For SIMS to make a real difference to your school, you need to understand everything it can do for you.

The Skills, Learning and Development Service offer a wide range of training courses specifically designed to help schools use SIMS more effectively and to ensure staff within school have the skills to undertake their role effectively. 
Our dedicated and highly experienced team of learning and development professionals have a wealth of knowledge and experience in the education sector, across a variety of school settings.
We run a comprehensive range of training courses at the Exchange, County Hall, Preston, Mill 14 Lancaster and City Learning Centre Burnley which include:

• SIMS Management Information System and associated modules.
• HR
• IT Skills including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Functional Skills Level 2 ICT, English or Maths.
• Bespoke training developed specifically to meet your requirements and delivered on site.

Over 1000 school based staff attended our training from September 2017 to July 2018 with over 98% rating our services as excellent.

Whatever your training needs are, we are here to help. Why not contact us and discuss your requirements today on 01772 538474

A

• Accounts Receivable
• Assessment - Analysing Data Secondary
• Assessment - Early Years Tracking Progress
• Assessment - Essential Skills - Primary
• Assessment - Essential Skills - Secondary
• Assessment workshop
• Attendance for New Users
• Attendance - Reporting (Primary)
• Attendance - Reporting (Secondary)

B

• Behaviour Management in SIMS .net for Primary Schools
• Behaviour Management In SIMS .net for Secondary Schools

C

• Course Manager
• Cover Management
• Curriculum Management - Student Options
• Curriculum Management Using Nova T6

D

• Dinner Money 7
• Dinner Money 7 New User

E

• English – Level 2 Functional Skills
• Equipment Register
• Examination Organiser - Domestic Exams
• Examination Organiser - Exam Entries Phase
• Examination Organiser - Results Phase

F

• Finance 6 - Accounts Receivable
• Finance 6 – Budget Management
• Finance 6 - Close of Financial Year
• Finance 6 - The Basics
• Finance 6 - Two day Introductory Course
• First Steps - An Introduction to SIMS and Finance 6

I

• ICT Functional Skills Level 2
• Interventions in SIMS

M

• Mailmerge Using MS Word
• Maths – Level 2 Functional Skills
• Moving Forward with SIMS and Finance 6
• MS Excel - Advanced
• MS Excel - Intermediate
• MS Excel - Introduction
• Introduction to MS Publisher
• MS Word - Advanced
• MS Word - Intermediate
• MS Word - Introduction
• MS PowerPoint - Introduction

O

• Oracle - An introduction (Schools Admin)

P

• Personnel - Contracts

R

• Reporting in SIMS - Extended
• Reporting in SIMS - Standard

S

• School Cash Office
• School Cash Office - New User - For new staff in school where cash office is already operating.
• School Census - Primary
• School Census - Secondary
• School Workforce Census
• Schools Cash Office - Year End
• SharePoint in Office 365
• SIMS Office Assistant - Basic
• SIMS Office Assistant - Enhanced
• SIMS Senior Leader Overview
• SIMS Senior Leader Overview - Finance 6
• SIMS Year End - Primary
• Special Educational Needs
• Special Educational Needs - Provision Mapping
• Special Educational Needs - Provision Mapping, remote option
• Staff Performance in SIMS
• Statutory key stage

Contact us

Email: skillslearninganddevelopment@lancashire.gov.uk

Tel: 01772 538474