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Another day, another successful school census training workshop delivered to several schools in a MAT 👍🏻

Remember it’s Census day next Thursday, if you haven’t already done a dry run, I would recommend you do so.

There’s very few changes in this census, so nothing major to worry about, but it’s always good to try and get a head start in case you need to obtain additional data.

Please feel free to contact me for any of your SIMS or Microsoft Office training requirements 👍🏻

Have a great weekend 😃

I wasn’t expecting any leaving presents after fulfilling my last temporary role, but I’m extremely grateful. Thanks for the last few weeks, was a pleasure to work alongside you all, glad I could help 👍🏻

As the business grows I’m requiring more and more staff.

If you have office experience (preferably in a school, and even better if you have MIS experience) please contact me.

I have administrative positions available for immediate start. (These current positions are based in Birmingham) salary is approx £26k pro rata

I have a receptionist position in a Birmingham primary school for an immediate start.

Initially temporary until end of July, school may appoint permanently dependent on the candidate.

Whilst school/Sims background would be advantageous, it is not essential.

Please contact me ASAP if you are interested (please share this post, if you know people who may be interested)

SIMS.net & Census IMPORTANT

If you HAVEN’T applied consolidated workstation patch 2, you WON’T be able to import the latest fileset, and will ultimately struggle to complete your census.

I’d get your IT department on the case if necessary.

Please also note you MUST populate the Funding and Monitoring section of Sims before you can start the census, so once again. You may wish to look at that before Thursday. (Tools-statutory return tools- update funding and monitoring)

Did you know the DfE have updated the attendance policy for educational settings? And is effective as of September 2022 (yes 2022). The policy has gone from 22 pages to 67, so you may wish to ensure you are familiar with this new policy.

Having read the document and comparing it to the old policy, I have identified some bullet points below which I think are worth mentioning (due to the fact it is either new information or provides further clarification)

The new guidance can be found here:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1073616/Working_together_to_improve_school_attendance.pdf

17: All schools are expected to have a clear written school attendance policy, and this section outlines what the MINIMUM criteria is
20: policy must be easily available to everyone & be on website
26: Educational Settings are expected to use electronic registers
27: We have some clarification on retention periods
31: Outline of day to day process’
32: analysis/monitoring and reporting expectations
49: Sign up to an auto attendance transfer system that was trialled by some schools earlier this year
50: the auto attendance transfer system mentioned above will eventually replace other attendance collections such as census
51: The expectations of Academy trust boards and governing bodies
61: The importance of continual training
65: Expectations of the Local Authority
68: Local Authority transition times to new policy
70: The Local Authority ‘new’ school attendance support team. And how it is FOC to ALL school types
71: What the Local Authority has to provide with this school attendance support team service
85: Specific guidance regarding PA students
94: The use of Parent Contracts
107: the use of ESO’s
116: Prosecution guidance
130 Fixed Penalty notice guidance
143: What to do on a students first day
147: Information you MUST hold in your MIS
152: When and what to do when removing a student from the admission register
207: Clarification on the use of C codes
265: Clarification on the use of Y codes, including specific scenarios such as ‘walking distances’
275: Clarification on the use of # codes, including specific scenarios

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk

Don’t forget to download and import your Pupil Premium 2022/23 file.

The file is available from GIAP website (get information about pupils, sign-in link is in comments)

Don’t forget it’s census day next week (19th).

If you require a member of staff to complete your census due to staff absences/shortages please contact us to see if we can help.

I’ve included some links to census guidance to multiple MIS systems in the comments below.

School Admin Support are looking for people to join their pool of school supply staff. If you have administrative experience (especially school based) and wish to be considered for future job opportunites, please contact us.

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May I take this opportunity to introduce myself, my name is Chris Robberds, Director at School Admin Support. Specialising in offering administrative supply staff and support to educational establishments within the West Midlands.

Some of you may recognise me, as I have worked in an educational support capacity for 18+ years and I've been fortunate enough to develop relationships with many of you over the years.
For those of you I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting, I hope to do so in the future.

I would like to make you aware of some of the services SAS are able to provide to Schools & Academies.
Such as:
Temporary administrative supply staff
Micorsoft Excel training
PowerBi setup
SIMS health checks & consultancy
& more.

If you would like to know more about any of the services offered, please visit or website (www.schooladminsupport.co.uk), contact us via email or contact me directly on 07749 879 430.

Kind Regards

Chris Robberds

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