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SIMS SQL 2008 Migration

Notes on Pre-requisites

Mininum Requirements

Instructions for migration

SIMS Year End Procedures 2010 - New notes have been uploaded. These could be subject to change, check back regularly. 24/2/10

Census Spring 2010 - New items - DCSF Preparation & Guidance Notes, Errors & Resolutions 2010. 19/11/09

School Workforce Census - New item - Staff Qualifications. 9/9/09

Primary, Nursery & Special Calendar 2009/2010 - Click the link to download the new document. 27/8/09

Personnel 7 Staff Service Terms - New files uploaded. 27/7/09

Staff Absence Form - Click the link to view the new School Workforce Census section. Further documents will be added soon. 11/2/09

SIMS Address Tidy & Merge - Version 2 of these notes have been uploaded. 23/2/09

How to record a School Closure - New notes have been created to show SIMS users how to use Attendance 7 to record an enforced closure. 27/11/07

First Langauge Codes - We have come across a number of schools where the First Language codes have become deactivated. Click on the link for more. 24/10/08

Recording Parental Responsibilty - Guidance on how to record parental responsibility in your school is available in the section below. Click on the link to be redirected. 8/10/08

End of support for SIMS Modules - Click the link to read more. Amended file uploaded. 3/11/08

Updating SEN Lookups in SIMS.net - New notes have posted to guide SIMS users and SENCOs to use the correct SEN need types. 22/1/08

How to create labels in SIMS.net using Office 2003 - These new notes will guide you to create address labels and more from SIMS Reports. 27/11/07

Other SIMS Matters

SIMS How To...

Admission Form - Word doc

Resolving Family Links and Addresses

B2B Transfer of Attendance Data

Password Protocols for MIS Software

Web Address Validator Guide

Attendance Code Conversion

Profiles 7 Presentation

SIMS Modules - End of Support

B2B Pupil Attendance

Census Spring - 21st January 2010

Documents

Helpline Overview of the School Census Spring 2010:

Census Overview - Word Format

Census Overview - PDF Format

DCSF Census Spring 2010 Preparation & Guidance Notes:

Primary - Word | PDF

Middle Deemed Primary - Word | PDF

Nursery - Word | PDF

Special - Word | PDF

Errors & Resolutions - Version 1.0 2010

SIMS.net Reports

To make checking your SIMS.net data easier, the following report has been created. Simply download the file below, and read the accompanying notes.

CENTRALLY HOSTED SCHOOLS Please note: As you will be unable to rename file extensions in this system, it will be best to download the Report File outside Central Hosting, renaming the file and then bringing this into your SIMS.net.

Modes of Transport Report File - Notes on how to import - This will provide a checklist that can be printed out, and this can passed around the classes to ascertain which mode of transport each pupil uses to get to school.

COLLECT website

Read the notes below, then click on the link to access the COLLECT website.

COLLECT Website Notes - Link to COLLECT website

Primary Calendar 2009/2010

Primary, Special & Nursery Calendar - A new calender has been created for academic year 2009/2010. Available in two formats:

Primary Calendar - Word Format

Primary Calendar - PDF Format

School Workforce Census

More items to be added soon. New item - Staff Qualifications.

School Workforce Census Main Page

B2B Personnel Handbook - Click the link to read the full process of the B2B Personnel.

Maintaining B2B Personnel (Primary) - Once the first B2B Personnel import/export has been carried out, SIMS Personnel Officers will be able to maintain Personnel by running through the processes in this helpsheet. Available in two formats:

Maintaining B2B Personnel - Word Format

Maintaining B2B Personnel - PDF Format

Staff Qualifications - The School Workforce Census requires qualification information for certain members of staff. Click on the links below to read how to add this information, available in two formats:

Staff Qualifications - Word Format

Staff Qualifications - PDF Format

Staff Absence Form - This is a handy form for school administrators to collect staff absence information for inputting into SIMS Personnel. This form is available in Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF format, click the files below to download:

Staff Absence Form - Word Format

Staff Absence Form - PDF Format

Staff Data Collection Sheet - To make sure your personnel information is up-to-date, you can use the report file and word document below:

Staff Data Collection Sheet - RPTDEF file

To import this report file into SIMS.net, right-click on the icon above and select "Save Target As...", choose where to save the file, find the saved file and rename it "staff datacheck personnel 7.RptDef" then import the file into SIMS.net via Reports | Import.

Staff Data Collection Sheet - Blank Word Doc

This is a blank template of the SIMS Report file on the left. You can print out or email this file for staff members to complete manually.

Year End Procedures 2010

Release Version 1: Date 11.2.10 - Please note the Year End 2010 notes could be subject to change, so please check back regularly for updates.

Year End Procedures in SIMS.net - Click the link to read the notes. Version 1 of the 2010 notes have been uploaded, click the links below:

Year End 2010 - Word Format

Year End 2010 - PDF Format

How to Import an ATF file - Click the link to read the helpsheet. If you have any queries about this procedure, please contact the helpline.

Parental Responsibilty - Guidance

Click on the links below:

Parentline Guidance

Teachernet Guidance

DCSF Guidance

Link to Parentline website

First Language Codes

First Language Lookups

Please check that the extended list of First Language Lookups is still active in SIMS. We have come across a number of schools where all the First Language Codes have become deactivated. If when you click on the drop down next to First Language in a Student's Details, or if you look at the actual First Language lookup list (Tools | Lookups | Maintain | First Language) only the very limited list including Other than English, Believed to be English appears, then the complete list needs to be reactivated. This can be achieved quite easily.

Download the First Language Lookup zip file appropriate to your school from the link below. This file does not require unzipping. In SIMS use the route Tools | Lookups | Import Lookups. Browse for the saved file, highlight the file and click open.. Click on the Import button at the top left of the screen.

Primary.zip

Special.zip

Personnel 7 Staff Service Terms

New file uploaded - Changes have been made to the posts in the lookups. The latest Service Terms/Pay Awards are now available for importing into Personnel. They are specific for school type so please ensure you select the correct file for your school type.

How to import the new Service Terms - click on the link to read the notes, then download the relevant zip file below.

Primary.zip

Special.zip

How to use WinZip - Camtasia Video - For those users unfamiliar with unzipping files, click on the link above and watch the video.

How to unpack files on the Centrally Hosted MIS - Camtasia Video - For CH MIS users, click on the link above and watch the video.

It is advisable to import the CCS-Base_lookups before importing the file relevant for your school type. This should be done in SIMS.Net using Tools | Lookups | Import Lookups and locating the file in c:\sims

To load the file schools need to save both files somewhere like my documents. Then open SIMS.net with an ID that has Personnel Manager rights. Then use Tools | Staff | Pay Related Import. Click on Select a file and locate the file where it was downloaded to (they will only see one file on the screen). Double click on the file and the details of the contents will populate the screens. Users should see four Service Terms - HD, NT, TE and TS. Click Import to bring the data in.

Users should also be aware that the ten point Unqualified Teachers range has been reduced to a six point range. The details of where the old points map onto the new are contained on the teachernet website using the following url: www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/index.cfm?id=12638 The New pay scale has been added to the TE Service Term as UQN. Users will have to edit all contracts utilising the UQT scale and add the new scale and point.