During this course an overview of the SIMS Academic Management using the Curriculum Assignment routes alongside using further functionality within the panels will be provided. The information contained within the Tick Grids is explored to aid understanding of the module.

This course is designed to ensure schools make the most of the valuable management information that has been collected as part of routine attendance registration. Attendance and punctuality is now part of the new Ofsted inspection framework, under the behaviour and safety key judgements.

The course demonstrates how to produce key attendance information for vulnerable groups as well as being able to track pupils with low attendance. This information can be used to monitor and ultimately improve pupil achievement, based on the reasonable assumption that if a pupil is not attending school, they will be at a considerable disadvantage.

This course is designed for new users to SIMS Dinner Money 7. It will show you how to manage and maintain dinner money and provide reports for both the school kitchen and parents. It will cover many of the tasks that have to be undertaken, such as recording the collection of dinner money and generating the banking forms. It will also cover how to produce kitchen statistics, statements for pupil meals and current balances.

SIMS includes functionality to allow schools to manage Performance Indicator (PI) data which facilitates PI Calculations and Analysis.

This video will demonstrate the steps required to enable the effective management of your QNs (Qualification Numbers) for Performance Indicator calculations in 2020.

During these recordings, we will explore the aspects required for setting up and administering exams using the Examinations Organiser module.

This training course has been produced in two sections, for ease of reference.

1. Seasons, Settings, Candidates and Basedata
2. Managing Entries and Submissions and reporting

Accessible anytime, anywhere (with an internet connection), you choose your learning environment! Play, pause and rewind and replay the content as required, to enhance the learning experience.. 

This course aims to provide information on SIMS for users who are new to the SIMS software. The first section demonstrates how to navigate around the SIMS database and provide the user with knowledge on how to use the software in an efficient and accurate manner.  The second section covers how to add pupil and contact details including importing and exporting a CTF from within the SIMS software.  Items covered include:

• Add, edit, pupil, contact details including how to ensure siblings are connected to a pupil’s record
• Understand Common Transfer Files
• Learn how to access the school diary, understand the pastoral structure of your school and view school information
• Understand how to edit Lookup Tables
• Learn how to run a basic report
• Become aware of Help and Information available to support the usage of SIMS

Well managed data is the key to successfully using the power of SIMS. This course demonstrates useful ways of managing school data and best practice housekeeping routines, and will extend your awareness of the functionality within SIMs all with the aim of improving your efficiency and accuracy of data.

This course will also be beneficial for any schools considering migrating from SIMS to another MIS product by making sure that the data being moved is clean and accurate.

During this recording, we will explore how SIMS can be used to administer internal examinations. It covers the initial planning and preparation of these exams and includes creating and structuring base data, managing candidates, making entries and seating. It also explores links to SIMS Assessment Manager

This video will show you how to manage the Parent Lite App from within school to enable you to use it effectively with your parents.

This recording is designed to show SLT, INCOs and SENCOs, behaviour and attendance managers how SIMS can be utilised to track vulnerable and supported students, allocate additional support and resources, and track the cost and effectiveness of these resources.

Schools will be able to monitor and gauge how these resources affect key performance indicators, and provide evidence of pupil premium grant, strategy, spending and effectiveness. Delegates will learn how to build a detailed evidence base of the interventions offered for disadvantaged and supported children, and school attainment strategies.

This module demonstrates, step by step, how to access and use both the general reporting module and the Student List reporting area in SIMS.

Working in consultation with the primary advisers, Data Management Services have created resources to enable schools to record pupil assessments within SIMS Assessment Manager 7 (AM7). These include reports to analyse assessment data for an individual pupil, cohort or vulnerable group, based on information already held in the SIMS database, e.g. pupil premium, SEN, low attendance, etc. The purpose of this course is to maximise delegates' understanding of how to utilise SIMS to record assessment data for pupils in Key Stages 1 and 2 and run assessment analysis reports, using the HfL AM7 resources.

The processes covered in the session are applicable once the teacher assessment judgements have been determined by the class teachers.

Learn how to set up an efficient system to administer pupil SEN information in SIMS, keeping all information relevant to SEN pupils, secure within SIMS, including all documents and letters. Discover how to provide information, both current and historical, with ease and efficiency.

This course gives an overview of the SIMS Behaviour Management module. This will include how a school can use it to record, monitor and manage its students’ behaviour and achievements. The course also looks at how to customise the setups of the following SIMS areas, Detentions; Report Cards; Exclusions; Interventions for conduct and an overview of reporting and analysis of data.

During this course you will explore many of the features in the Tools area of Cover. Using the functionality featured in the Tools area will enable Cover Managers to produce a completed cover summary board more efficiently and effectively. Quick win hints and tips will be demonstrated from within the Cover Diary.

You will also be introduced to the reports available to schools for the monitoring and analysing of staff absences, staff cover statistics and also the statistical impact on students.

This training course has been produced in three sections, for ease of reference.

1. Service terms, contracts, service agreements and professional tab explained
2. The SIMS school life of a member of staff
3. Recording and analysing staff absences in a primary school setting

Each page must be completed before moving on to the next page - complete all pages to complete the course.

This training course has been produced in three sections, for ease of reference.

1. Service terms, contracts, service agreements and professional tab explained
2. The SIMS school life of a member of staff
3. Recording and analysing staff absences in a secondary school setting

Each page must be completed before moving on to the next page - complete all pages to complete the course.

In this course we will explore all aspects of the examination results process including importing results into the software and analysing them to produce headline analyses on results day. We will also explore queries and re-marks.