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Jo Perry and Kirsty Dixon – SIMS Account ManagersSIMS Roadmap
Capita One National User Group 2014
AgendaSIMS Summer Release• Statutory Returns• SLG • Performance Suite• Personnel and SEN• Exams
School Census Autumn 2014DfE Additions to the Pupil Characteristics Module in the Return File
• School Lunch Taken on Reference Date• Post 16 Planned learning hours • Post 16 Planned learning hours previous year• Post 16 Planned employability, enrichment and pastoral hours • Post 16 Planned employability, enrichment and pastoral hours
previous year • Post 16 Full-time employment indicator (on roll pupils only) on
Reference Date
School Census Autumn 2014 Overview
DfE Addition to the Learning Aims Module in the Return File
• Post 16 Core Aim(s)
SIMS Learning Gateway
SLG Summer ReleaseChange requests:
• Homework - now no extra charge for SLG users.• Ability to remove handed in date• Add individual extensions to homework tasks• Improvements to mobile views
SLG Summer ReleaseChange requests:
• Data Collection Sheet:• Parental responsibility
Summer - Enhance two way Communication
Alerts• SIMS Homepage SLG widget
• How many parents have completed DCS• How many parents have read published reports• Report for who has not - reporting dictionary
SIMS Homepage SLG Alerts
SLG Summer ReleaseChange requests:
• Increase number of aspects and result sets to 10 in Assessment Graphs
SIMS InTouch materials • “How To” videos
• Set up - homepage and permissions • How to customise templates• Role specific - Attendance, Exams, Timetable
• Documentation• Technical• Data flow
SIMS InTouch Summer/Autumn
• Removal of VPN
• Reduce cases and remove fail point• Reduce lead time for install• No reconnection charge• Make InTouch easier to install and support
SIMS Performance Suite
Improved Highlighting of Columns & Rows in a Marksheet
• Group Rows by Cell ColourAssessment Marksheet Order Rows
• Conceal / Reveal selected columns
Assessment Marksheet Hide / Show columns
• Ability to delete imported analysis
Ability to delete imported analysis
• Speed up resource creation by swapping like-for-like aspects when cloning
Assessment Aspect Swapping
• Mapping Aspects
Assessment Mapping Facility
• Mapping Result sets
Assessment Mapping Facility
• Mapping Grade setsAssessment Mapping Facility
SIMS Discover Group Filtering
• Allow Dynamic Groups to be used for Filtering
SIMS Discover New Assessment GraphsAssessment stacked bar graph for Grade Distribution
• Multiple Aspect• Multiple Result Set
SIMS Discover More Copy to Clipboard• Add Copy/export from Pop Up• Add Copy to reverse of graph
Personnel and SEN
PersonnelChanges in the Summer release• Ability to update staff salaries by an amount or by a percentage from the
Salary Update Screen
• Support for salary ranges using B2BP
Personnel
Changes in the Summer release
• New export to Excel functionality for Salary related Personnel Reports
SENChanges in the Summer release: All:• Rearrangement of the selectors at the top
England only:• New SEN Statuses
• E - Education Health & Care Plan to take over from Statements
• K - SEN Support to take over from School Action and School Action Plus
SEN• Change in SEN Need type
• BESD - Behavoural, Emotional and Social Difficulties will be made inactive
• SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health will be added• NSA - SEN Support but no specialist assessment of type of
need will be added • Ability to record if a child has an application for an Education,
Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in process• Option to turn on and off Additional Support Fields
SIMS Exams
SIMS Exams
• Performance tables updated
• Early Entry rule applied
• Discounting rules updated
• Improved Student Filter
KS4 Summary Reports
• Cohort Information - 3 measures• Progress Measures - 4 measures• GCSE & Equivalent Achievements - 5 measures • English Baccalaureate - 3 measures• English Baccalaureate Subjects - 10 measures• The Basics - 3 measures• Averages - 5 measures
KS5 Summary Reports
• Cohort Information - 3 measures• A levels - 7 measures• A level and other academic qualifications - 5 measures• Vocational qualifications - 5 measures