School Workforce Census Bulletin 2023

This FAQ lists the latest information regarding the School Workforce Census. It contains links to relevant documentation and information on the latest filesets, patches and errors. Register for our SIMS Digital Learning Course – Here – These courses are free for Scomis customers. School Workforce Census Date: 2nd November 2023 School Workforce Census Deadline Date…

No information in School Workforce Census

A new (not converting) school had no staff on the reports. There was no actual previous URN to enter as the school didn’t exist. The software doesn’t allow the same number to be entered. It was resolved, however, by entering a zero in the ‘Previous URN Number’ field and the ‘Date Number Changed’ being when the…

School Workforce Census contains no staff

This problem usually occurs when a school has recently converted to an Academy and it does not have URN details entered in SIMS.   To Resolve: Go to Focus>School>School Details You will need to enter the Unique Reference Number (URN) even if this number has not changed since the School became an Academy. You must…

Activate route to enable School Workforce Census

You need Personnel Officer and Return Manager permission rights in order to run the school workforce census. If you go to Routines | Statutory Returns and you still have no option for School Workforce Census you will need to apply the licence – please contact Scomis for the up to date licence   Reviewed 17/02/2015