SIMS Courses
If a course is fully booked or there is not a suitable date you will be put on a waiting list for the next available date.
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Nova-T6 - New Users (4 Day course) – 6th March and 7th March 2024 (Day 1 & 2) and May 2024 - 8th and 9th May 2024 (Day 3 & 4) £464 MIDAS subscribers NON £580
Time:09.30 - 3.30pm
MIDAS subscribers: £464
​Non MIDAS subscribers £580
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Course overview
Nova-T6 is the SIMS curriculum planning and timetabling software for secondary schools.
This 4 day course covers all aspects of using the Nova-T6 software in order to plan the curriculum model, allocate resources to classes and construct & schedule the timetable
Learning outcomes
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To be able to fully use the Nova-T6 software to design a successful timetable
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To practice creating a timetable from scratch including designing the model, creating classes, scheduling, allocating rooms and the transfer to SIMS.
Times : 4 sessions (delegates attend all four) – Session times: 9.30 - 3.30pm
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SIMS New Users FREE FOR MIDAS SUBSCRIBERS!
10th April 2024
​Venue: Online
​Time: 9.30 - 3.30pm
MIDAS subscribers: £116
​Non MIDAS subscribers £145
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Course overview:
Help your school to run like clockwork by learning how to enter and maintain accurate data.
Explore the key functionality and features in SIMS to enable your school to run efficiently through its effective use of data.
Learning outcomes:
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Gain a basic understanding of entering and amending pupil data in SIMS
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Learn how to enter pupil related data, such as contacts and agencies
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Become familiar with navigating around the system
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Learn basic housekeeping routines
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Attendance - NEW Users FREE FOR MIDAS SUBSCRIBERS!
17th April 2024
​Venue: Online
​Time: 9.30 - 3.30pm
MIDAS subscribers: £FREE
​Non MIDAS subscribers £145
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Course overview
Strong attendance has a direct impact on achievement. Learn how to make the best use of SIMS attendance for effective attendance monitoring.
Learn how to use SIMS Attendance to meet the day-to-day requirements for monitoring attendance and ensuring statutory reporting compliance.
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Learning outcomes
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Know how to develop and implement successful strategies for managing attendance, data, reports and statistical information
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Develop a system for first day of absence, create letters, certificates and reports
Personnel New Users
2nd May 2024
​Venue: Online
​Time: 9.30 - 3.30pm
MIDAS subscribers: £116
​Non MIDAS subscribers £145
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Delegates attend both sessions.
Course overview
This course covers the maintenance and management of staff personal, professional and contractual data.
Delegates are shown how to deal with new appointments and leavers, promotions and other data adjustments with a focus on data collected by the school workforce census, as well as links to the SIMS Finance module.
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Learning outcomes​
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Be able to effectively manage and maintain Personnel 7
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Be familiar with the range of personnel related data which can be held in SIMS
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Be able to add new and edit existing personnel records
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Be able to maintain pay and contract related data
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Be able to maintain personnel data to support statutory returns including school workforce census
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Be able to effectively manage and maintain Personnel 7
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Know how to record training and absences for staff
End of Year and Key Stage Workshops (AM or PM)
8th May 2024
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Please note that the sessions offered will be virtual via Microsoft Teams and they will be for all school phases.
Full process documentation will be available via the MIDAS Pages or the Schools Download site.
One Workshop session includes a short Key Stage discussion followed by an End of Year demonstration.
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Documentation will be released nearer the time of the Workshops.
Venue: Online (MS Teams - Link will be emailed prior to the session to access)
​Time: 9.30 - 12pm (am session)
1 - 3.30pm (pm session)
MIDAS subscribers: £FREE
​Non-MIDAS subscribers £50
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Delegates can attend either session. State am or pm.
​Venue: Online
​Time: 9.30 - 12pm or 1.15 - 3.45pm
MIDAS subscribers: £FREE
​Non MIDAS subscribers £50
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Delegates attend both sessions.
