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ICT Services for Schools
Management Information System
Courses
Coventry City Council in partnership with
Warwickshire County Council
2020/2021
Raising standards in learning, teaching and school management
Dear colleague
It is a pleasure to be working together to deliver professional development to schools across
Coventry and Warwickshire. This brochure provides you with the latest and relevant Management
Information System courses to ensure the continued professional development of all staff using
SIMS.
Our program continues to offer stimulating opportunities to support the management of teaching
and learning in schools.
We are very fortunate to have a highly skilled team of trainers working at locations across
Coventry and Warwickshire.
Our courses are offered at two locations, at our centres in Coventry and in Warwick. Courses at
both venues are included as part of your SLA.
If you would like to book a course please contact:
For courses held at Coventry City Council
https://bookwhen.com/coventryict
For courses held at Warwickshire County Council
ictdsservicedesk@warwickshire.gov.uk or call 01926 414100 or visit www.ictds.org
We look forward to working with you. If you require any additional professional development
or support, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Paul Ward Emma Gelfs
Head of ICT & Digital MIS & Strategy Manager
Coventry City Council Warwickshire County Council
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Assessment Without Levels in Assessment Manager Essential
SIMS (AWOL) Skills
For Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Senior
Course overview:
Management, Administrative Staff
Raising attainment across your school is key and
Course overview: SIMS Assessment is an efficient way of keeping track
SIMS provides a ready-made assessment system for of all your students' progress.
teachers to record both their summative and formative Discover the potential of SIMS Assessment and how
assessments. the software can be used to create a customised
tracking system to suit your school.
The Programme of Study Tracking Grid allows schools to
set their own targets and run attainment and progress Learning outcomes:
reports.
• Creating Grades and Aspects
Predefined reports and analyses can be run to •
interrogate different student cohorts and KPI groups.
• Creating and using Result Sets
Learning outcomes: •
• Creating Marksheets
• Record formative assessments against •
National curriculum Programmes of Study • Adding formulae
statements
•
• Record summative assessments for all core • Measure progress against set targets
and foundation subjects •
• Term on term, year on year progress
• Learn how to manage Early Years
assessments, tracking grids and group •
analyses • Creating Individual Reports
•
• Run attainment and progress reports for • Utilising System Utilities
different KPI groups
•
• Create Individual assessment reports • Bulk result/marksheet export
•
• Create new school specific learning • Bulk result/marksheet import
statements
•
• Replace Sims grades with school defined • Bulk result change
grades
• Run Discover assessment graphs Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Course pre-requisites: Date: TBA
Price: As per your SLA
None
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: TBA
Price: As per your SLA
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Attendance Attendance – Reporting
For Administrative Staff For Administrative Staff
Course overview: Course overview:
Strong attendance has a direct impact on This course is designed to ensure users make the
achievement. Learn how to make the best use of most of the valuable management information that
SIMS attendance for effective attendance has been collated as part of routine attendance
monitoring. registration.
Learn how to use SIMS Attendance to meet the day Learning outcomes:
-to-day requirements for monitoring
attendance and ensuring statutory reporting • Use the SIMS home page to monitor attendance
compliance. and real time data
Learning outcomes: • Appreciate the functionality afforded by the
predefined attendance reports and displays
• Know how to develop and implement
successful strategies for managing • Simplify procedures to produce letters and
attendance, data, reports and statistical certificates directly from SIMS attendance
information
• Analyse data in Discover
• Develop a system for first day of absence, create
letters, certificates and reports Course pre-requisites:
Course pre-requisites: None
None Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry Date: 10 November 2020
Time: 09:30 - 16:00 09 February 2021
Date: 15 October 2020 20 May 2021
14 January 2021 Price: As per your SLA
27 April 2021
Price: As per your SLA
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Course Manager and Post-16 Cover
Learning Aims
For Senior Management, Administrative Staff in
Secondary Schools
For Academic administrators, Exams Officers ,
Teachers in Secondary Schools
Course overview:
Course overview:
Covering staff absence can cause headaches for
Explore and learn how to link SIMS Course senior leaders.
