Parent Pay will be writing to all schools in the coming days to confirm that schools will have the option to complete the summer 2026 census in either SIMS Next Gen or the current version of SIMS.

We encourage all schools to consider their options and to attend our upcoming webinar before making a decision on which approach to take.

Please note that the latest version of the DfE validation is a work in progress and will produce spurious errors where references are made to date ranges.