Programmes of Study for the Primary Curriculum

Course overview

This one day course will help delegates to understand and use the resources that are available in relation to the new Programmes of Study for the Primary Curriculum.

Benefits of attending

To gain a practical insight into the functionality of the new SIMS Assessment functionality relating to the Programmes of Study. 

What you will learn

• how to record data against the new National Curriculum Programmes of Study
• evaluating progress based on expectations
• generating reports for parents and carers based on pupil attainment and progress linked to the Programmes of Study
• how to customise the Programme of Study statements.

Who is it for?

Teaching staff, assessment co-ordinators and data managers.

Also consider: Assessment, Analysis and Discover Workshop

Course dates to be allocated according to demand. If you are interested in this course, please complete the form here

Assessment Essential Skills

Course overview

Explore the potential of SIMS Assessment on this two day course including the essential skills needed to build and implement an assessment system. Learn how the software can be used to create a customised tracking system.

Benefits of attending

Raising attainment across your school is key and SIMS Assessment is an efficient way of keeping track of all your students. 

What you will learn

• key components of SIMS Assessment including aspects, grade sets, result sets and categories
• building templates and creating marksheets
• using formulae in marksheets
• creating, using and filtering data review marksheets
• an introduction to generating pre-existing individual reports
• an introduction to the basic capabilities of analysis.

Who is it for?

Senior leaders or staff with responsibility for the assessment process who have a basic knowledge of SIMS.

Course dates to be allocated according to demand. If you are interested in this course, please complete the form here

Assessment at Key Stage 4 and SIMS

Course overview

This one day course will take delegates through the new KS4 resources created in SIMS based on the latest information supplied by the DfE in relation to Progress Measure 8 and the GCSE reform (numerical grading).

Benefits of attending

To gain a practical understanding of the new KS4 SIMS Assessment resources and how to use them effectively for analysis. 

What you will learn

• importing the new KS4 resources including Assessment templates, SIMS reports and Discover graphs
• how to clone the CAS KS4 Overview templates
• creating Assessment Mapping Tool definitions for internal assessment and examination results
• how to convert results linked to Assessment Mapping Tool definitions
• how to view converted assessment results on the CAS KS4 Overview definitions
• generating and understanding the KS4 Report Definitions
• generating the KS4 Discover graphs and using them to analyse academic and pastoral groups.

Who is it for?

Staff with a full understanding and experience of the setup and use of SIMS assessment, alongside a clear understanding of the assessment process within their school.

Course dates to be allocated according to demand. If you are interested in this course, please complete the form here

Assessment - Producing Individual Pupil Reports

Course overview

This one day course covers how to create a range of pupil reports for parents from a basic table of results through to an in-depth end of year style report including graphs and comparison data.

Benefits of attending

Producing reports directly from SIMS will both improve efficiency and accuracy of reporting to parents, for example on attainment, targets and tests. Attending this course will enable you to design and create a unique school defined report. 

What you will learn

- running a report and saving to a pupil's record
- cloning reports to other years
- how you can report to parents using the new Assessment Without Levels materials
- adding other functions such as graphs and average levels for a year group for comparative purposes
- creating reports for internal purposes
- running, printing, exporting and uploading reports to an individual record; sending reports via In Touch.

Who is it for?

Staff with responsibility for the creation, maintenance and production of pupil interim and end of year reports to parents.

Course dates to be allocated according to demand. If you are interested in this course, please complete the form here