This course explores how to make the best use of SIMS Attendance to fulfil day-to-day statutory attendance monitoring requirements.

This course explores how the Course Manager functionality of SIMS links areas such as Nova-T, academic management and Examinations Organiser, including procedures for supporting the maintenance of post-16 learning aims to ensure the appropriate funding for the school.
This course is not suitable for delegates from an independent school.

This four day course provides a step by step explanation of how to use Nova-T in the production of the school timetable, from populating the system with core data (rooms, staff, subjects) to submitting the completed timetable to SIMS.

This two-day course explores all aspects of managing external and internal examinations using SIMS Examinations Organiser.
Examinations Organiser supports all aspects of managing external and internal examinations. This course covers reviewing the setup of the software, importing and structuring basedata, creating and submitting files for entries, coursework marks, managing and seating candidates and creating appropriate basedata for domestic examinations.

FMS is a finance package that runs separately to SIMS but may be linked to gain information from SIMS.
FMS is capable of recording all order and invoice information for suppliers, recording budgets and commitments along with cash book transactions, petty cash and general journals. It also produces cheque runs and bank reconciliations along with all the period end/year end procedures.

FMS is a finance package that runs separately to SIMS but which can be linked to gain information from SIMS.
FMS is capable of recording all order and invoice information for suppliers, recording budgets and commitments along with cash book transactions, petty cash and general journals. It also produces cheque runs and bank reconciliations along with all the period end/year end procedures. It can also store and calculate salary information as well as produce sales invoices and record equipment although the last two are not covered in detail in this course.

This course explores all aspects of the examination results process including importing results into the software and analysing them to produce headline analyses on results day. Delegates will also explore queries and Review of Marking grade changes as well as more detailed analyses of subject area and individual class performance.

This course provides delegates with an understanding of how to maintain and manage staff personal, professional and contractual data, including the links between Personnel and FMS.
This course is not suitable for delegates from an independent school.

This course covers the maintenance and management of staff personal, professional and contractual data. There will be a focus on data collected by the School Workforce Census.

This course is not suitable for delegates from an independent school.

This half day course explores academic arrangements for the school year, including the assignment of students to classes and producing student timetables. This academic course complements the pastoral course. Before the new school year commences, both the academic and pastoral process must be completed in SIMS.