by David Pott | Jun 16, 2019 | Analysis, Assessment, Beginner, Intermediate
Why many schools have ‘official’ and ‘unofficial’ results… I find that schools often have two sets of statistics: the official set of statistics that includes the results of all the pupils who will be included in the year’s key... 
by David Pott | Jun 9, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Demonstration, Intermediate, Performance 8, Power BI, Primary, Progress 8, Secondary
You can’t just throw a few Power BI visuals into a report and expect users to be able to analyse their data more effectively. In this post I try to highlight what I think makes an effective Power BI report. Firstly, I recommend anyone starting to work with data... 
by David Pott | Jun 5, 2019 | Assessment, Beginner, Intermediate, Power BI, Primary
Primary schools using SIMS must sometimes feel like the Cinderellas of the assessment world. Most of the new resources created by Capita tend to focus on secondary schools. But Capita SIMS have just released a new primary school assessment system that comprises a set... 
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 | 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 | 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)... 
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