SIMS Software Primary User Forums Summer 2010 Welcome

Presenting Ralph Gardner SIMS Support Manager Tracey McGuire SIMS Support Officer

Housekeeping

Agenda 1. Latest SIMS and EIS News 2. EIS Hosting Service Demonstration

Latest SIMS and EIS News

Summer 2010 – July The SIMS InTouch Solution Getting up to the minute information out to parents – must know information in real time

Summer July The SIMS InTouch Solution Allows for engagement with parents teachers and pupils Can be immediate as part of current workflows Everything in one place Managed entirely by the school Safe, secure and fully audited communication between parents, teachers and staff

Summer July Assessment Manager Colour on Reports Optional There will be two types of colour; Teacher colour that is local to the Marksheet and does not print Formula colour that is held on the result, shows on all Marksheets for that result and on Individual Reports Colour will only print in Table Cells If there is more than one result tag in a cell, no colour will print.

Summer July FMS Bank Statements Increasing number of cases caused by banks re-issuing a previous bank statement - merging of banks A bank statement will be identified by a combination of bank statement number and date.

Summer July Statutory Returns Annual School Workforce Census 2010 Reference Date = 04/11/2010 Previous Academic Year – For SWC purposes this is 01/09/2009 to 31/08/2010 Note: The DfE is aware that some schools start their academic year in August but for statistical purposes it is important to collect data from the start of September to the end of August.

Summer July Annual School Workforce Census 2010 Main changes compared to previous return All SWC information is now collected in the Annual Return i.e. Absence, Contract and Service Agreement information. Leavers – Contract and Service Agreement information is based upon:- Contract and Service Agreement that were current on the Date of Leaving (DOL). The last Contract(s) prior to the DOL. Employment Start Date (DOA) and DOL are used where workforce member is included but Contract and Service Agreement information is not included. If Pay Scale, Regional Pay Spine and Spine Point are included Total Pay is not included.

Summer July Annual School Workforce Census 2010 Main changes compared to previous return Total Pay will be included otherwise Post and Role of Executive Head have been added Changes to DfE validation rules Changes to Detail reports DfE Summary report will be included Data no longer included:- Absence on Census Day Qualification Verified

Autumn 2010 Annual School Workforce Census 2010 School Workforce Census Workshops For Kent Schools: 27 September AM & PM – Aylesham Community Project 28 September AM Only – Hall Place Enterprise Centre, Canterbury 01 October AM & PM – Ashford Chamber of Commerce 11 October AM & PM – Riverside Centre, Gravesend 13 October AM & PM – Aylesford Priory 15 October AM Only – Oakwood House, Maidstone

Autumn 2010 Annual School Workforce Census 2010 School Workforce Census Workshops For Bromley Schools: We are in discussion with London Borough of Bromley for a suitable date(s). For Medway Schools: We are in discussion with Medway Council for a suitable date(s).

Autumn 2010 Behaviour Adding a Review Attendance Points Reporting

Autumn 2010 Report Cards – Change Requests Ticks on the printed Report Cards Remind teacher to fill in Report Card

Autumn 2010 Detentions – Change Requests Add Detentions onto Timeline Add a Detention via the Register

Autumn 2010 Attendance Flexible Nursery Hours Same as Meal Pattern

Spring 2011 Assessing Pupil Progress For all subjects at KS1 – KS3 Templates linked to TP aspects Can be linked to local aspects Can define local templates for other purposes Allow assessments to be stored and transferred Cut down on paper usage Comments and Notes can be added Easy Navigation between pupils and subjects

Spring 2011

Extended Uses for APP

Spring 2011

SIMS Discover Unlock the Power of the Data Combine Attendance, Core and Assessment Data As easy to use as an….

Spring 2011 SIMS Discover Available Data Fields Number of StudentsExclusions AttendanceSEN PunctualityFree School Meals BehaviourIn Care AchievementOn Child Protection Register AssessmentWith EAL Curriculum Subjects Curriculum Teachers

Spring 2011 SIMS Discover

Spring 2011 SIMS Discover

Spring 2011 SIMS Discover

Spring 2011 SIMS Discover Data Source Cover Flow Pull down Data to Examine Combine Graphs to Analyse

Spring 2011 SIMS Discover Copy Graphs and Data to Word and Excel Create Dynamic Groups Alerts sent when Dynamic Groups change

Autumn 2010 to Summer 2011 SOLUS 3 Roll Out Scheduled updates. The entire SIMS System can be automatically upgraded without user intervention. Infrastructure can be deployed e.g..net Framework etc). The system manager at the site can easily determine what has been upgraded.

Spring 2010 to Autumn 2010 SQL 2008 Completed or Booked so far: Primary 417 out of 589 Special 14 out of 47 Secondary ?

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