This displays which users logged…
The Pupil (or Student) Teacher View provides a summary of the following pupil/student information in read-only format using widgets, which function in a similar way to those found on the SIMS Home Page: Basic details Timetable Achievements Behaviour incidents Assessment key indicators Attendance Attendance interventions For Further guidance on this, please refer to the documentation…
If you are already using Programme of Study to record your Early Years data, it is possible to transfer the results into the Early Years Profile Wizard. Please follow the guidance below: EYFS Transfer results from PoS to EYFS Wizard Marksheets Please contact the Scomis Service Desk on 01392 385300 if you need further guidance.
If you have recently migrated your pupil and staff data into a Sims database from another MIS system (e.g. RM Integris) and you do not have sufficient historical information in your Sims database to complete the census a template can be requested from the DfE to input the additional information. Please complete a DfE service…
If you have a cheque that has e.g. been damaged by the printer you will need to spoil the cheque within FMS, in order to re-run the cheque processing for the suppliers associated with the cheque numbers of the spoilt cheques. 1) You can only spoil a cheque if you have not confirmed printing. When…
The issue is caused by the language used as part of the Macros for the Quick Letter uploading process. For Hosted schools, the “Quickletter Edit” shortcut has been updated so that the QuickLetterTemplate-Office2010 can now be found in F:\PUBLIC\SIMS\QuickLetter. To resolve this issue; Run the Quickletter Edit shortcut (This will copy in the Office2010 template…
This error appears because a ledger code had been created in the previous year, after close down, and had not been updated in the new year’s structure. To resolve this, you will need to open the previous year, go to Tools/Define Financial Years/Update Next Year’s Structures: Tag the code and then click on Copy…
When downloading your files, please note that when you ”Download all” , all of the files will be downloaded as one batch. This may cause an issue as all of the different types of files (ATF, reconciliation files etc) are coming down in one zipped file and you may find it difficult to retrieve the file. …
When trying to fix the budget in FMS you may receive the error above. This is because the Expense Limit and Expense Allocated figures do not match. To match these figures go to; Focus | Budget Management | Cost Centre Allocation. Click the “Columns” icon and select “Expense Limit” and “Expense Allocated ” You will…
It is possible to view and approve changes made by parents through Parent App via the SIMS homepage. From the SIMS Homepage, click on the “Configure” button on the top right hand side. From here you will need to add a new panel by using the arrow buttons on the right hand side of the…
You can create custom date ranges in SIMS for use in Academic Management by browsing to Tools > Setups > Curriculum Setup > Curriculum and then click the New button on the menu bar. You need to enter the name and the from and to dates. Once saved, this will apply for all users in…