Course Overview

This course introduces you to the report designing process in SIMS with the objective of being able to extract useful information from the pupil database in a variety of formats.

The course will take approximately 6 hours to complete.


What will you learn?

This course will cover:

  • the running of pre–defined reports
  • modifying and creating reports to produce lists
  • creating reports to produce mail merged documents and labels, using Word and Excel
  • using analysis output exporting and importing
  • using the Favorites panel on the SIMS Home Page to run favourite Reports.


Example Curriculum

  Introduction
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  SIMS Homepage
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  Running Existing (Pre-defined) Reports
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  Dealing with a Request for a Person's Data Output
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  List Reports – An Introduction
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  Modifying Existing SIMS Reports
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  Creating New Reports
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  Previewing Reports & Editing in Preview Mode
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  Creating Word Mail Merge Letters & Labels
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  Excel Outputs
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  Basic Analysis Reports
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  Working with Reports
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  Recap - Consolidation Activities
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  Conclusion
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Will I get a certificate? 

On Completion of the course you can claim a School ICT certificate of course completion.


How long do I have access to the course? 

You will have a year to complete the course.  


How much is this course?

£156 inclusive of VAT


How do I purchase the course?

To purchase this course via your school/organisation you can pay by invoice. Please E-mail: [email protected] specifying if you have a purchase order and which course(s) you wish to purchase.  We require the name and address of the person paying for the course. If you are in a school this may be your Finance department. If you are purchasing a course for another member of staff, we will also need their name for the certificate and their email address to enroll them on the course. The student will receive an email once the course is available to access.

To purchase this course privately you can pay by bank transfer. Please contact our Finance team on 0345 2226802 to make a bank transfer. The course will be accessible on receipt of payment. We need your full name and an email address to enroll you on the course.  

Terms of usage.

  • Courses will be accessible for 12 months from the date of purchase.
  • Once access has been granted to distance learning, no refund will be given.
  • Under no circumstances should the course content be downloaded, copied or shared with other schools.
  • Under no circumstances should your access details be shared.
  • Support queries should be directed to [email protected]


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