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Welcome to RBWM SIMS Seminar – May 2015
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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 Organiser
Full 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 Organiser
Full 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 Nova
When 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-T6
It 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: “No” is no longer an option
WARNING!! It can take over an hour to import AMPARK resources.
What’s New - Assessment
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
What’s New - Assessment
Getting Started with the new Programmes of Study Screen
Select
Subject
,
Strand
,
Term
, and
Year
Group from the dropdown menus: Click Populate
NB Autumn HT = Term 1, Autumn = Term 2 etc.
PoS Overview
What’s New - Assessment Green = Statutory Expectations Blue = Non statutory (Optional) Expectations Right Click to add additional columns e.g. Reg Group to filter by
What’s New - Assessment
Slice of Colour – Historical Achievement
Solid colour indicates current period (term)result Toggle between different assessment periods (terms) Slice of colour indicates historical (previous term) results
What’s New - Assessment
Expectation Progress
Summative assessments Statutory Expectations are set at Y but you can set the School Expectations as Y or N for each assessment period Progress towards Statutory and School Expectations is shown here Formative assessments
What’s New - Assessment
Formative Assessments Summative Assessments Values Values
Up to 9M (58)
What’s New - Assessment
Pupil Strengths and Next Steps
Hover over a comment to view These comments feed into the Individual Pupil Report
What’s New - Assessment
Exporting to Excel
Slice of colour grades are shown underlined
What’s New - Assessment
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)
What’s New - Assessment
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
What’s New - Assessment
Demo of Programmes of Study
What’s New - Attendance
To include the Pupil Premium indicator Go to Tools|Setups|Attendance Setup and tick the Pupil Preium box in the Defaults panel
OR
What’s New - Attendance
From any of the registration routes right click the Name column header and select PP from the list of additional columns
What’s New - Attendance
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
What’s New – Course Manager
Learning Aim Withdrawal Reason can also be added when a student leaves…
Routines|Student|Leavers
You can complete the reason when adding leaving details – no need to run Update Course Memberships and also………….
What’s New – Course Manager
….Focus|Student|Curriculum Assignment by Student Class membership has been ended There is no need to Update Course Memberships On Save the following window opens with the option to complete the Withdrawal Reason
What’s New – Course Manager
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
Add any external providers to the Classification panel 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.
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 7.162
Import the latest fileset – currently 191 but likely to be updated shortly Ensure that all joiners and leavers have been recorded When processing leavers ensure that all statutory data has been completed before entering the leaving date Ensure that all Bank Holidays and training days are entered for the Attendance period Ensure 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’.
School Census – New Data
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
School Census – New Data
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.
School Census – New Data
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.
School Census – New Data
After School Childcare
School Census – New Data
Holiday Childcare
School Census – New Data
Under-Fives Childcare
School Census – New Data
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.
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
Year 1 Phonics Highlights
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
Year 1 Phonics Highlights
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
Year 1 Phonics Highlights
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.
Year 2 Phonics Highlights
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).
Key Stage 1 Highlights
Complete the highlighted marksheets A & B. Marksheets C, D & E are not mandatory
Key Stage 1 Highlights
A. Teacher Assessments
Complete a value for each white cell Where a ‘W’ has been entered an additional mark will be needed in the P Scales marksheet (B) Formula cells will The Missing Entry Check will be triggered by any missing results be populated when you Calculate or Save
Key Stage 1 Highlights
B. P Scale Data Entry
A value is required in each cell following a W which has been brought through from marksheet A
Key Stage 2 Highlights
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’
Key Stage 2 Highlights
8 Marksheets
Reporting to Parents:
KS2 P1 Student England KS2 P2 Comparative England KS2 P3 Comp TAs by Gender England KS2 P4 Comp Tests by Gender England
Marksheet D is completed with test results when these are received (electronically in theory)
Key Stage 2 Highlights
Marksheets A & C are completed in the same way as those for KS1
Key Stage 2 Highlights
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
Key Stage 3 Highlights
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 Reporting to Parents: KS3 P1 Student England KS3 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 Click Export Select Windsor and Maidenhead as the Destination
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
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