To support schools in completing the daily DfE Educational Settings form we have put together a SIMS report that brings together the key student data in a simple to read table. Running this report should reduce the time required to complete the Educational Settings form. Please follow the instructions in the setting up guide…
The subcodes can be used for more granular reporting on the I codes. Once you have entered your I code into the register you can right click on the mark and select “Enter Subcode” Make sure the padlock is off and says overwrite as per the screenshot. …
Update 18/06/2020 The report definition was updated today. To ensure the customer is using the latest version, check that the report output contains the information below. Original post below: What is it? This report is designed to help schools complete the daily DfE return on attendance. It focuses on the student/pupil section of the form….
Percentage Attendance figures produced by a Discover Percentage Attendance Graph are different when compared with the figures produced by an Attendance / Lesson Monitor report. This is due to the way that Discover calculates attendance figures as an average, therefore the data will not always match. The differences are because the Discover graphs and…
Following the Sims Summer 2019 upgrade, changes have been made to the Reporting Dictionary Report | Design Reports and the Additional Student Columns in Assessment and Attendance. The fields previously referred to as Gifted & Talented have been changed to More Able and Talented. Reviewed 27/7/20
When looking at a student’s Individual Registration Attendance report (accessed via links on the right hand side of the student record) you may find that possible attendance varies from one student to another. Attendance codes D, #, Y, X and Z are ‘Attendance Not Required’ codes. As these codes indicate that attendance is not…
Unfortunately, it is not possible to push attendance via the Parent App for one year group. Changes to the SIMS Parent settings, such as enabling certain modules, will affect the whole school.
This report will show you the attendance and % attendance for the student since their date of admission. Reports > Lesson Monitor > Whole Group Student Reports > Student School Career Attendance Report. Attendances and % Attendance include both present and Approved Educational Activity
Within Discover it is possible to view the Pupil/Student percentage attendance in a graphical format. To access the Percentage Attendance graph you will need to click on the Attendance option and drag the Percentage Attendance Year To Date report onto the blank canvas. Once dragged onto the canvas the information will be displayed as a…
Certain attendance Discover graphs displays totals by percentages, for example: 100% 99% 98% 97% etc. These can be changed. It is possible to specify the ranges used on the x-axis of attendance interval and late interval graphs (such as the Percentage Session Attendance Year to Date and Percentage Lates graphs). Open the Discover Administration Utility…
This report will run for any students but the effective date must be one when they were on roll at the school. Reports>Attendance (or Lesson Monitor)>Whole Group Pupil (student) Reports>Pupil’s (student’s)School Career Attendance Report Change the Date if necessary, choose the required Group Type and click Search Highlight required pupils and click Print kb22716
To setup attendance letters to send to parents for certain attendance categories, you can do the following. Go to Tools – Setups -Attendance Setup – Letter Definition Click ‘New’ and enter a name for the letter and choose a field to base it on. A word document will then open where you can write…
The Individual Session Summary Report (Reports/Attendance/Individual Pupil Reports/Individual Session Summary Report) will only display one student’s attendance details per page. Unfortunately it is not possible to change this. As a workaround, please follow the instructions below: Open File Manager Choose a destination (Eg: F:/Public/Updates) Right click on the white background and select New/Microsoft Word Document. …
Discover | Percentage Session Attendance Year to Date or Percentage Lesson Attendance Year to Date graphs. Calculations for the Attendance Year to Date graphs in Discover are made as of the last data transfer, with the default transfer time set to after midnight unless it is manually run or the transfer schedule changed. This means that…
Scomis have produced a variety of reports which allow more detailed analysis of attendance data. The attached files will need to be imported into SIMS Reports and will be accessible through the Reports Menu, which will be under the Student Focus. Please download and unzip the compressed file and then import the individual .repdef files…
This will enable you to colour code the percentage attendance within a marksheet so that you can report on percentage attendance within an Individual Report for parents. Example: Above 95% is green Between 90%-95% is yellow Below 90% attendance is red Create an aspect called “Attendance Traffic Light” (Focus/Assessment/Aspect and click on new) ….
1. Select Reports | Attendance (or Lesson Monitor) and then the required report to display the selected report browser. 2. Specify the required date range, ensuring that the dates fall within the attendance year for which you want to run the report. 3. Specify additional report criteria, if applicable, and then click the Print button….
The inbuilt Attendance and Lesson Monitor reports are designed to output to a web browser such as Internet Explorer. It is possible to export the data from the web browser to Microsoft Excel. After running your report it will open a new window and you will see your information. If you right click on the…
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 the sessions that occur during the specified date range. The Week Range dates must lie within the new academic year and we would…
Editing the Reason for Change of Mark A default reason for change of mark must be defined as part of the set up process (Tools | Setups | Attendance Setup). However, if the default reason for change of mark is not appropriate for all marks that have been changed, individual reasons for change can be…
There is a report called Group Analysis by Vulnerability Report that will give this information: In Sims.net go to: Reports – Attendance/Lesson Monitor – Group Reports – Group Analysis by Vulnerability Report – select the date range you require – select SEN Status in the STAR Fields box – select the Group Type – set…
Y and # codes cannot be entered through the register, a member of admin staff will need to follow this routine: Go to Focus>Attendance>Exceptional Circumstances (or Focus>Lesson Monitor>Exceptional Circumstances) Click new Enter the dates you require Select group type (e.g Whole School if the school had to be closed or Individual pupil if someone was…
You can add new Attendance Codes and any new code would need to be linked to a Statutory DfE code. To do this go to Tools | Attendance Setup | Codes | Maintain Codes. Click NEW. You will see you can set up a new code and then ‘Link to Reg Mark’ You can report…
Producing Attendance Reports – Attendance and Lesson Monitor. Producing Attendance Reports Reviewed 29/7/20
New pupils have arrived at beginning of term that were not in an admission group but they show a ‘-‘ instead of # marks at the start of the week. 1. Run through Update Academic Year for the relevant academic year through Routines | School | Edit Academic year. No edits need to be made…
In Sims.net go to: Tools Setups Attendance Setup Module Setup In panel 2 Display of Names put a tick in the boxes Show Preferred Forename instead of Legal Forename and Show Preferred Surname instead of Legal Surname. Reviewed 29/7/20
To produce a report showing one percentage mark for whole school go to Reports | Attendance | Group Reports | Group Session Summary Change Group type to ‘Whole School’ Click ‘search’ Change dates to the dates you wish to run the report from and to Click ‘print’ Reviewed 28/07/2020 – AT KB4844
To change the enrolment status from Single Registration, Main Dual Registration or Subsidiary Dual Registration to GUEST without losing attendance data you must make the student a leaver and readmit them and then change the enrolment status please follow the instructions below for how to do this…
Is it possible with SLG to make the student name when listed in the attendance registers list linkable with their student details page?
Go to Tools/Setups/Attendance..