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SIMS Roadmap

Capita One National User Group 2014. SIMS Roadmap. Jo Perry and Kirsty Dixon – SIMS Account Managers. Agenda. SIMS Summer Release Statutory Returns SLG Performance Suite Personnel and SEN Exams. School Census Autumn 2014.

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SIMS Roadmap

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  1. Capita One National User Group 2014 SIMS Roadmap Jo Perry and Kirsty Dixon – SIMS Account Managers

  2. Agenda SIMS Summer Release Statutory Returns SLG Performance Suite Personnel and SEN Exams

  3. School Census Autumn 2014 DfE 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

  4. School Census Autumn 2014 Overview DfE Addition to the Learning Aims Module in the Return File • Post 16 Core Aim(s)

  5. SIMS Learning Gateway

  6. SLG Summer Release Change 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

  7. SLG Summer Release Change requests: • Data Collection Sheet: • Parental responsibility

  8. 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

  9. SIMS Homepage SLG Alerts

  10. SLG Summer Release Change requests: • Increase number of aspects and result sets to 10 in Assessment Graphs

  11. SIMS InTouch materials • “How To” videos • Set up - homepage and permissions • How to customise templates • Role specific - Attendance, Exams, Timetable • Documentation • Technical • Data flow

  12. 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

  13. SIMS Performance Suite

  14. Improved Highlighting of Columns & Rows in a Marksheet

  15. Assessment Marksheet Order Rows • Group Rows by Cell Colour

  16. Assessment Marksheet Hide / Show columns • Conceal / Reveal selected columns

  17. Ability to delete imported analysis • Ability to delete imported analysis

  18. Assessment Aspect Swapping • Speed up resource creation by swapping like-for-like aspects when cloning

  19. Assessment Mapping Facility • Mapping Aspects

  20. Assessment Mapping Facility • Mapping Result sets

  21. Assessment Mapping Facility • Mapping Grade sets

  22. SIMS Discover Group Filtering • Allow Dynamic Groups to be used for Filtering

  23. SIMS Discover New Assessment Graphs Assessment stacked bar graph for Grade Distribution • Multiple Aspect • Multiple Result Set

  24. SIMS Discover More Copy to Clipboard • Add Copy/export from Pop Up • Add Copy to reverse of graph

  25. Personnel and SEN

  26. Personnel Changes 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

  27. Personnel Changes in the Summer release New export to Excel functionality for Salary related Personnel Reports

  28. SEN Changes 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

  29. 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

  30. SIMS Exams

  31. SIMS Exams • Performance tables updated • Early Entry rule applied • Discounting rules updated • Improved Student Filter

  32. 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

  33. KS5 Summary Reports • Cohort Information - 3 measures • A levels - 7 measures • A level and other academic qualifications - 5 measures • Vocational qualifications - 5 measures

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