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 | 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...
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...
by David Pott | Aug 1, 2017 | Assessment, Primary, Secondary, SIMS Next Generation
I was lucky enough to be invited again to the recent SIMS Annual Conference. The focus of the conference was on SIMS Primary, the next generation SIMS product. In my next post I’ll talk about the specific changes for assessment in next generation SIMS, but...
Comments