Manager functionality with other areas of SIMS
Understand how to implement Cover to manage all
such as NovaT6, Academic Management and aspects of classroom staff absence and to explore
Examinations Organiser to support the the dynamic links of the module to other areas of
maintenance of Post-16 Learning Aims. SIMS such as SIMS Personnel.
Learning outcomes:
Learning outcomes
•How and when a course is created • The optional migration of Nova-T cover data
• The relationship between Course Manager • Global settings available to customise the module
and other areas of SIMS
• Student membership of Learning Aims • Links to SIMS Personnel
• An understanding of and the linking of • Managing supply cover
examination awards and courses of study
• Declaring teaching absence and arranging cover
• Managing the Post-16 Learning Aims
processes (incl. Programme of Study Hours,
• Printing of the cover arrangements
Prior Attainment, Core Learning Aims)
Course pre-requisites: • Cover statistics and impact summaries
None Course pre-requisites:
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry None
Time: 09:30 -16:00
Date: TBA Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre
Price: As per your SLA Time: 09:30 -16:00
Date: TBA
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre Price: As per your SLA
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: TBA
Price: As per your SLA
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Discover — Overview Dinner Money
For Primary and Special School Administrators -
Course overview: Starters and New Users of Sims Dinner Money
SIMS Discover helps you drill down into your data Course overview:
so you can monitor at risk groups, assess
intervention strategies and see the whole picture of This course covers how to maintain dinner money
your school. Learn how you can use it to its full data in Sims. It will cover recording meals and pay-
potential. ments for staff and pupils, default meals, banking,
For the Assessment functionality with Discover additional transactions, letters, catering returns and
please see our other courses. how to run the banking routine and produce various
reports and letters to parents.
Learning outcomes:
Learning outcomes:
• Familiarise yourself with the Discover
interface • Effectively manage and maintain Dinner
Money
• Learn how to create your own graphs and
filter them • Monitor pupil balances
• Learn how to set up Discover Groups for use • Record all types of pupil, staff and visitor meal
in SIMS arrangements including special meals
• Learn how to use the configuration utility • Record all types of pupil, staff and visitor pay-
ments
Course pre-requisites:
• Produce a variety of reports for different re-
None quirements such as registers, the kitchen,
mid-day supervisors, pupil and staff state-
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre ments
Time: 09:30 -16:00
Date: TBA • Complete the regular financial transactions
Price: As per your SLA
• Produce a weekly catering return
• Produce mail merge letters to parents
Course pre-requisites:
None
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
Time: 09:30 -16:00
Date: 01 December 2020
26 January 2021
18 May 2021
Price: As per your SLA
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End of Academic Year Webinar End of Key Stage Workshop
For staff in schools with responsibility for the For staff in schools with responsibility for the
setting up of SIMS for the new Academic year Key Stage Processes
Course overview: Course overview:
This webinar will be a demonstration on how to This half day session will be a stage by stage
perform the SIMS End of Year process demonstration on how to perform the Key Stage
processes.
Learning outcomes:
Learning outcomes:
• Understand how to complete the SIMS .net
• Understand how to complete and send key
end of year
stage returns
• Understand how to complete the SIMS .net
Course pre-requisites:
start of year including your new admission
children
Delegates should have experience of SIMS .net
Course pre-requisites:
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
Delegates should have experience of SIMS .net
Time: 09:30 - 12:30
Date: 10 June 2021
Venue: Online Price: As per your SLA
You will need access to a computer with an internet
link and a headset or access to a phone. Full details
of how to join the session will be sent out to you
before the session.
