by David Pott | Nov 13, 2018 | Analysis, Assessment, Assessment Without Levels, EYFS, Intermediate, Primary, SIMS Discover
Primary schools will find these special marksheets and reports incredibly useful when analysing EYFS, KS1 and KS2 results. Introduction For a few years now, Capita SIMS have been quietly releasing a set of integrated SIMS marksheets, Excel analyses and Discover graphs...
by David Pott | Oct 19, 2018 | Assessment
Capita have just released an update to their KS4 Resources to include the new estimates released by the DfE a few days ago. If you use the KS4 resources now is a good time to log in to MyAccount and download them. For convenience (or if you don’t have access to...
by David Pott | Oct 19, 2018 | Analysis, Assessment, Demonstration, Next Generation SIMS, SIMS Next Generation, SIMS Primary
Introduction Last week I met with Graham Cooper and Ben Jones from Capita to talk about progress with SIMS Primary. A few weeks ago I blogged about how quiet progress seemed to be, since the official launch back in January and Graham was keen to update me on recent...
by David Pott | Sep 7, 2018 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Assessment Without Levels, Intermediate
Hidden away in the summer 2018 release of Capita SIMS was an extra feature that will make the programme of study marksheets much more useful. Since they were introduced in 2015 (as a response to the removal of levels from the curriculum) the programme of study (PoS)...
by David Pott | Sep 4, 2018 | Assessment, Primary, Secondary
If you are a true SIMS geek you’ll love the first of these new features… New feature 1: Add new columns directly above an existing column Previously, new columns always used to add themselves to the bottom of the template. So if you wanted the new column...
by David Pott | Jul 9, 2018 | Analysis, Assessment, Primary
You can now use SIMS to calculate the KS2 value added for your Y6 pupils. This article shows how to do it in simple steps. First, here’s a video to show you how to set up and use the resources: Primary School Accountability In September 2016 the DfE outlined how...
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