When attaching a document to a student record through linked documents you will be offered 3 options. Public, Private or Confidential. If Public is chosen then the document/information is available to all…
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…
Removal of teacher assessment for English reading and mathematics Schools are no longer required to make statutory teacher assessment (TA) judgements in English reading and mathematics. This change has been made in…
There are no significant changes to KS1 test administration from previous years. However, there is a change with Pre-Key Stage Teacher Assessment Standards and P-scales. Previously, P-Scales of P1i,P1ii,P2i,P2ii,P3i,P3ii,P4,P5,P6,P7,P8 were used. This…
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…
Please see the following advice from Capita (SIMS Software developer) & DFE Gender should be self-declared and recorded according to the wishes of the parent and / or pupil. Individuals are free…
Schools can provide the department with their addresses in whichever format their data is held within their MIS – either; BS7666 address format, (SAON, PAON, post town or other address items) or;…
Routines | Pupil (or Student) | Bulk Delete Pupil Data Following the Sims Summer 2018 Upgrade to assist schools in being GDPR compliant, it is now possible for a school to…
These are the steps to follow to bulk update the Parental Salutation and Parental Addressee fields for a student's record. You can update this field one by one via their profile under…
1. Go to Focus>Student>Student Details and select the Linked Documents link. Select the applicable Linked Document and click 'Open'. This will now save the document as a local copy on your machine or open the existing…
In Sims.net go to: Focus Groups User Defined Groups Search for the Group that you want to remove the student from Go to Panel 2 - Membership Find the student in the…
Exceptions report states there are missing marks from before the school became an academy but school is unable to find any missing marks. Go to Tools>Setups>CTF Change the export attendance dropdown option…
If a parent has passed away, you will need to remove them from SIMS to make sure that no reports or letters are sent to them. As this is a sensitive issue…
When in Student Curriculum attempting to change membership dates an error appears End Date is not in an Eligible period - it does not matter which date is entered. Click on the…
You may need to know any joiners and leavers over a date range. There is a report built into SIMS which can show you this. Go to Reports>Run Reports>Click the + to…
To add more options under a medical event i.e. additional options under the Immunisation list. Tools> Maintain Medical Event > Search Select the relevant Event Type i.e. Immunisation and double click to open it >…
Back to Pupil Premium FAQ These notes are designed to clarify the difference between who you record in census as a Service Child and the Service Children you will receive Pupil…
Schools can be supplied with a Photo Import Licence from an accredited school photographer for which there is an annual charge. A list of the accredited photographers can be found at http://www.capita-sims.co.uk/our-partners/accredited-photographers…
In Student/Teacher View screen the Assessment Key Indicators are showing as 'Aspect not Defined' how do I get Aspect to appear? Go to Tools > Setup > Student/Teacher View > Section 3…
Introduced in 2011, the pupil premium is a sum of money given to schools each year by the Government to improve the attainment of disadvantaged children. Schools are given a pupil premium for:…
Within SIMS go to Tools | Setups | User Defined Fields Click New Enter a description for the field. Select a Field Type. For instance, is your UDF to be a single…
The sessions when part-time pupils, i.e. pupils of non-statutory school age, are not required to attend school can be specified using this routine. SIMS then applies the No Attendance Required code to…
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…
Please see the Permission Definitions below: Public: Documents available/visible to all users Private: Documents available/visible only to the user that created them. Confidential: Only available/visible to those from the following User Groups: SEN Co-ordinator School…
To add a historic result or a result for an Exam taken externally to Student Details Exams link, you will need to enter the result by doing the following: In SIMS Tools…
What is a ULN? A Unique Learner Number is a 10-digit number which is unique to the learner and is used in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Why do we need the…
The Autumn upgrade has introduced new options when choosing to export a CTF Routines > Data Out > Export CTF. You will now be faced with 2 Export Type options. General -…
The browser does not show as active until the following has been done:- 1 - The number of students chosen matches the number of photographs chosen (as stated at the bottom left…
You will need to be a member of either the School Administrator or System Manager user groups in System Manager to run this function. Please see your System Administrator/Manager if you are…