by David Pott | Mar 18, 2019 | 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 this summer. Updated January 2019 These resources were updated by Capita in January 2019 to include the changes to the PAG groups and national... 
by David Pott | Mar 12, 2019 | Assessment
Over the past few months I’ve spoken to an increasing number of schools who are starting to use SIMS assessment again, after using third-party assessment products for several years. Talking to these returning schools, it seems there are several drivers behind... 
by David Pott | Mar 8, 2019 | Assessment
If you have access to Capita MyAccount you can now watch a 10 minute demo by John Christian during which he takes you through all the key tasks in setting up the automatic report link from SIMS into Power BI. The resource is part of Capita’s ‘Customer... 
by David Pott | Mar 6, 2019 | Assessment, Beginner, Primary, Secondary, Training
It always amazes me how many jobs require SIMS experience. Experience in the England and Wales’ most popular pupil database is required for jobs in British schools all over the world. That’s probably why I get so many emails from people asking how to get... 
by David Pott | Feb 22, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Intermediate, Power BI, Training
If you read my article about the SIMS Consolidated Report utility or if you just want to find out about SIMS and Power BI – I’ve developed a free course for you. It’s aimed at school staff with no previous experience of Power BI although you’ll... 
by David Pott | Feb 9, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Demonstration, Download, KS4 Resources, Performance 8, Primary, Progress 8, Secondary
New analyses with Microsoft Power BI Microsoft Power BI is an analysis tool that allows you to create powerful data visualisations – it’s like Excel on steroids. The BI stands for Business Intelligence and it’s used by many large organisations to... 
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