Time: 09:30 -11:30
Date: 08 June 2021
Price: As per your SLA
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Exams Organiser (2 day course) Examination Organiser —
For Exams Officers, Teachers, Senior
Managing Internal Exams
Management, Administrative Staff in
Secondary Schools For Exams Officers, Teachers, Senior
Management, Administrative Staff in Secondary
Schools
Course overview:
Explore all aspects of managing external Course overview:
examinations using SIMS Examinations Organiser.
Investigate how Examinations Organiser can be used
This will enable you to streamline your to manage domestic (internal/mock) examinations
examinations and explore the links to SIMS Assessment
process, saving you administration time while
ensuring your data is accurate. Learning outcomes:
Learning outcomes: • Creating a domestic season and series
• Creating basedata
• Setting up the Examinations Organiser module • Assigning candidates and issue examination
numbers
• Entering candidates for examinations and
recording forecast grades and coursework • Making entries
marks
• Managing clashes and seating
• Submitting data to examination boards • Running Reports
• Cloning a basedata series
• Using seating organiser
• Understanding SIMS Assessment links
• Dealing with clashes
Course pre-requisites:
Course pre-requisites:
None
None
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Time: 09:30 - 16:00 Date: TBA
Date: TBA Price: As per your SLA
Price: As per your SLA
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Examination Organiser — Post 16 workshop
Results Analysis
For Secondary Schools with 6th forms -
Examination Officers, Timetablers and Census
For Exams Officers, Teachers, Senior Return Officers
Management, Administrative Staff in Secondary
Schools Workshop overview:
This workshop will demonstrate how Post 16
Course overview: learning aims data is returned to the DfE from the
SIMS school census software cover.
Uncover all aspects of the examination results
process including importing results into the software Learning outcomes:
and analysing them to produce headline analyses
on results day. • How to enter learning aims data
Learning outcomes: • How to check your return
• Importing results files • Using QANs
• Calculating PI information • Up to date feedback on funding implications
and data errors will be included
• Running standard reports and analyses
Course pre-requisites:
• Exporting results to Excel®
None
• Creating and using results marksheets
• Editing results
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: TBA
Course pre-requisites: Price: As per your SLA
None
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre Time: 09:30 -16:00
Time: 09:30 - 16:00 Date: TBA
Date: TBA Price: As per your SLA
Price: As per your SLA
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FMS Accounts Payable FMS Accounts Receivable
For Administration Staff who are starters and
new users of FMS Accounts Payable For Administration Staff who are starters and
new users of FMS Accounts Receivable
Course overview:
Course overview:
Accounts payable covers suppliers, purchase
orders, deliveries, invoices, credit notes, producing Accounts receivable covers debtors, invoices, credit
cheques, petty cash and reports. notes, receipts, pay in slips, refunds, write offs, dif-
ferent types of income, journals, bank statements
Learning outcomes: and reports.
Learning outcomes:
• Be able to effectively use all areas of FMS
accounts payable
• Be able to effectively use all areas of FMS ac-
Course pre-requisites: counts receivable and non invoiced income
None Course pre-requisites:
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry None
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: 19 January 2021 Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
11 May 2021 Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Price: As per your SLA Date: 25 February 2021
15 June 2021
Price: As per your SLA
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FMS Financial Year End Webinar FMS Download and Personnel
For Administration Staff who require a more
Links
detailed knowledge of the Year End Process
For Administrators and Business Managers
Course overview: responsible for running the salary download and
managing salary projections
Preparing for the year end, accounts payable,
general ledger, accounts receivable, salary Course overview:
commitments, year end system checks, CFR The course covers accessing contractual
reports, running preliminary close and running final information to calculate salary commitments for
close. budget management and planning; looking at the
links between personnel and finance including
Learning outcomes: updating information, linking commitments to
appropriate cost centres (Service Term Mapping),
• Be able to effectively use all areas of FMS using salary calculator, annual awards and
accounts receivable and non invoiced income apportionment. It also covers running the salary
download and dealing with items in suspense.
