SIMS + Power BI Blog
  • Home
  • Newsletter
  • Contact
  • School Analytics
Select Page
The free assessment system that you already have

The free assessment system that you already have

by David Pott | Sep 18, 2020 | Assessment, Primary

For SIMS primary schools in England and Wales there is a free, robust and easily learned assessment system that is already installed with SIMS Assessment Manager. Here’s what it can do. In my next blog post I will show you how to get the system up and running in...
SIMS + Power BI dashboards: getting the first page right

SIMS + Power BI dashboards: getting the first page right

by David Pott | Nov 20, 2019 | Power BI, Primary

Here’s the first page of my School Analytics pupil dashboard. It’s built using SIMS and Power BI – where SIMS provides the raw data and Power BI provides the analysis and visualisation – and it is intended to show the data required by a primary...
Design tips for visualizing school data with Power BI

Design tips for visualizing school data with Power BI

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...
New SIMS assessment system for primary schools

New SIMS assessment system for primary schools

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...
Adding ‘last update’ time and date to Power BI dashboards

Adding ‘last update’ time and date to Power BI dashboards

by David Pott | May 29, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Power BI, Primary, Secondary

Keeping data ‘fresh’ I’ve been thinking about what makes a good Power BI report by trying to understand how best to present the information to the audience. When I’m looking at a dashboard that shows the latest pupil data, or attendance data,...
Primary key stage analysis resources 2019

Primary key stage analysis resources 2019

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...
« Older Entries

Narrow your search

Search

About

I'm an independent SIMS consultant who works with primary and secondary schools and support teams across England and Wales. This blog received nearly 26,000 visits in the last 12 months - thank you! If you want to contribute contact me for more details.
Tweets by @DavidPott

SIMS for Primary Schools

School Analytics is my solution for primary schools who want to record ‘assessment without levels’. Fully customized to your school and costing from only £295. Click here.

Comments

  • David Pott on Using the New ‘Pupil Premium’ Filter
  • Sandra French on Using the New ‘Pupil Premium’ Filter
  • David Pott on Setting up marksheets for the new academic year
  • Francis A on Setting up marksheets for the new academic year
  • New2PBi on Useful DAX measures for schools
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Services
  • Contact
  • Newsletter Sign Up Form
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • RSS

Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT