Posts tagged ‘School Census’
Capita have issued a PowerPoint document which has been designed to assist post-16 schools prepare for School Census.
The slideshow explains how 6th form schools can use Academic Management to create accurate course Planned End Dates, saving time come census day.
Please click here to download the slideshow and don”t hestiate to get in touch if you require further assistance.
SIMS .net 7.112 (labelled SIMS 2008 11a November Main 2) is now available for supported secondary schools via SOLUS. Primary, special and nursery schools have already been upgraded.
This release contains new functionality to assist with the submission of the School Census Spring Return 2009.
A number of new Assessment features are also included in this latest release. Please click here for further information.
Full details of this update and the previous release (which wasn’t installed by most schools) can be found in the Release Notes, available at the following internet links:
Please note that SOLUS should be at version 2.20 or higher in order to successfully upgrade SIMS .net to version 7.112.
If you require any further assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact any member of the team.
The Systems Team (SIMS support) are attending a SIMS LA Software Update Seminar at the De Vere Whites Hotel (Reebok Stadium) in Horwich today.
Not only is this an important training day but it gives us the opportunity to get together as a team - something that rarely happens during the rest of the year!
For your information, please find below the agenda:
09:45 Assessment / Curriculum
10:15 Technical
11:30 Primary Review
12:00 Partnership Exchange
13:30 Statutory / Resources
14:15 Core, Attendance and eLearning
15:00 Road Ahead 2009-2010
We”re keen to disseminate what we learn to schools, so please check back here for related posts over the coming weeks. Alternatively, subscribe to the RSS feed.
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A number of documents have been made available by the Information Management Unit to assist schools in preparing for, producing and submitting the Autumn 2008 School Census.
All this support material has already been published on MyBriefing, but some colleagues in schools have suggested that a single location be made available with links to the latest guidance.
I have created a couple of pages to meet this requirement, so please click on the link below which best relates to your establishment.
Nursery, Special and Primary Schools - School Census Autumn 2008
The Information Management Unit has issued guidance, revised for summer 2008, on how to record the enrolment status in SIMS for pupils who attend PRUs or are on Managed Transfers.
The accurate recording of this information is essential for School Census and data returns.
Please click here for further details.
