How to view pupil UPN’s on an Assessment or Exams Marksheet The DfE states “UPNs are not [to be] printed or written on any reports or similar documents • UPNs are not [to be] disclosed to anyone without valid consent or legitimate reason” See DFE Guidance on Unique Pupil Numbers However, if it is deemed…
Please see the following document for instructions on how to Create or Delete a Band in Nova Create or Delete a Band
If parents split nursery hours across two providers, the hours have to be shared when recording in SIMS at the two sites. The recording in SIMS is via Tools | Statutory Return Tools | Update Early Years, and update the ‘Funded Hours’ and if applicable the ‘Extended Funded Hours’ columns. For Extended Funded Hours, the…
The Autumn 2020 SIMS Upgrade (V7.196) & FMS (V6.196) is planned to be rolled out over the weekend starting Friday 13th November 2020 Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded below: Please note:SIMS have released a “Consolidated Workstation Patch 1” – for the issue of being unable to…
The Installation setup is only run once on any local machine. The install puts all the necessary files in place and a Spring 2022 version of NT6.exe. The NT6.exe needs updating to the current version in SIMS and then going forwards, updated with every SIMS upgrade. The instructions for updating the NT6.exe are at the…
Where staggered lunch periods are required/overlap, it is best to create an extra period. This manages the staggered lunch much better, but will distort any period analysis. On the Cycle screen – choose the lunch periods and give them a green period type Lunch – i.e. not exclusive In Plan | Subjects, create a subject called…
Setting up a 4 Week Timetable and applying it in SIMS If the following is being actioned after the start of the academic year, great care needs to be taken. Please see https://faq.scomis.org/kb16581/ for details on sending the cycle mid-year. Please be aware that as 4 week timetables have not previously been used, Capita are still…
The Summer 2020 Upgrade (V7.194) is planned to be rolled out over the weekend starting Friday 17th July 2020 Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded below: SIMS_Summer_2020_Combined_Release_Note Summer 2020 SIMS What’s New Summer 2020 FMS What’s New Here are some useful videos showing new features in this…
Current (on Roll) student emails and telephone numbers can be imported directly into SIMS from a CSV file. Go to Routines | Data In | Pupil (or Student) Data | Import from Spreadsheet. School Administrators can now import pupil/student personal email addresses and telephone numbers. To find out more details, go to the documentation centre…
To download the report file, click here : FSM EVER 6 – Secondary FSM EVER 6 – Primary Please note that these reports can only be an approximation of FSM Ever6 as used by the DfE for allocating Deprivation Pupil Premium. For example, the DfE knows the YTI reported for pupils in School Census when…
The Spring 2020 Upgrade (V7.192) is planned to be rolled out over the weekend starting Friday 27th March 2020 Documentation: Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded here: Spring 2020 SIMS Combined Release Notes Spring 2020 FMS Release Notes Upgrade your own data? – you may find the…
Nova-T6 Data | Export Curriculum and Timetable to SQL When sending the timetable to SIMS it just hangs or does not complete To resolve this issue, in SIMS run Tools | Validate Memberships Reviewed 31/7/20 KB25621
Documentation: Release notes containing detailed information on what is included in the upgrade can be downloaded here: Autumn 2019 Combined Release Notes Autumn 2019 FMS Release Notes The links below show short videos highlighting key information about the enhancements that come as part of the SIMS Summer 2019 release Update to the Linked People at the…
Please click the link below for notes on using the Salary Calculator : Salary Calculator NB. These notes include details on how to stop the Salary Calculator automatically incrementing the pay scale. KB23924
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…
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…
“SREngine has stopped working” error when running Create and Validate on the School Census This error can be caused by an invalid path set for the Census. Go to Routines | Statutory Returns | School Census\Workforce Census and browse to a valid Census Folder. This is where the Census Report will be saved. KB23057
Please click here: Attaching-QCA-Codes Reviewed on 24/5/19
Click here: Processing BTEC-Results Reviewed 24/5/19 KB212898
For further information on GDPR Regulation for schools, see the Scomis website Scomis Guidance on GDPR Or alternatively see the following sources for guidance : DfE Data Protection Toolkit Within this link : Information Record Management Society – School’s Toolkit the Document ‘Information Management Toolkit for Schools’ contains a Data Retention Schedule at the end of the…
If an invoice has been created in accounts receivable and has been printed it can’t be cancelled. To reverse the error – In Accounts Receivable, create a Receipt as if you have received payment for the invoice. Post it via the paying-in slip. In FMS | General Ledger | Manual Journal Processing – create a Cash Book…
Create the new member of staff in Manager Classroom Staff if not already there – this will automatically create a Personnel Record In Timetable, Plan>Teachers Open the teacher record by double click or Edit>overwrite the details and the whole timetable will be allocated to the new teacher. Send the timetable over for the next day. The…
When running the Preliminary Close within FMS the following message is displayed: “All Fund Allocations must be fully apportioned for CFR before FINAL close can take place.” Go to Focus | Budget Management | Fund Allocation | Double click on the fund. Go to tab 2 – History and open the Narrative. Within here enter an amount…
If the incoming teacher is replacing an outgoing teacher and is taking over all of the curriculum responsibilities., edit both the code and name of the outgoing teacher in Plan | Teachers | Edit and overtype the outgoing teachers details with the replacing teacher. The timetable will be allocated to the new teacher. The new teacher…
Rooms are in SIMS.net but are not appearing in Examinations Organiser In Examinations Organiser: 1. Tools | School Setup | Exam Room. 2. Select ‘ADD’ to add a new exam room. 3. Click on the browser to view the list of rooms available. If the room is not listed in the dropdown menu but has…
SIMS has introduced a new utility enabling users to map Aspect and Result Sets that have been defined in school with those defined by Capita SIMS. This is known as the Mapping Tool. Once a school has mapped their assessment aspects and result sets to those provided by Capita, the associated assessment results will become…
When adding PAYEE details in the ‘Payment To’ section on a supplier in FMS, when saving after adding the LEA Reference you may get a warning that the reference is being used on another supplier. If this is true, just click OK. It is common for multiple suppliers to use the same Payee. If this is not true, further…
Alternative Curriculum appears in Cover, also in Lesson Monitor, on the staff timetables and on Staff Homepage Timelines. Alternative Curriculum does not update Course Manager. Reviewed on 02/03/2020
Since the Spring 2014 Upgrade FMS now has a new menu item under Tools>MIS Settings. If the MIS settings in FMS are not correct the error ‘User does not have the required access rights’ may be displayed. A message appears when users first log into FMS ‘User does not have the required access rights’ but it will…