7 Aug 2017
Ensure that a Headteacher is defined in Focus>School>School Details. The Headteacher is the top level in Line Management and completed by default by the software using the school details so if there…
3 May 2017
When it comes to the differences in the count, Personnel actually mainly considers staff Employment Date, which is different to the Contract Dates. For a teacher to show in the Personnel browse…
25 Oct 2016
Firstly the user will need to be given permissions within System Manager to the Staff Performance (SP) groups. Secondly go to Tools>Staff>Staff Performance>Line Management structure Check the date and click Go Highlight…
25 Jan 2016
This can happen if staff have been entered in Personnel and separately into Manage Classroom Staff resulting in two staff codes. Also (rarely) if they are in the student focus and that…
22 Dec 2015
Once the user has been set-up in SIMS please log-in to the FPS Web companion and select the P7 Link option Select NEXT Some schools may see a screen with…
7 Dec 2015
Check the member of staff's personnel record for absences. Either there is a missing end date or the end date is not correct eg the year has been mistyped. This can occur…
27 Oct 2015
Once there has been a new superannuation rate agreed it needs to be entered into Sims .net Go to Tools>Staff>Superannuation Search for the required scheme Click on the New button on the…
28 Aug 2015
After the Summer 2015 upgrade to SIMS and FMS, schools using the Personnel Links functionality between FMS and SIMS may experience various error messages when the data is being transferred from SIMS…
12 Mar 2014
Go to Tools>Staff>Pay Related>New Enter a code, description, Hours Worked and Weeks Worked as required. If the pay pattern will be the same for all staff on this service term it may be…
20 Feb 2014
This KB gives 3 scenarios to help you to provide Cover for a teacher who has left the school, 1 If a staff member leaves and the timetable is taken over…
23 Oct 2013
At various times pay awards are negotiated for different types of staff and the resulting agreed amounts published. These figures will then need to be entered into Sims .net for both the…
22 Oct 2013
Due to the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions changes effective from September 2013 which removes a mandatory pay structure for teachers, Local Authorities and SCOMIS are unable to provide automatic updates in the future.…
12 Mar 2013
There might be a situation where current students are also employed by the School or the student has left and come back as Staff. To avoid a duplication, you should only use…
30 Jan 2013
The reasons for absences in Cover are held in a separate table from the reasons for absence in Personnel, but there is no reason why the tables cannot be the same, if desired.…
31 Oct 2012
Absences such as meetings are recorded in Cover only - The member of staff is not actually absent therefore they are not recorded in Personnel. When adding or editing a reason for…
17 Oct 2012
A Training course can be added via Tools | Staff | Training. Click ‘new’ to add a new training course. Enter the details in Panel 1 & 2 Staff attending the course…
25 Jul 2012
This function allows you to suspend a contract, either to replace the contract with another one for a period of time or simply lapse the contract. NOTE: FMS will not calculate commitment…
17 Nov 2011
You may also get error 'Not a valid start date ##/##/####. This is caused by an incorrect allowance description. Go to Tools | Staff | Pay Related. Search for the service term…
17 Mar 2011
1. In Sims .net go to Tools>Staff>Pay Related 2. Choose the relevant service term then go to section 4 Posts 3. Click on the blue 'new' option on the right and add…
5 Jan 2011
This is due to a missing date in the 'Employment Start' field. 1. Go to Focus>Person>Staff and browse for the problem record. 2. Choose Employment Details tab - this requires a date in…
27 Aug 2010
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10 Aug 2010
If the allowance is a preset one then go to the person's contract, scroll down to the allowance field, click on new and add the appropriate allowance. If the allowance is not…
Because the status is deferred. As soon as the contract is active it will change to the yellow folder icon and when closed it changes to the black cross. kb1759 Last reviewed…
19 Apr 2010
Find the old record and use the Employment Details tab Add new employment dates by clicking the 'new' option beside the panel, fill in the fields as appropriate Enter new contract details…
12 Aug 2009
This problem is usually due to conflicting information in a contract. Check the closed contracts, they probably have an open scale record, enter the correct end date then try saving again. kb310…
28 May 2009
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. Last reviewed: 03/01/2018 kb116
If you backdate a contract it will affect FMS. If you have reconciled against the old contract, we would suggest to not backdate unless you are happy to change FMS as well.…