Course manager exists in SIMS for schools to be able to manage memberships and courses and schools with sixth form provision the post 16 learning aims. Nova-T, Examinations Organiser, Course Manager and Academic Management support the collection, maintenance and reporting of this data. For schools with sixth forms, Course Manager is an important part of SIMS which feeds into Autumn Census and maintaining it correctly will lead to an appropriate post-16 funding for a school. We strongly recommend schools to have someone in charge of Course Manager. This course does not include Course Manager functionality, if this is required, please also book onto the CM-05-05 Course Manager NOTE: We have recently updated our course names to better support our customers in finding the course they need, the course content has not changed only the name has been updated. This course was previously titled Post-16 Learning Aims.

Explore the potential of SIMS Assessment including the essential skills needed to build and implement an assessment system. Learn how the software can be used to create a customised tracking system. NOTE: We have recently updated our course names to better support our customers in finding the course they need, the course content has not changed only the name has been updated. This course was previously titled Assessment Essential Skills - Secondary.

This full day course is aimed at new users of SIMS or users new to year end procedures and explores configuring SIMS for the new school year including setting up the new pastoral structure and dealing with admissions. Before the new school year commences, the pastoral process must be completed in SIMS. NOTE: We have recently updated our course names to better support our customers in finding the course they need, the course content has not changed only the name has been updated. This course was previously titled Preparing for a New School Year - Primary.

Attendance provides schools with an integrated classroom and administration tool to monitor students’ attendance and behaviour. The Attendance module in a Primary school is used to record statutory attendance of AM and PM sessions. Using SIMS Attendance can help schools reduce truancy and improve safeguarding, while monitoring behaviour trends in the classroom, facilitating early intervention where necessary. NOTE: We have recently updated our course names to better support our customers in finding the course they need, the course content has not changed only the name has been updated. This course was previously titled Attendance.

A school’s management information system (MIS) holds a vast amount of data, which if accurately maintained can be used to inform school improvement strategies and support a wide range of school management activities including processing statutory returns. The school office is the hub of day-to-day pupil data management. Using typical scenarios encountered on a regular basis, this course takes a new user through the main procedures for maintaining accurate and useful data within the school’s MIS.