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Primary school analysis resources

Primary school analysis resources

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...
School expectations for programmes of study – new functionality in SIMS make life easier

School expectations for programmes of study – new functionality in SIMS make life easier

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)...
KS4 Resources Update October 2017

KS4 Resources Update October 2017

by David Pott | Oct 12, 2017 | Advanced, Analysis, Intermediate, KS4 Resources, Performance 8, Secondary

Capita have just released a new update to their KS4 Resources. If you use the resources you will want to download this update asap. The update includes the latest progress estimates, plus an update to allow combined science to recorded. New scatter graphs are also...
SIMS Primary, where are you?

SIMS Primary, where are you?

by David Pott | Sep 7, 2017 | Advanced, Assessment, Beginner, Intermediate, Primary, Secondary, SIMS Next Generation

Introduction At BETT in January 2018, Capita launched SIMS Primary – the new version of SIMS for primary schools. Promoted as the replacement for SIMS 7, it offered a re-designed interface, web browser compatibility and a re-designed assessment system. It looked...
August 2017 Updates to the KS4 Resources

August 2017 Updates to the KS4 Resources

by David Pott | Aug 11, 2017 | Intermediate, KS4 Resources, Performance 8, Progress 8, Secondary

As of the 11th August 2017 there’s a new version of the KS4 resources available for download. The new download incorporates the new average Ebacc and standard pass measures. Here’s the details from the KS4 resources newsfeed: To try to keep up to date with...
Graphing GLD EYFS Data in SIMS Discover

Graphing GLD EYFS Data in SIMS Discover

by David Pott | May 23, 2017 | Analysis, Assessment, EYFS, Intermediate, Primary, SIMS Discover

In an earlier post I described how you can install the latest EYFS marksheets and use them to calculate the GLD (good level of development) measure. I’ve also blogged about running the special SIMS report that creates an Excel spreadsheet to analyse that data....
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