SIMS Examinations Organiser is used to administer public exams, such as GCSEs. The training booklet below explores how Examinations Organiser can also be used to administer domestic (internal/mock/PPE) examinations. This includes; create a domestic exams season identify candidates and issue exam numbers create appropriate basedata record ‘entries’ manage seating including clashes run reports clone a…
This can be caused if the Season you are in is locked. Please check the season is not locked Tools > School Set up > Seasons. Click HERE to see how to unlock a season. Reviewed 24/5/2019
In setting up your season patterns, you should bear in mind that you cannot import two instances of the same element or component into one season. Therefore, if you were to declare a long season, say March to June, that is supposed to contain two opportunities to take OCR GCSE Science or Maths modules, you…
A season may be closed when you have finished administering the examinations for that season and all the results have been received. It is only possible to close a season after the user has confirmed that all results have been finalised. IMPORTANT NOTE: Once a season has been closed, it will not be possible to…
A season can be unlocked after a submission has been made, for example. Unlocking a season enables the data to be amended, i.e. candidates can be entered for examinations, forecast grades can be entered and basedata can be imported or refreshed, etc. Click the Seasons button on the Application Bar or select Tools | School…
As long as no entries have been made against the basedata then the basedata can be deleted and re-imported into the correct season. To delete the basedata start at the lowest level i.e. components, then element, award and finally series. Reviewed on 28/07/2020 – AT Reviewed – 26/05/2015