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 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 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... 
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... 
by David Pott | Dec 8, 2017 | Assessment, Beginner, Primary, Secondary
When you are analysing your assessment data it can be useful to know how many pupils joined and left a particular year group as the cohort progresses through school. This report will list every pupil who was ever in the cohort, regardless of how long they stayed with... 
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