Creating a report to display Parents contact information

The following process goes through the best way to display parents contact information. Go to Reports | Student List | General Student list. You will be given a list with all the on roll pupils within the school along with there year group and registration group. On the right hand side of the screen you…

Exams – How to generate a Submission File

The following FAQ will go through the process of how to generate a Submission File. Select the Submissions button on the Application Bar or select Focus | Submissions to open the Submission browser. The Submission browser displays a list of the files already submitted to the Examination Boards. Note – You can view submission files already sent to the examination board by highlighting…

Excel not responding when running report

When a staff member is running a report in Excel they will occasionally get the following message when closing the print preview screen – This is being caused by a previous document wanting to be recovered. In order to resolve this issue you will need to locate “file manager” on your shortcuts within Hosted SIMS….

FMS6 adoption of ESFA chart of accounts

Below are the latest updates regarding ESFA Chart of Accounts for academies and MATS. Ensure that FMS6 is on V6.192 (Spring) or higher. You can confirm the version via Help | About SIMS FMS. From FMS > Tools > General Ledger Setup, tab 10 ESFA Mapping. You will be able to map your general ledger…

Editing Academic structure

If you need to make changes to an academic structure such as adding or removing a teacher training day you can do so by going through the following steps – Select Routines | School | Edit Academic Year to display the Create Academic Year wizard. You will not need to worry about defining the school…

Exporting Service Terms

A school may need to update their Service Terms however this may involve a lot of work, if the school is in an academy/federation it may be a case that a school within this academy/federation can share the updated service terms to save time.  For the school to be able to export Service Terms they…