Don't forget to enter your school's closures into SIMS

Don't forget to enter your school's closures into SIMS

Code Y: Unable to attend due to exceptional circumstances.

Apply this code where a pupil is unable to attend because:

• The school site, or part of it, is closed due to an unavoidable cause; or
• The transport provided by the school or a local authority is not available and where the pupil’s home is not within walking distance; or
• A local or national emergency has resulted in widespread disruption to travel which has prevented the pupil from attending school.

Guide to using SIMs

• Log in to Sims.Net
• Focus> attendance> exceptional circumstances
• In the window, click on NEW
• Then choose the date (s), am and pm etc.
• Double click on the date from the drop down menu
• In group type choose who you want the code to apply to. eg. whole school year group, registration group, individual pupil etc.
• Search and apply

Please note, the Y code cannot be applied through the 'edit mark' function in attendance.

If you have any queries please contact:

Lucinda Poole, school attendance team leader.