Course pre-requisites:
Learning outcomes:
None
Venue: Online • Be able to effectively manage the links between
You will need access to a computer with an internet Personnel 7 and FMS
link and a headset or access to a phone. Full details
of how to join the session will be sent out to you before • Know how to deal with salary items that go into
the session. suspense
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 • Know how to maintain personnel to avoid salary
Date: 23 February 2021 items going into suspense
Price: As per your SLA
Course pre-requisites:
A knowledge of FMS and Personnel 7 is an
advantage.
Course requirements
This course requires some knowledge of staff
details with SIMS and functionality within FMS.
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: 23 March 2021
Price: As per your SLA
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Interventions Webinar Managing Student Curriculum
Memberships
For Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Senior
Management, Assessment Co-ordinator,
Administrative Staff For: Teachers, Administrative Staff in
Secondary Schools
Course overview:
Course overview:
Interventions are anything that schools are doing
above and beyond the national curriculum to help To learn how to allocate students within the school
improve outcomes for their students. SIMS curriculum and produce curriculum analysis reports
Interventions is a system to track underperforming
students, support and resources, and track how those and timetables.
resources affect KPIs, as well as how much the
resources cost, so that outcomes can be tracked The course is aimed at Staff with responsibility for
against cost. student class memberships and who have an
understanding of the school’s curriculum structures
During the Webinars session, we will work through and procedures.
the following agenda
• Welcome Learning outcomes:
• What is Interventions
• What does it do? • Allocating students to Bands and Classes
• Where is it?
• Setting Interventions up • The export and import of student
• Planning Interventions memberships
• Running Interventions
• Reporting Interventions • Student carousel rotations
• Demonstration • Individual student curriculum
• Questions
• Whole curriculum assignment
Learning outcomes:
• Printing class lists from SIMS
• Familiarise yourself with SIMS Interventions • Curriculum analysis routines in SIMS
• Allocating students an alternative curriculum
Course pre-requisites:
None
Venue: Online Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre
You will need access to a computer with an internet Time: 09:30 - 16:00
link and a headset or access to a phone. Full details Date: TBA
of how to join the session will be sent out to you Price: As per your SLA
before the session.
Time: 10:30 - 11:30am
Date: 09 October 2020
Time: 10:00 - 11:00am
Date: 28 January 2021
Price: Attendance at the webinar is free and will not
use any of your SLA included training hours. Anyone
in your school you feel may benefit from this using
this functionality can attend.
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Nova-T6 – Good Practice Nova-T6 – Maintaining The
Workshop Timetable
For Teachers, Administrative Staff in Secondary For Administrative Staff in Secondary Schools
Schools
Course overview:
Course overview:
Overview of curriculum structures and how to
This is a termly half day meeting of school staff manage changes such as teacher rotation and room
responsible for planning and constructing the changes.
timetable.
The course is for staff responsible for the day to day
The agenda contains items of news, problem– maintaining of the timetable.
solving, good advice and good practice to help
users of NovaT6 make the best use of the software. Learning outcomes:
Learning outcomes: • Understand curriculum structures
• Better knowledge of the software to maximise • Ability to make changes to Nova-T
user effectiveness
• Understanding export to SIMS
• Sharing of best practise
Course pre-requisites:
• Networking
None
Course pre-requisites:
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre
None Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: TBA
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre Price: As per your SLA
Time: 09:30 - 12:30
Date: 26 November 2020
Price: As per your SLA
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Nova-T6 – New Users (4 Day Nova-T6 - Principles of
Course) timetabling
For Teachers, Administrative Staff in Secondary For Teachers, Administrative Staff in Secondary
Schools Schools
Course overview:
Course overview:
Nova-T is the SIMS curriculum planning and A largely theory based course to help staff
timetabling software for secondary schools. This 4 understand the basic principles which are
day course covers all aspects of using the Nova-T
fundamental to school timetabling.
