A number of schools have reported that previous members of staff are showing as available for cover in Cover 7. I logged a call with Capita as we were led to believe this issue would be resolved in the August 2008 Main Release (7.108) of SIMS .net.

Capita have acknowledged that this issue hasn”t been fixed but informed me that there is a workaround.

In SIMS .net, navigate to Focus | Person | Manage Classroom Staff.

Click on Search and open the record for the member of staff you don”t wish to appear.

Beside Cover Option (on section 2: Classroom Information), select Does not provide cover from the drop down list.

Save the record by clicking on the Save button.

John H. and I have spoken to a few cover manager colleagues in schools regarding “getting started” with Cover 7. As a result, I”ll be arranging visits in order to assist you with the move away from using Nova-T4 for cover.