09:30-10:00REGISTRATION AND TEA/COFFEE 10:00-10:30SIMS SPRING 2015 UPGRADE 10:30-11:00SCHOOL CENSUS SUMMER 2015 11:00-11:15SHORT BREAK 11:15-11:45END OF

09:30-10:00 REGISTRATION AND TEA/COFFEE

10:00-10:30 SIMS SPRING 2015 UPGRADE

10:30-11:00 SCHOOL CENSUS SUMMER 2015

11:00-11:15 SHORT BREAK

11:15-11:45 END OF KEY STAGE 2015

11:45-12:00 Q&A

Welcome to RBWM SIMS Seminar – May 2015

SIMS Seminar May 2015

SIMS Spring 2015 Upgrade

What’s New Summary

What’s New?

Assessment

Amongst the resources available are the following key releases:

Assessment Without Levels – new programmes of study for key stages 1 and 2

End of Key Stage Wizards for 2015: EYFS Phonics Screening Key Stages 1, 2 & 3

What’s New

Attendance and Lesson Monitor

The Pupil Premium indicator is now available as an extra column in the registration areas

The Pupil Premium indicator is available as a filter in these reports: Group Analysis by STAR Field Group Analysis by Vulnerability

What’s New

Course Manager

Ability to record a reason when a student withdraws from a course. This data will be required for all Post-16 course withdrawals from September 2015.

Where the provider of a course for Post 16 students is other than the school, the Provider UKPRN can now be recorded.

What’s New

Examinations OrganiserFull details of the following can be found in Processing Results and Calculating PI Data in Exams and SIMS

When editing PI data, three additional columns have been included in the Performance Results panel, enabling you to view the Awarding Organisation (AO), the exam Code and the Season during which the exam was taken. Hover help is now available on the Discounted column.

What’s New

Examinations OrganiserFull details of the following can be found in Processing Results and Calculating PI Data in Exams and SIMS

For schools in England, a number of changes have been made to Exception Discounting for Science in 2015. These changes are applicable to the Key Stage 4 cohort only.

For schools in England, a number of changes have been made to the Early Entry rules. These changes are applicable to the Key Stage 4 cohort only.

For schools in England, changes have been made to enable the implementation of the Key Stage 4 Attainment 8 and Progress 8 measures, which are optional for 2015.

What’s New

Nova-T6

Full details of the following can be found in Getting Started with NovaWhen inserting a period into an existing cycle, it is now

possible to split and preserve any scheduled sessions that would previously have been removed from the timetable. (p48)

On the Model screen, you can now view the name associated with a subject code when hovering over a cell in the Subjects panel. (p89)

Block activities are now displayed in the cells of a linear group timetable (at periods where the selected linear group itself is not active). (p52)

What’s New

Nova-T6It is now possible to assign a specific colour to individual

subjects so that they can be easily identified in timetable displays. (p56)

In Selection Timetable, the Teachers of a Room and Rooms of a Teacher functions take all lesson staff and room allocations into account, including those made directly on the timetable. (Analysis and Other Functions in Nova p76)

The name of the year or band is now displayed as a row heading when printing a Year Band Timetable.

What’s New

School Census

School Census Summer 2015 functionality (the Spring 2015 census will still be visible)

NOTE: You will need to import Fileset 191 as a minimum before you will be able to successfully complete a census

SIMS Spring 2015 Upgrade

What’s New – the Details

What’s New - Assessment

When you first access any Assessment menus after the upgrade the following message will appear:

WARNING!! It can take over an hour to import AMPARK resources.

“No” is no longer an option


Assessment Without Levels Programme of Study

Capita has created all aspects that are required by the DfE for the New Curriculum in a user friendly template.

You can access it via Focus | Assessment | Programme of Study Tracking Entry

or via the new icon on the top bar


Getting Started with the new Programmes of Study Screen

Select Subject, Strand, Term, and Year Group from the dropdown menus:

NB Autumn HT = Term 1, Autumn = Term 2 etc.