software in order to plan the curriculum model,
allocate resources to classes and construct and This course will look at the timetable’s year, the
schedule the timetable. timetable cycle and major timetable decisions. It
will also focus on implications for staffing,
Learning outcomes: curriculum planning, the options process,
scheduling and finance. Also included will be a
• To be able to fully use the Nova T6 software to focus on analysing.
design a successful timetable
• To practice creating a timetable from scratch Learning outcomes:
including designing the model, creating classes,
scheduling, allocating rooms and the transfer to • Stages of the timetabling process
SIMS
• Timetable quality
Course pre-requisites:
None • Curriculum and staffing analysis
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre • Pre-scheduling feasibility
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: 23 February 2021 (Day 1) • The major issues involved in timetabling
24 February 2021 (Day 2)
04 May 2021 (Day 3) • Who to involve in the process
05 May 2021 (Day 4)
Price: As per your SLA
• What further training you require
Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: TBA
Price: As per your SLA
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Introduction to SIMS SIMS in the Classroom
For Administrative Staff For Administrative and Teaching Staff
Course Overview: Course overview:
This remote training session is designed as an
introduction for staff who are new to SIMS. The Help classroom staff and registration tutors to
session will cover how SIMS works as a understand the power of SIMS and gain a better
comprehensive management information system understanding of the system.
(MIS) and how the effective use of the software can
support the running of a school and contribute to Explore key functionality to assist staff in getting the
school improvement. most out of SIMS.
Learning outcomes: This session can be configured to suit the needs of
the school in conjunction with school requirements.
• What SIMS is used for
• The purpose of each SIMS module and how Learning outcomes:
the module interact
• Using and configuring the Home Page
• Which roles within school use each module
• Commonly used terms and their meanings • Accessing the Attendance Register
• A greater understanding of the data held
within the SIMS MIS • Entering marks in the Attendance Register
Course pre-requisites: • Reviewing Attendance
None
• Accessing pupil and contact information
Venue: Online
You will need access to a computer with an internet
link and a headset or access to a phone. Full details Course pre-requisites:
of how to join the session will be sent out to you before
the session. None
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Date: 17 September 2020 Venue: On-Site only
Price: As per your SLA Time: To be arranged with school
Date: To be arranged with school
Price: Hourly rate minimum of 2 hours
Enquiries to SIMSCourseBooking@coventry.gov.uk
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Personnel – New Users Personnel – Reporting
For Administrative Staff For Administrative Staff with Personnel
experience, Schools Business Manager
Course Overview:
Course overview:
This course covers the maintenance and
Explore the production of existing reports and
management of staff personal, professional and
design of custom reports to support the analysis of
contractual data.
personnel data.
Delegates will be shown how to deal with new Learning outcomes:
appointments and leavers, promotions and other
data adjustments with a focus on data collected by • Use and edit existing reports
the school workforce census, as well as links to the • Design new reports
SIMS finance module. • Create letters and labels using the mail-merge
feature
Learning outcomes: • Use the analysis tool to interpret data
• Be able to effectively manage and maintain • Management of reports
Personnel 7
Course pre-requisites:
• Be familiar with the range of personnel related
data which can be held in SIMS Delegates should have previously attended the
Reporting introduction course.
• Be able to add new and edit existing personnel
records Venue: Pound Lane Learning Centre
Time: 09:30 -16:00
Date: TBA
• Be able to maintain pay and contract related data Price: As per your SLA
• Be able to maintain personnel data to support
statutory returns including school workforce
census
• Be able to effectively manage and maintain
Personnel 7
• Know how to record training and absences for
staff
Course pre-requisites:
None
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: 08 October 2020
09 March 2021
Price: As per your SLA
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Reporting – Introduction Reporting – Advanced
For Administrative Staff, SLT, Schools Business For Teachers, Administrative Staff, School
Managers Business Managers
Course overview: Course overview:
This course introduces you to the report designing This course covers all aspects of creating and edit-
process within SIMS. ing more complex reports.
