SIMS Portfolio - Scope of Service

Product

Description

Pre-requisite

Notes

SIMS Support Package – Foundation

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Start Up Kit I/II or 2/ 3 System Area or Resources Suite

Replaces ‘Enhanced Support’ packages from 1 April 2023

SIMS Support Package – Advanced

SIMS Support Package – Complete

Product/ Package

Description

Pre-requisite

Notes

Cloud-hosting

SIMS Connected

Cloud hosting software service of SIMS 7 and/or FMS 6 software - click here for more information.

Start Up Kit I/II or 2/3 System Area or Resources Suite

Replaces ‘Hosted SIMS/FMS’ from 1 April 2023.

See Note D.

Suites/Packages of Products

2 System Area package

‘Core’: Pupil data, Staff data (basic), Conduct, Admissions (basic), Interventions, Reporting, System Manager, School Census & Statutory Returns and Attendance, Personnel, Special Educational Needs, SIMS ID (Lite)

plus

‘Curriculum’: Examinations, Timetable (Nova T6), Cover, Appointment Scheduler (Nova P5), Options, Assessment, Performance Analysis, Discover, Profiles.

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See Notes A, C.

Lower price for primary schools reflecting that not all products in the package are used.

3 System Area package

2 System Area package

plus

’Resources’: Resources Suite.

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See Notes A, C.

Lower price for primary schools reflecting that not all products in the package are used.

Assessment Reporting Suite

Assessment, Profiles, Performance Analysis, Discover

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Assessment Suite Pro

Assessment, Examinations, Reporting Suite

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Curriculum Management Suite

Timetable (Nova T6), Options, Cover

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Examinations Suite

Examination, Assessment, Performance Analysis, Discover

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Fees Management Suite

Fees Billing, Direct Debits.

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See Notes A, C.

No longer sold but still supported.

Registration Suite

Attendance, Lesson Monitor

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Resources Suite

Education financial management system including General Ledger, Account Payable including ordering from static catalogues or from a recognised supplier website, direct and credit card transactions and BACS payments, Accounts Receivable, Equipment/Asset Register and integration with SIMS Personnel for generating salary projections and recording of Student Fees. A comprehensive suite of management reports for stakeholders as well as providing statutory returns for Maintained and Academies.

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See Notes A, C.

Start Up Kit I

Pupil data, Staff data (basic), Conduct, Admissions (basic), Interventions, Reporting, System Manager, School Census & Statutory Returns and SIMS ID (Lite)

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See Notes A, C.

Start Up Kit II

Start Up Kit I plus Personnel, Special Education Needs

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See Notes A, C.

Products

Appointments Scheduler (Nova-P)

Plan, prepare and publish parent’s evening schedule to stakeholders, gather and record parent/student selections, assess viability and define and publish draft and final schedule to all stakeholders.

Start Up Kit I/II and Timetable (Nova T6)

See Notes A, C.

No longer sold but still supported.

Assessment

Record, manage, track and report student targets, progress and attainment and statutory assessment data. Also includes Performance Analysis and Discover.

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Attendance

Record, manage, track and report statutory morning and afternoon student attendance.

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Cover

Plan staff cover for absence, examinations and school events and activities based on timetable and current staff utilisation and availability.

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Not sold separately.

Dinner Money

Plan and publish meal choices in SIMS to classroom staff, gather student selections, publish daily dinner requirement to canteen/dinner service provider and record/manage/track/ report payment by parents. Read more

Start Up Kit I/II

and Attendance

See Note A.

Direct Debits

Enables direct debit mandates to be lodged with the bill payers bank for the collection of Fees.

Fees Billing 7

See Notes A, C.

No longer sold but still supported.

Discover

Analyse, investigate and track student, cohort and group performance in an easy-to-use graphical interface. Set analyses and dynamically track changes across many criteria including attendance, conduct, attainment, progress and explore any special interest groups, for example, year groups, gender or pupil premium.

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Not sold separately.

Examinations

Register, plan and administer students and run for test, mocks and examination sessions including student special arrangements.

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Fees Billing 7

Plan, prepare and issue student invoices, record fee collection and track, report and follow-up debt. Enables the school’s Fees policy to be managed to generate Bills for students’ fees and sundry items, which can be emailed to guardians and other bill payers. Recording of receipts provides a financial review of the student and effective debt management processes.

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See Notes A, C.

No longer sold but still supported.

Financial Reporting Suite (FRS)

Prepare graphical and tabular financial reports that can be periodically published with added annotations/commentary.

Resources Suite

See Note A.

FMS Extra Company Database

Operate a second set of financial accounts in FMS.

Resources Suite

See Note A.

IEP Writer

Prepare, manage, update, track and publish Individual Educational Plans (IEPs) containing specific targets and objectives, and usually for students with special educational needs. Read more

Start Up Kit I/II or 2/3 System Area

Lesson Monitor

Record, manage, track and report student lesson attendance. Read more

Start Up Kit I/II

and Attendance

See Note A.

Multiple Timetables

Plan timetable where a school is split into two tiers requiring different timetables, may be owing to different constraints such as different day start and end times, different teaching period schedule and staggered dinners.

Timetable (Nova T6)

See Notes A, C.

Options

Plan, prepare and publish curriculum options to stakeholders, gather student/parent selections, assess curriculum viability and define and publish draft and final student options to stakeholders.

Start Up Kit I/II and Timetable (Nova T6)

See Notes A, C.

See Note D – student access.

Own Admissions Authority (OAA) Licence

Schools which are their Own Admissions Authority can run and manage their admissions process. Import files from the Local Authority, rank applicants using your admission policy and export the ASL file back to the Local Authority.

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Performance Analysis

Analyse, investigate and report student, cohort and group cohort attainment and progress performance and trends.