Click Populate


PoS Overview

Green = Statutory

Expectations

Blue = Non-statutory (Optional)

Expectations

Right Click to add additional columns e.g. Reg Group to filter by


Slice of Colour – Historical Achievement

Slice of colour indicates historical (previous

term) results

Toggle between different

assessment periods (terms)

Solid colour indicates current period (term)result


Expectation Progress

Progress towards Statutory and

School Expectations is

shown here

Statutory Expectations are set at Y but you can set the School Expectations as Y or N for each

assessment period

Formative assessments

Summative assessments


Formative Assessments Summative Assessments

Values ValuesUp to 9M

(58)


Pupil Strengths and Next Steps

These comments feed into the Individual Pupil Report

Hover over a comment to view


Exporting to Excel

Slice of colour grades are shown underlined


PoS Individual Report

Report | Assessment | Programme of Study | Subject/Strand Individual Report

Select the pupil(s) you require and print. A preview page will open

(see next slide)


PoS Individual Report

Report | Assessment | Programme of Study | Subject/Strand Individual Report

This report cannot be edited, however, as all the columns in the Programme of Study Tracking Entry screen are Assessment Manager Aspects, you can set one up via Focus | Assessment | Individual Reports


Demo of Programmes of Study

What’s New - Attendance

To include the Pupil Premium indicatorGo to Tools|Setups|Attendance Setup and tick the Pupil Preium

box in the Defaults panel


OR From any of the registration routes right-click the Name column

header and select PP from the list of additional

columns


Group Analysis by Vulnerability and by STAR Field included Pupil Premium as a filter

Pupil Premium

Pupil Premium

What’s New – Course Manager

Add Learning Aim Withdrawal Reason (from 2015/16)

New column for Reason

List of statutory Learning Aim Withdrawal Reason codes


Learning Aim Withdrawal Reason can also be added when a student leaves…

Routines|Student|Leavers

and also………….

You can complete the reason when adding leaving details – no

need to run Update Course Memberships


….Focus|Student|Curriculum Assignment by Student

There is no need to Update Course Memberships

Class membership has been ended

On Save the following window

opens with the option to complete the Withdrawal

Reason


Where the provider of a course for Post 16 students is other than the school, the Provider UKPRN can now be recorded.

Tools|Academic Manager|Course Manager|Maintain Course Classification

https://www.ukrlp.co.uk/ukrlp/ukrlp.first




What’s New - Course Manager

Tools|Academic Management|Course Manager|Maintain Course

Multiple providers should not have overlapping dates.Further functionality in the Summer 2015 release will allow

multiple concurrent external providers to be added to an individual student membership.

Add any external providers to the

Classification panel

SIMS Seminar – May 2015

School Census Summer 2015

School Census – The Dates

Learner Support for Secondary only

School Census – Before you start

Ensure you have upgraded to the latest release 7.162Import the latest fileset – currently 191 but likely to be

updated shortlyEnsure that all joiners and leavers have been recordedWhen processing leavers ensure that all statutory data has

been completed before entering the leaving dateEnsure that all Bank Holidays and training days are entered

for the Attendance periodEnsure that pupils\students who have a permanent

exclusion recorded also have any relevant ‘in care’ details included on their record

School Census – New Data

Childcare

The DfE state: Definition of 'childcare' is a regular offer of childcare or supervised care

of a child. The offer is reliable and would enable parents or carers to work and would normally be paid for by parents or carers.

Schools who offer pupils ‘breakfast’ before school starts do offer ‘before school’ childcare – this includes secondary age pupils who buy breakfast before school starts. Though we would normally expect childcare to be paid for by the parents we are aware that some schools offer a free service.

School sports and activity clubs are classified as ‘extra-curricular’ activities and therefore should not be record as ‘after school childcare’.


It is intended that for future census collections this information will be completed within the School Details area and so collected automatically without need for further data entry.

The Summer 2015 return will collect this using a new panel


A school can indicate up to four types of childcare Before School Childcare (B) After School Childcare (A) Holiday Childcare (H) Under Five Childcare (U)

A school can indicate up to three different sites for childcare On Site Off Site, Signposted Off Site, Not Signposted

NOTE: If Off site, signposted or Off site, not signposted is selected, no other details are required. Click the Save button to return to the Census Return Details page.


Before School Childcare

NOTE: Ensure that the time is entered in 24 hour format. A colon should be entered between the hours and the minutes, e.g. 17:30.


After School Childcare


Holiday Childcare


Under-Fives Childcare


Special Note:

The School Census is currently producing a number of errors relating to the new Childcare section. We are assured……

Fileset 193 will resolve these

We will send this to you as soon as we are able

School Census

Demo

SIMS Seminar May 2015

SIMS End of Key Stage 2015

EYFS – Early Years Foundation Stage

Key Stage 1 Phonics Screening Year 1

Key Stage 1 Phonics Screening Year 2

Key Stage 1

Key Stage 2

User Defined Groups

End of Key Stage tests and assessments are generally performed by specific year groups however this is not always the case.

If there are pupils from other year groups being included it is easier to create a User Defined Group so that one Marksheet can be created for that group.

You may also find it easier to create a group for those Year 2 pupils who are being re-assessed for the Phonics test.