It allows interrogation of the SIMS database to Each stage of the reporting process is covered with
extract data and produce appropriate reports to particular focus on report templates which will facil-
allow informed decision making and aid school itate outputs such as mail merge and photograph
improvement. reports.
Learning outcomes: You should have either attended the “Reporting:
Introduction” course or have a working knowledge
• Understand how to run and edit existing reports of SIMS reporting techniques.
• Learn how to design new reports to run in Word, Learning outcomes:
Excel or to be web based • Design your own templates to meet the needs of
your school
• Use basic filters, sequences and sub reports
• Produce reports for classes, groups and individ-
• Create analysis reports - import and export uals
reports
• Construct complex filters for in depth data analy-
Course pre-requisites: sis
None
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry • Create mail merge reports for letters and labels
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: 12 October 2020 • Design individual and group photo reports
18 January 2021
05 May 2021 Course pre-requisites:
Price: As per your SLA Delegates should have previously attended the in-
troduction to reporting course or have experience
with writing basic reports in SIMS .net
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: 16 March 2021
16 June 2021
Price: As per your SLA
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SIMS Parent Webinar SIMS Pay Webinar
For Administrative Staff For Administrative Staff
Course overview:
Course Overview:
SIMS Pay – This will be a demonstration of the
SIMS Parent App Lite - provides a convenient and
functionality of SIMS Pay and show how schools
accessible solution for parents to electronically
can adopt this for on-line payments from parents for
review and request changes to the data held on
items that can be bought online such as school trips,
them and their children. Schools have the ability
dinner money, uniform, school events and more. It
to send notifications to parents, reminding them to
also reduces the need for cash handling in school.
update their details, reducing manual data entry and
eliminating paper-based data collection.
SIMS Pay is not included in Core SIMS and is an
SIMS Parent App Lite is included in Core SIMS
additional cost
and there is no additional cost
Suitable For:
SIMS Parent App - allow schools to easily
communicate with parents. Whether it’s sharing
information such as attendance, or school reports, • Schools who are considering purchasing SIMS
or sending reminders for homework tasks. All of the Pay and want to see an overview of
information is easily accessible from the functionality
convenience of their phone, tablet or PC. SIMS
Activities is included in Parent App it lets schools • Existing users of SIMS Pay who would like a
efficiently manage extra-curricular activities such as refresher on functionality
school trips, homework clubs and after school
activities. It helps to improve safeguarding and
drives parental engagement. Venue: Online
SIMS Parent App is not included in Core SIMS and You will need access to a computer with an internet
is an additional cost link and a headset or access to a phone. Full details
of how to join the session will be sent out to you before
Learning outcomes: the session.
During this session you will receive further guidance Time: 10:00 - 11:00
on the use of Parent App Lite to obtain Data Date: 30 September 2020
Collection from parents electronically. This webinar 07 January 2021
will go through the set-up and use of Parent App Price: As per your SLA
Lite.
At the end of the session, we will go through the
additional functionality that upgrading to the Full
Parent App can give you.
Venue: Online
You will need access to a computer with an internet
link and a headset or access to a phone. Full details
of how to join the session will be sent out to you before
the session.
Time: 10:00 - 11:00
Date: 24 September 2020
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Date: 02 March 2021
Price: As per your SLA
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Schools Census (Pupil) Schools Workforce Census
Webinar Webinar
For members of staff responsible for the
For members of staff responsible for the Pupil School Workforce Census
Census
Course overview:
Course overview:
Delegates will gain an understanding of the
Delegates will gain an understanding of the procedures and the data required to perform the
procedures and the data required to perform the statutory workforce census.
statutory pupil census.