Attendance Reporting
22nd May 2024
Time: 9.30 - 3.30pm
MIDAS subscribers: £116
​Non MIDAS subscribers £145
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Course overview
This course is designed to ensure users make the most of valuable management information that has been collated as part of routine attendance registration.
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Learning outcomes
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use the SIMS home page to monitor attendance and real time data
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Appreciate the functionality afforded by the pre-defined attendance reports and displays
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Simplify procedures to produce letters and certificates directly from SIMS attendance
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Analyse data in Discover
Introduction to Reporting FREE FOR MIDAS SUBSCRIBERS!
4th June 2024
​Venue: Online
​Time: 9.30 - 3.30pm
MIDAS subscribers: £FREE
​Non MIDAS subscribers £145
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Course overview
This course introduces you to the report designing process within SIMS.
It allows interrogation of the SIMS database to extract data and produce appropriate reports to allow informed decision making and aid school
improvement.
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Learning outcomes
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Understand how to run and edit existing reports
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Learn how to design new reports to run in Word, Excel or to be web based
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Use basic filters, sequences and sub reports
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Create analysis reports - import and export reports
Advanced Reporting
13th June 2024
​Venue: Online
​Time: 9.30 - 3.30pm
MIDAS subscribers: £116
​Non MIDAS subscribers £145
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Course overview
This course covers all aspects of creating and editing more complex reports.
Each stage of the reporting process is covered with particular focus on report templates which will facilitate outputs such as mail merge and photograph reports.
You should have either attended the “Reporting: Introduction” course or have a working knowledge of SIMS reporting techniques.
Learning outcomes
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Design your own templates to meet the needs of your school
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Produce reports for classes, groups and individuals
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Construct complex filters for in depth data analysis
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Create mail merge reports for letters and labels
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Design individual and group photo reports
Personnel Reporting
18th June 2024
Course overview
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Explore the production of existing reports and design of custom reports to support the analysis of personnel data.
Learning outcomes
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Use and edit existing reports
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Design new reports
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Create letters and labels using the mail-merge feature
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Use the analysis tool to interpret data
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Management of reports
​Venue: Online
​Time: 9.30 - 3.30pm
MIDAS subscribers: £116
​Non MIDAS subscribers £145
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Assessment Manager - Essential Skills for Secondary Schools
19th March or 25th June 2024
Time: 9.30 - 3.30pm
MIDAS subscribers: £116
​Non MIDAS subscribers £145
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Course overview
Raising attainment across your school is key and SIMS Assessment is an efficient way of keeping track of all your students progress. Discover the potential of SIMS Assessment and how the software can be used to create customised tracking system to suit your school.
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Learning outcomes
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Creating grades and aspects
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Creating and using result sets
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Creating marksheets
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Adding formulae Measure progress against target Term on term, year on year progress
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Creating individual reports
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Utilising system utilities
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Bulk result/marksheet export
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Bulk result/marksheet import
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Bulk result change
Nova T Good Practice Workshop
To be confirmed.
Time: 9.30 - 12.30
MIDAS subscribers: £FREE
​Non MIDAS subscribers £50
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Course overview
This is a termly half day meeting of school staff responsible for planning and constructing the timetable. The agenda contains items of news, problem–solving, good advice and good practice to help users of Nova T6 make the best use of the software.
Learning outcomes
Better knowledge of the software to maximise user effectiveness
Sharing of best practise
Networking
Discover - Overview - Training available on request
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Course overview
SIMS Discover helps you drill down into your data so you can monitor at risk groups, assess intervention strategies and see the whole picture of your school. Learn how you can use it to its full potential.
For the Assessment functionality with Discover please see our other courses.
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Learning outcomes
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Familiarise yourself with the Discover interface
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Learn how to create your own graphs and filter them
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Learn how to set up Discover Groups for use in SIMS
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Learn how to use the configuration utility