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…
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…
The admission number will no longer exist so it is important to keep a note of it with the school’s official roll book. The path required is Routines>Pupil>Delete Pupil Search for the pupil and use the red cross to delete. kb23531
All children with SEN should be reviewed on a regular basis to foster good working relationships with pupils and their parents. This should take place termly for all pupils, although pupils who have been issued with a Statement or Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) are required to have an annual review involving the LA….
SIMS Interventions enables schools to enrol pupil/students, who are not achieving or behaving as expected, on a course of intervention measures. It is possible to allocate additional resources, monitor the use of these resources and gauge how these resources affect Key Performance Indicators, as well as record the cost of the resources. This enables schools…
Navigate to https://id.sims.co.uk Fill in your user name and password and click Login. If your credentials are correct you will be logged in. If not you will be able to try again. Too many failed attempts may result in your account being locked. A Site Administrator can reset your account. If you realize that you…
You can only change your own password if your site has been configured to allow this. To reset your password click on the “Hello your name” (top right of screen) and choose ‘Change Password’. As you type the new password hints are given to help you comply with the SIMS ID password complexity policy….
Setting your security questions and answers On the first login to SIMS ID you will be asked to add three security answers. This will allow you to reset your password if it’s ever forgotten. Some things to note: * All questions must be answered. Answers must have 4 or more characters. Answers are not case…
What to do if you forget your password: If you forget your password, you can click on the ‘Forgotten password’ link from https://id.sims.co.uk(https://id.sims.co.uk/). If you forget your username, please contact your SIMS ID Site Administrator. When resetting your password you will be asked to provide your username and asked to answer one of your…
The Pupil (or Student) Teacher View provides a summary of the following pupil/student information in read-only format using widgets, which functionin a similar way to those found on the SIMS Home Page: Basic details Timetable Achievements Behaviour incidents Assessment key indicators Attendance Attendance initiatives There are many benefits to using the Student Teacher View. The…
To configure the assessment wizard on your homepage you can do the following: Go to configure in the top right hand corner of the homepage Amend the number of panels to make sure you have an extra one than is already showing and press the green tick. Drag the assessment widget onto your new panel…
This information is intended for use by the SIMS ID Administrator and the IT contact in the school and it provides step-by-step instructions for the installation of the SIMS ID service. This document explains how to install an automated link between your SIMS database and SIMS ID so that user and timetable data can be synchronised….
There are two ways to get your favourite report(s) to show on the SIMS homepage favourites panel. Option 1 Reports > Design Reports > Open Existing Report > right click over the report you want to add and select Add to favourites. Option 2 Reports > Run reports > locate the report from the report…
What is a Raw Score? The raw score is the total number of marks a pupil scores in a test, based on the number of questions they answered correctly. What is a Scaled score? Scaled Score results are reported consistently from one year to the next. The national curriculum tests are designed to be as…
Top 10 Reasons for giving teachers access to SIMS in the classroom https://faq.scomis.org/kb5259/ All teachers will need to be set up with a SIMS login in System Manager and given the permission of Class Teacher. (This will also enable them to have access to basic information about their pupils i.e. contact and address information, attendance etc….
Homepage Groups enable schools to set a standard Homepage Configuration for staff groups. Only those with a role of Employee in SIMS can be added to a home page group. Go to Routines | Homepage | Homepage Group Configuration Clicking Search will display the embedded groups : Use the embedded groups by clicking on them…
SIMS Documentation is a site created by Capita for information and instructional documents on SIMS. The documentation site can be accessed via the SIMS Homepage through the following button . Once in SIMS Documentation you will be able to search for documents based on your role in school.
Discover is a free tool created by Capita, for more information on the benefits of using Discover please visit https://faq.scomis.org/kb13363/. If you are Hosted and would like to start using Discover please contact the Scomis Service Desk at scomis@devon.gov.uk and we will setup Discover for you. If you aren’t Hosted and would like to start using…
Missing Register Notifications can be set up as one of the Homepage widgets. On the Homepage go to Configure, this will open the Configure Homepage screen. On this screen you can increase the number of panels available on the Homepage if necessary by increasing the number and selecting the tick, you must have a blank…
Within Discover it is possible to view the Pupil/Student SEN information in a graphical format. To access the SEN graphs you will need to click on the SEN option at the top of the screen. This will then show you the SEN graphs that are available within Discover. To display the information within the graphs…
Within Discover it is possible to view the Pupil/Student percentage attendance in a graphical format. To access the Percentage Attendance graph you will need to click on the Attendance option and drag the Percentage Attendance Year To Date report onto the blank canvas. Once dragged onto the canvas the information will be displayed as a…
Within Discover it is possible to create something called a Dynamic Group. A Dynamic Group will look at a specific piece of information and will update the group with real time information. For example this would be particularly useful to monitor pupils within less than 95% attendance. To create a Dynamic Group you will need…
What is the SIMS School Report and how can you access it? The School Report provides an instant overview of your school based on the latest data held in SIMS, giving school leadership and governors insight into areas of strength and weakness to inform their decisions. The report can be exported in a number of…
Scomis provides termly Newsletters informing you of up coming events and training and of the latest changes in SIMS and new services we provide. You can subscribe to the Newsletter from this link https://www.scomis.org/contact-us/ then scroll down the page and complete this form …
Our release dates: NB We will not be upgrading the hosted platform or releasing the upgrade via Solus on 5th April as planned. This is because Capita are investigating a potential CTF issue with the Spring release. We are awaiting more details and will update this post with the new release date as soon as we…
On February 28th there will be an update to SIMS Services Manager and Teacher App. There have been several technical changes made to the SSM package, Teacher App and the Teacher App Administrator websites due to Microsoft retiring their support for the “Access Control Service” (ACS). If the appropriate action outlined below is not taken, Teacher App…
There are two ways that this information can be viewed. The first is through Focus/In Touch/Show Messages. This displays an Inbox and Sent box. However, an easier and more beneficial way to see this information is by running an InTouch report. Please go to Reports/InTouch/Messaging Audit. This report provides details of all messages sent to,…
I can’t remember my password. What should I do? Visit the website of your account provider (i.e. Microsoft, Google, Facebook or Twitter) and follow their instructions for resetting your password. Do I need to register separately for each of my children attending this school? No. When you sign in to SIMS Parent, events and…
Which parent records are pulled into SIMS Parent? SIMS Parent pulls through all individuals with parental responsibility, regardless of the contact priority recorded in SIMS. If a person with parental responsibility has a current court order recorded in SIMS against their relationship with all of their children, the parent will not be recognised by SIMS…
Select route:- Tools | Performance | Assessment | System Utilities | Results Select – Delete a Selection of Results Next Browse to the Group required Select ALL (or tick the students required) Click Apply Click Next Browse to the Aspects the results are associated with Tick required aspects and Click Apply Select either Result Set…