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Not sold separately.

Personnel

Record, manage, track and report staff information and complete statutory workforce census. Contractual data including contracts, pay awards/allowances, National Insurance and Superannuation data enables salary projections to be generated in FMS.

Start Up Kit I

See Notes A, C.

Photo Import

Bulk import student and staff photographs.

Start Up Kit I/II

See Note Bi.

Profiles

Produce student ‘school reports’ from data held in SIMS (e.g. attendance, attainment and progress) and collate and quality review written reports from classroom teachers and/or senior leaders.

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Registration & Admissions

Managing the admissions process from initial enquiry through to acceptance and admittance. Supports forecasting, budget planning and understanding local student catchment patterns.

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Schoolview

Secure web-based solution that automatically brings key SIMS data to the centre of your academy group. Ready-to-use dashboards combine SIMS key performance measures and useful pupil demographic filters to provide a consolidated view of school performance, helping you deliver improved outcomes for learners.

Start Up Kit I/II or 2/3 System Area

No longer sold but still supported.

See Note D.

SIMS Finance

Web-based multi-company finance system consisting of General Ledger, Purchase Ledger including ordering from static catalogues, debit card transactions and BACS payments, Sales Ledger, Cash Management, Asset Register, Multi-Year Budgeting with integration to SIMS Personnel to generate salary projections. Ability for schools to either have their own bank accounts or to use a central bank for supplier payments and lodgements. Workflow capabilities, drillable consolidated reports, a comprehensive suite of management reports for stakeholders as well as electronic submission of data for statutory returns for Trusts.

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See Note D.

SIMS ID (Lite)

Securely provision and dynamically update cloud services such as Microsoft or Google with users (e.g. staff, students and parents) and their group memberships (e.g. year groups and classes). Enable single sign-on to SIMS software and cloud services such as those for online learning, collaboration, communication, safeguarding and wellbeing.

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Not sold separately.

SIMS ID (Standard)

See SIMS ID (Lite) capability.

Additionally, securely provision and dynamically update your local (i.e. School, MAT or LA) Microsoft Active Directory.

Start Up Kit I/II or 2/3 System Area

See Note A.

Also known as SIMS ID with Active Directory Account Management

SIMS InTouch

Set-up parent, student and staff communication preferences in SIMS and create standard communication templates. Issue personal or bulk emails, texts or instant messages using standard communication or free text templates. All communications are record in a log. Read more

Start Up Kit I/II or 2/3 System Area

See Note D.

SIMS Parent App (Lite)

Securely share selected child data held in SIMS and other school data with authorised Parents/Guardians who access this via an iOS (Apple) App or secure webpage.

Includes SIMS Parent App (Lite) capability in which Parents/Guardians can advise GDPR preferences, check contact and other data held for their child and themselves and securely advise changes (e.g. email address) which can then be accepted in SIMS.

Read more

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Not sold separately.

See Note D.

SIMS Parent App (Standard)

See Parent App (Lite) capability.

Additionally, subject to permissions set in SIMS and products used, Parents/Guardians can securely access child messages, school communications and notices as well as their child’s timetable, attendance and conduct record, homework reminders, school reports and information about extra-curricular activities. Read more

Start Up Kit I/II or 2/3 System Area

See Note D.

SIMS Student App

Securely share selected data held in SIMS and other school data with authorised Students who can access this via an iOS (Apple) App or secure webpage. Subject to permissions set in SIMS and products used, Students can securely access school communications and notices as well as their timetable, attendance and conduct record, homework due and marks, reminders and alerts school reports and information about extra-curricular activities. Read more

Start Up Kit I/II or 2/3 System Area

See Note D.

SIMS Teacher App

Teachers can securely access and update data held in SIMS via an iOS (Apple) or Windows (Microsoft) App. Can be used online where there is an internet connection or offline (and it will sync when you can access the internet). Subject to permissions set in SIMS and products used, allows access to view student records and record/update attendance, dinner money registers, school meal selections, conduct, and assessment. Read more

Start Up Kit I/II or 2/3 System Area

See Note D.

Special Education Needs (SEN)

Record, manage, track and report additional student information required when working with students with additional needs including gifted and talented.

Start Up Kit I

See Notes A, C.

Staff Performance

Record and manage staff continuous personal development.

Start Up Kit I with Personnel, or Start Up Kit II

See Note Bii.

Timetable (Nova T6)

Plan and publish whole-school timetable based on available resourcing and capacity including staff, classrooms and facilities.

Start Up Kit I/II

See Notes A, C.

Teacher Comment Banks

Schools can set-up and select standard statements/comments to use in pupil reports.

Profiles

Text Bundles

Pre-payment for an agreed number or out-going text messages.

SIMS InTouch

Product

Description

Pre-requisite

Notes

School Merge

Enables the merging of two SIMS databases into one.

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See Notes A.

Assessment Suite Resource Utility

Enables the creation of assessment resource wizards for Assessment.

Assessment

See Note Bii.

FMS - Ledger Code Amendment Utility

Enables existing FMS income, expenditure and salary ledger codes to be replaced on a one-to-one basis, either for the latest financial or all financial years.

Resources Suite

See Note Bii.

FMS - Supplier Import Export Utility

Enables suppliers from one FMS database to be imported into a new FMS database where no suppliers have been defined

Resources Suite

See Note Bii.

FMS - Debtor Import / Export Utility

Enables debtors from one FMS database to be imported into a new FMS database where no debtors have been defined.

Resources Suite

See Note Bii.

FMS - LA Use

See Resources Suite.

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See Note Bii.

Product

Description

Pre-requisite

Notes

SIMS Support Unit Team Charge/Service

Please refer to SSU Agreement for scope of Service.

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