User Defined Groups

User Defined Groups

Enter a Group Description, Short Name and Active State

User Defined Group

In the Membership panel click on Action and select Add Student

User Defined Group

As this group is for those taking the end of KS1 the Year Group filter has been set before clicking the Search button

Those pupils to be selected have been highlighted – then click OK

User Defined Group

One member of Year 1 will also be added to the group

User Defined Group

Save the completed group

Key Stage Wizards are provided for…

EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage)

All early years providers must complete an EYFS profile for each child in the final term of the year in which they turn 5. For most children this is the reception year in primary school.

The main purpose is to provide an accurate assessment of individual children at the end of the EYFS. The profile describes each child’s attainment against 17 early learning goals, together with a short narrative about their learning characteristics.

https://www.gov.uk/progress-check-at-age-2-and-eyfs-profile#eyfs-profile

EYFS Wizard Highlights

One marksheet containing 17 assessments.

Reporting for parents includes:

EYFS Profile Pupil Report

EYFS Profile School Report

EYFS Profile National Report

EYFS Wizard Highlights

There are entry columns (white)

And formula columns (grey)

Enter data in the entry columns and click Save

Where data is missing this will show in the Data Check column

Key Stage Wizards are provided for…

Year 1 & 2 Phonics

The check will take place in June when a pupil will read 40 words out loud to a teacher. The teacher will assess whether he or she needs extra help with reading. If the pupil doesn’t do well enough in the check they’ll have to do it again in Year 2.

Year 1 Phonics Highlights

One marksheet – see later slide

Reporting to Parents:

KS1 Yr1 Phonics Students Eng 2015

KS1 Yr1 Comparative Eng 2015


Stage 1

Only complete the marks 0-40 except for those who are D, A or L (see following slide)

When you click Save a ! will appear for those with no

grade


When the threshold values have been validated by the DfE after 29th June 2015, a phonics grade will then be

associated to the mark.

A, D or L can be entered prior to this date


Stage 2:As an example it has been assumed that the DfE has stated

that the threshold will be 33 so the

Threshold Score column now has that

value entered. As soon as the

marksheet is saved the relevant grade will

then appear in the Grade column.


Essentially the same as Year 1 but now includes

the previous year. Calculating shows those

pupils who need to retake the test with !

Key Stage 1 Highlights

End of Key Stage 1

All pupils moving on to the KS2 programmes of study in the next school year are regarded as being in the final year of KS1. Most of these pupils will be in year 2 and will reach the age of 7 by the end of the school year.

Key Stage 1 SATs consist of formal assessments in maths, reading and writing plus informal assessments in science that take place throughout the year.

Key Stage 1 includes a marksheet for ‘P Scales’. These should be completed for pupils who are working below level 1 (W).


Complete the highlighted marksheets A & B. Marksheets

C, D & E are not mandatory


Complete a value for each white cell

The Missing Entry Check will be triggered by any missing results

Formula cells will be populated

when you Calculate or Save

A. Teacher Assessments

Where a ‘W’ has been entered an additional mark

will be needed in the P Scales

marksheet (B)


B. P Scale Data Entry A value is required in each cell following a W which

has been brought through from marksheet A


End of Key Stage 2

All Year 6 children are required to take externally-set assessments in English and maths.

Although there are no formal science SATs for all, ‘science sampling’ was reintroduced in 2014. Under this system, 9,500 children – five children from 1,500 schools – are randomly selected to take a science test. Schools that are selected will be notified by mid-May, and are legally obliged to participate if chosen.

Other subjects, including English writing, speaking and listening, are assessed by teachers rather than by children taking a formal written test.

KS2 also has a marksheet for ‘P scales’


8 Marksheets


KS2 P1 Student England

KS2 P2 Comparative England

KS2 P3 Comp TAs by Gender England

KS2 P4 Comp Tests by Gender England


Marksheets A & C are completed in the same way as those for KS1

Marksheet D is completed with

test results when these are

received (electronically

in theory)


This marksheet for KS2 test results is a good example of one where some columns

are numbers in a range and not a grade therefore the

grade selector is not available


No longer collected centrally but available for schools who wish to take advantage of the reporting:

7 marksheets including ‘P scales’ and a broadsheet review


KS3 P1 Student EnglandKS3 P2 School TAs England

Sending Results to RBWM via CTF

Routines|Data Out|CTF|Export CTF

Create one CTF for each type of assessment appropriate to

your school

Sending Results to RBWM via CTF

This example is KS2 so year 6

has been selected using the filter at the

top of the column

Select Windsor and Maidenhead as the

Destination

Click Export

Reporting

Reports can be previewed, printed or exported. They

can also be uploaded to the

document server so that they are

linked to the pupil in SIMS

End of Key Stage Wizard

Demo

Q&A

Thank you all for your time today.

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