Parent App – Attendance to show for one year group
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.
Parent App – Sending out Data Collection to pre-admission groups
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,…
Summer 2019 Upgrade to Sims and FMS
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…
ScoLearn – Using Digital Learning
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…
Student School Career Attendance Report
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
Is there an audit trail in Attendance / Lesson Monitor 7?
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…
Is there an audit trail in SIMS?
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…
Viewing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) on the Sims Home Page
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…
Key Stage Statutory Returns – Early Years Transferring data from Programme of Study to Early Years Marksheets
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.
School Census – Migrating MIS data to Sims
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…
How Do I Spoil A cheque?
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…
Compile Error in Sims Quick Letter – Office 2010 (64-bit Edition)
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…
FMS Error – “Duplicate Ledger Code ! This Ledger Code exists in the previous financial year, a Structure Update is recommended”.
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…
Problems downloading files from the Devon transfer site
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. …
Unable to Fix Budget: FMS Error: Budget cannot be fixed. Cost Centre expenditure limits must be equal to expenditure allocations at ledger code level
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…
Data Collection Notifications on Homepage when using ParentApp Lite
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…
Creating custom named date range for use in Course Manager / Academic Management
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…
Creating Assessment Lookup Tables
For guidance on how to create an Assessment Lookup Table, please see the document below: Creating Lookup Tables For further queries, please contact the Scomis Service Desk on 01392 385300
Sims Assessment – Enhancements for the SIMS 2019 7.186 Spring Release
Annual Updates to Early Years Foundation Stage Profiles for 2019 Applicable to schools in England only Routines | Data In | Assessment | Import The following resources have been updated for 2019 and are available from the AMPA\England Primary (and Middle Deemed Primary)\Assessment Manager folder: EYFS Profile Template 2019.xml EYFS Profile Wizard 2019.xml. Annual Updates…
Creating SEN Review Letters to send in bulk
This FAQ – https://faq.scomis.org/kb23777/ – shows how to edit and create SEN review letters for single pupils. Below are instructions to create these letters for pupils with SEN reviews in bulk. Go to Reports – Design Report – Open Existing Report. Browse through the folders to Focus – SEN Review and open up the SEN…
Editing SEN Review Letter
When adding reviews to an SEN record, you can create a letter to send to parents directly from this area. Go to the pupil record and click on the SEN link on the right hand side. Scroll down or click the hyperlink to panel 4 – Reviews. Once you have created the review for this…
Updating Pupils with Top-Up Funding
Tools | Statutory Return Tools | Update Top-Up Funding to display the Update Pupils with Top-up Funding screen. Any pupils currently recorded as having top-up funding are displayed in the Top-up Funding list (located in the bottom half of the page) Use the Students On-Roll on Census Day search criteria to locate the additional pupils…
Travel Tab Not Showing For Parents
Schools may have selected the Travel tab in the Product Admin in order for it to appear for parents in ParentApp however the tab is not showing in the app The reason for this is that the tab in the app is linked to the Route lookup table….
Preparing your Workstation for TLS 1.2
This guide will give you some general advice on how to prepare your workstation for TLS 1.2. TLS or Transport Layer Security is the encryption that is used to protect your internet traffic whilst it is going over the internet. There have been several iterations of the protocol, starting with SSL 1, 2 and 3…
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What is Sims ID?
SIMS ID enables a single login point for multiple pieces of software. It works by synchronising key user data between SIMS and SIMS ID, enabling a Single Sign On (SSO) experience for pupil/students, staff and parents. Accounts, groups and timetable data are synchronised between SIMS and SIMS ID, with both administrators and users accessing SIMS…
Where can I find the SPS Safety Reports?
Capita have recently released a new suite of reports called the SPS Safety Reports. The SPS Safety Reports are a suite of reports which simply imports into SIMS and will allow detailed analysis on any key group, subject, class and individual for attendance, behaviour, achievements, staff absence and homework. For both primary and secondary schools….
Invalid variant type conversion when using Seating Organiser
This issue has proved extremely difficult for Scomis or Capita to replicate Therefore, If you are experiencing this issue, Please remove the seating plan and re-create it. This should resolve your issue. Apologies for any inconvenience. Reviewed 24/5/19
Dinner Money – Recording a Write Off
This facility enables you to write off all or part of an outstanding balance for a selected pupil or staff member. 1. Select Focus | Dinner Money | Pupil (or Staff) Additional Transactions to display the Find Pupil (or Staff) browser 2. Search for and select the required individual. The Pupil (or Staff) Payments and…
How Do I Configure the Homepage to Add Attendance Widgets?
1)To configure the homepage, click configure top right corner, see screen shot below: 2)You may need to add additional tiles via the grid above to add your desired attendance widget. To do this click “Number of Additional Panels” add the number and click the tick button. This will create blank tiles for you to…