Wednesday, 25 May 2011

End of Key Stage Data Collection 2011

The latest End of Key Stage notes are now available to download from the SIMS Home Page.

Click on the links below to read these notes now:

The deadline for data collection for both key stages is Friday 8th July 2011.

These and other assessment notes can be found on the Assessment Planet on the SIMS Home Page.

Monday, 23 May 2011

SIMS End of Year Procedures 2011

New notes have been created to guide office staff through the end of year procedures in SIMS.net.

Click the links below to read these notes now, two versions available:

These notes may be subject to change, so please check back on the End of Year Panel on the SIMS Home Page.

There are also notes available for Secondary schools, please click on the links below:

(Starting Next Year's Curriculum Early - This document assumes that you wish to send next year’s completed plan and timetable from Nova to SIMS for dates within this academic year, in addition to the next academic year. This means that you can start next year’s timetable early, but that the actual end of year and pastoral promotion remain unchanged and takes place in September as usual.)

Any updates can be found on the Secondary End of Year Panel on the SIMS Home Page.

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

School Summer Census - Thursday 19th May 2011

Don't forget the School Census tomorrow!



Summer Census - Thursday 19th May



New notes have been produced to guide SIMS users through the Census process:


Helpline School Census Notes Summer 2011:



Department of Education Census Guidance:



CAPITA Census Preparation Notes:



CAPITA Producing the Census Notes:



Errors & Resolutions:



  • Version 3.0 - PDF

All of these notes can be found on the Census panel of the SIMS.net planet.


Don't forget to import your latest census fileset as well - In SIMS.net, click on Tools, Setups, Import Fileset, then click on the yellow folder to open the dialog box, type "f:\sims" in the filename box, click Open to see the Manifestfiles folder, find the file beginning with "0070" and import this file.