1. SIMS Discover

2. The Process

3. The Concept Car

4. The Concept was shown at BETT

5. Reworked following consultation

6. Final designs drawn up

7. The Data

8. Number of Students Attendance Punctuality Behaviour Achievement Assessment Curriculum Subjects Curriculum Teachers Exclusions SEN Free School Meals In Care On Child Protection Register With EAL The Data Fields…

9. The Graphs

10. The Assessment Graphs Early Years 6+ Calculating, 6+Writing Total Scores - % of Pupils achieving 78+ Average Score Score per subject component Students Achieving 6+ in CLL, PSE and 78+ Keystage 1L2+ Reading, L2+ Writing, L2+ Speaking and listening, L2+ Mathematics and L2+ Science L3+ Reading, L3+ Writing, L3+ Speaking and listening, L3+ Mathematics and L3+ Science Tracking pupil progress by subject (Yr1, Yr2) Keystage 2KS1-KS2 levels progress in Reading, Writing, Maths L3+, L4+ Reading, Writing, Maths 2 levels progress Reading, Writing, Maths Tracking pupil progress by subject (Yr3, Yr4, Yr5, Yr6)

11. The Assessment Graphs Keystage 3KS2-KS3 levels progress in Eng, Maths L5+, L6+ English, Maths, Science 2 levels progress English, Maths, Science Tracking pupil progress by subject (Yr7, Yr8, Yr9) Keystage 4KS2-KS4 levels progress in Eng, Maths KS3-KS4 levels progress in Eng, Maths 5A*-C, 5A*-C inc English & Maths, A*-C English & A*-C Maths 3+ levels English, 3+ levels Maths Capped score (best 8 grades) Tracking pupil progress by subject (Yr10, Yr11)

12. New Menu Bar

13. Pie Charts

14. Bar Charts

15. Venn Diagrams

16. Progression Lines

17. Flip graphs to see data table

18. The Install

19. The Install of SIMS Discover  We are planning for SOLUS 3 to be able to install remotely;  Microsoft.NET Framework V.4  SIMS Discover SIMS.net screens  SIMS Discover Program.exe  SIMS Discover Data Warehouse

20. Hosted SIMS Discover  We are currently working on a way to allow SIMS Discover to run in a Hosted environment.  It will run in a browser using Xbap technology  The workstations will require.Net 4 installed  We are planning to test it on LA systems  It will be available from Spring 2011

21. The Spec.

22. Database50Mb Transaction Log100Mb (this can be reclaimed) We are working to optimise this. Server Minimum Specification

23. CPUCore Duo 2 or better Graphics CardDedicated graphics card with latest drivers installed Not an integrated chipset Memory4Gb Hard DiscN/A We are working to optimise this. Workstation Minimum Specification

24. The Set Up

25. Optional Configuration

26. Configure UDGs for Discover

27. Configure Behaviour for Discover

28. Configure Aspects – 5A*-C, L2+

29. Configure Aspects – EYFS

30. Configure Aspects – 2 Levels Progress

31. The Outputs

32. Copy graphs to MS Word

33. Export tables to MS Excel

34. Dynamic Groups

35. No 5 A*-C Group Yes Create Dynamic Groups Yes

36. Send alerts when group membership changes

37. Field Trial

38. Discover Field Trial  Heavily over subscribed, over 120 schools applied  Will run from the Autumn Release  We are hoping to make a Beta release available  Reduced functionality, no permissions or assessment 15 LA supported Schools16 Secondary Schools 6 Single Site Schools5 Primary Schools 2 Independent2 Through Schools

39. The Discover Menu Route

40. Thank You