SIMS Discover

The Process

The Concept Car

The Concept was shown at BETT

Reworked following consultation

Final designs drawn up

The Data

Number of StudentsAttendancePunctualityBehaviourAchievementAssessmentCurriculum SubjectsCurriculum Teachers

• Exclusions• SEN• Free School Meals• In Care• On Child Protection

Register• With EAL

The Data Fields…

The Assessment Graphs

Early Years 6+ Calculating, 6+WritingTotal Scores - % of Pupils achieving 78+Average Score Score per subject componentStudents Achieving 6+ in CLL, PSE and 78+

Keystage 1 L2+ Reading, L2+ Writing, L2+ Speaking and listening,L2+ Mathematics and L2+ ScienceL3+ Reading, L3+ Writing, L3+ Speaking and listening,L3+ Mathematics and L3+ ScienceTracking pupil progress by subject (Yr1, Yr2)

Keystage 2 KS1-KS2 levels progress in Reading, Writing, MathsL3+, L4+ Reading, Writing, Maths2 levels progress Reading, Writing, MathsTracking pupil progress by subject (Yr3, Yr4, Yr5, Yr6)

The Assessment Graphs

Keystage 3 KS2-KS3 levels progress in Eng, MathsL5+, L6+ English, Maths, Science2 levels progress English, Maths, ScienceTracking pupil progress by subject (Yr7, Yr8, Yr9)

Keystage 4 KS2-KS4 levels progress in Eng, MathsKS3-KS4 levels progress in Eng, Maths5A*-C, 5A*-C inc English & Maths, A*-C English & A*-C Maths 3+ levels English, 3+ levels MathsCapped score (best 8 grades) Tracking pupil progress by subject (Yr10, Yr11)

New Menu Bar

Pie Charts

Bar Charts

Venn Diagrams

Progression Lines

Flip graphs to see data table

The Install

The Install of SIMS Discover

We are planning for SOLUS 3 to be able to

install remotely;

Microsoft .NET Framework V.4

SIMS Discover SIMS.net screens

SIMS Discover Program.exe

SIMS Discover Data Warehouse

Hosted SIMS Discover

We are currently working on a way to allow SIMS

Discover to run in a Hosted environment.

It will run in a browser using Xbap technology

The workstations will require .Net 4 installed

We are planning to test it on LA systems

It will be available from Spring 2011

The Spec.

Database 50Mb

Transaction Log 100Mb (this can be reclaimed)

We are working to optimise this.

Server Minimum Specification

CPU Core Duo 2 or better

Graphics Card Dedicated graphics card with latest drivers installedNot an integrated chipset

Memory 4Gb

Hard Disc N/A

We are working to optimise this.

Workstation Minimum Specification

The Set Up

Optional Configuration

Configure UDGs for Discover

Configure Behaviour for Discover

Configure Aspects – 5A*-C, L2+

Configure Aspects – EYFS

Configure Aspects –2 Levels Progress

The Outputs

Copy graphs to MS Word

Export tables to MS Excel

Dynamic Groups

No

5 A*-CGroup

Yes

Create Dynamic Groups

Yes

Send alerts when group membership changes

Field Trial

Discover Field Trial

Heavily over subscribed, over 120 schools applied

Will run from the Autumn Release

We are hoping to make a Beta release available

Reduced functionality, no permissions or assessment

15 LA supported Schools 16 Secondary Schools

6 Single Site Schools 5 Primary Schools

2 Independent 2 Through Schools

The Discover Menu Route

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