The date for the School Autumn Census year is:Thursday 7th October 2010
Guidance Notes are available to download from the SIMS Home Page on the Portal. The DfE - School Census Preparation and Guidance notes for 2010 are still applicable for this census.
Secondary Schools with Sixth Forms
Please note that Learning Aims are collected as a part of this Census.
Please note that Learning Aims are collected as a part of this Census.
A new DfE Validation Fileset will need to be imported, this is not yet available. We will make it available to schools as soon as we receive it. This file is imported from Tools \ Import Fileset, don’t forget it is necessary to close out of SIMS to make the new Validation File active.
Don’t leave it until Census Day to run your Census, start work as soon as possible so that there is time to check numbers (eg. SEN, part-time pupils, learning aims) and clear any queries or errors.
Create a dummy file and upload to the familiarisation website. Then come Census Day it will only be necessary to authorise the return and upload it.