Learning outcomes:
Learning outcomes:
• Understand the data entry required
• Understand the data entry required
• Be familiar with the SIMS software used for
• Be familiar with the SIMS software used for the the census
census
• Have an understanding of some common er-
• Have an understanding of some common errors rors and problems
and problems
• Understand how to produce the census file
• Understand how to produce the census file and and submit it to the local authority or depart-
submit it to the local authority or department for ment for education (depending on school
education (depending on school type) type)
Course pre-requisites: Course pre-requisites:
None None
Venue: Online
Venue: Online You will need access to a computer with an inter-
You will need access to a computer with an internet net link and a headset or access to a phone. Full
link and a headset or access to a phone. Full details details of how to join the session will be sent out to
of how to join the session will be sent out to you before you before the session.
the session.
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Time: 10:00 - 12:00 Date: 13 October 2020
Date: 22 September 2020 Price: As per your SLA
15 December 2020
Price: As per your SLA
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SIMS Office User SIMS Office User Further Skills
For Administrative Staff For Administrative Staff
Course overview: Course overview:
The one-day SIMS Office User course explores the
Help your school to run like clockwork by learning main functions of pupil and contact data in SIMS.
how to enter and maintain accurate data. This course will demonstrate useful ways of
managing your school’s data, best practice
Explore the key functionality and features in SIMS housekeeping and extends your awareness of
to enable your school to run efficiently through its functionality within SIMS, all with the aim of
effective use of data. improving your efficiency and accuracy.
Learning outcomes:
Learning outcomes:
• Gain a basic understanding of entering and • Contact management
amending pupil data in SIMS • Customising correspondence
• User defined groups
• Learn how to enter pupil related data, such as
contacts and agencies
• User defined fields
• Setting up the Pupil Teacher View
• Become familiar with navigating around the • Managing agents and agencies
system • Student list reports
• Changes to data — bulk update
• Learn basic housekeeping routines
Course pre-requisites:
Course pre-requisites:
A basic knowledge of SIMS is required, and it is
None recommended that those new to SIMS attend the
SIMS Office User course in advance.
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
Time: 09:30 - 16:00 Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
Date: 17 November 2020 Time: 09:30 - 16:00
12 January 2021 Date: 04 March 2021
29 April 2021 Price: As per your SLA
Price: As per your SLA
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SIMS SEN SIMS SEN Reporting
For Special Needs Staff, Administrative Staff For Special Needs Staff, Administrative Staff,
SEN Coordinators
Course overview:
Course overview:
Explore the functionality of SIMS SEN to enable you
to use it effectively in relation to the SEN Code of Understand how to make the most effective use of
Practice. SEN information collected in SIMS.
Learning outcomes: Delegates will gain a knowledge of the reporting
engine within SIMS and the different ways in which
• Managing and recording details of reviews, information can be extracted and presented.
events and provision
Learning outcomes:
• Managing students with statements
• Using existing pre-defined reports
• Produce SEN reports provided in SIMS
• Create a simple list report
• Edit SEN related lookup tables to provide school
customisation
• Create an analysis report
• Adding linked adults, agents and agencies • Modify and adapt reports to meet changing needs
• Configuring the SIMS Homepage to help monitor • Create standard letters using mail merge
SEN processes
Course pre-requisites:
Course pre-requisites:
Have a working knowledge of the SIMS SEN
None module.
Venue: One Friargate, Coventry Venue: One Friargate, Coventry
Time: 09:30 - 16:00 Time: 09:30 - 16:00
Date: 09 November 2020 Date: 09 December 2020
08 February 2021 10 March 2021
17 May 2021 14 June 2021
Price: As per your SLA Price: As per your SLA
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Coventry City Council
One Friargate, Coventry, CV1 2GN
Telephone: 024 7678 6620
ONE FRIARGATE
COVENTRY
CV1 2GN
Warwickshire County Council
Pound Lane Centre, Pound Lane, Lillington, Leamington Spa, CV32 7RT
Telephone: 01926 414100
web: www.ictds.org
B4453
POUND LANE
CENTRE
Pound Lane,
Lillington,
Leamington Spa,
CV32 7RT
Tel: 01926 738978
Heemstede Lane
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