Admissions banding in SIMS - ?!
Hi we have been trying to use SIMS to work through applying our admissions criteria for Year 7 applications. We are using banding based on CAT scores, taking 20% of our students from each band. The...
View Article[Integris] Pupil data export for AR
We use Renaissance Learning's Accelerated Reader thingymuhbob, which needs data for all the pupils so the teacher in charge can do all sorts of fancy reports. I've started getting a custom report done...
View Article[SIMS] Marksheets "ALL YEAR GROUPS"
Hi folks, I'm trying to have a marksheets for an entire year group - that all staff have access to I'm wondering if I use ALL YEAR GROUPS then include a group filter, if all staff can see these...
View Article[SIMS] Removing Colour in Marksheets
Hi Folks, I have a marksheet which colours certain cells red/greed if they are under/over - only thing is if the grade changes and I recalculate, it retains the old colour. Is there a way of...
View Articleborland database errors accounts recievable
hi keep getting Borland database errors when opening accounts receivable, the only fix seems to be restarting the terminal server fms is installed on have checked all permissions etc.
View ArticleCount all teaching periods occurred since Sept 15 in SIMS
After about 4 hours searching and failing to achieve this I'm posting as my final hope. How do I find or create a report that totals every lesson that has occurred between 8th Sept 15 and 11th Dec?
View Article[SIMS] SIMS app management portal access
Has any one managed to link more than one O365 AD user to the management portal for the SIMS app?
View ArticleLooking for a new MIS
When 2 of my Primary's became an Academy the 2 schools moved from SIMS to another MIS Our contract is up this summer so I have been tasked to look at it again and see if we can save some money and also...
View ArticleCloned template not pulling through data
Hi, My first attempt at individual reports isn't going very well. I am hoping someone can offer advice. I have cloned a Year 9 template for individual reports but changed any KS3 tags to GCSE. Some of...
View ArticleData Exchange back on the horizon
With a certain degree of smugness, very happy to have heard this from the Education Secretary at the opening keynote of BETT last week: "My department intends to begin prototyping new systems for data...
View ArticleSIMS Workforce Census
We are looking at running our school workforce census off of sims - previously finance and personnel have being doing it manually. I am trying to find the import files for Service term definitions for...
View ArticleSOLUS 3 Email Alert Settings
Hi all Has anyone set SOLUS 3 up with Email Alert settings at all please? Would be interested to know as I have someone who is wanting to set it up but they cannot put in a username and password that...
View Article[SIMS] Missing drives
Hi All, was wondering if anyone else has this problem and if so what have you done about it. This used to happen intermittently with Windows 8 now I have upgraded to Windows 10 its happening a lot, but...
View ArticleParentMail - Speed Issues
We're having a bit of a problem with ParentMail. For most members of staff, as well as parents, it works fine. However, the user who's taken on the administration duties has a recurring issue, whereby...
View Article[SIMS] Extracting Data from SIMS
Hi everyone, Just started a new post at a school, looking to dig around some of the data held in SIMS to help senior level leadership. Is it possible to run reports or query the SIMS database directly...
View Article[SIMS] Library Management System
Hi folks We require a new system for the library and I wondered what people's thoughts were? I know of none! Our existing one is an old one which was built in-house. I suppose the only requirements...
View ArticleSingle central records on SIMS
Hi all How do store SCR on your SIMS, for visitors? are you using excel or any online provider? It is very time consuming to maintain the records.
View Article[SIMS] Programmes of Study alternatives
Howdy everyone. My data manager is asking if anyone uses / knows of alternatives to the "programmes of study" areas of SIMS at Secondary/Academy level? Cheers, Peter
View ArticleBromcom APIs
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View Article[SIMS] Daily Tracking
I know this might sound a little OTT - and I have already got thoughts about how to avoid this - but the PE dept record things like equipment, no kit, incorrect kit, etc on a daily basis and were...
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