The Data Collection Sheet feature
Once you have signed into the SIMS Parent App or SIMS Parent website, you will be able to see your child(ren), tap on each child to go through to the options available, in
this case Data Collection Sheet.
Click on the Data Collection Sheet to view the data which your school has requested you to add/update. Please note that they may vary from the example below, as schools will configure the app themselves.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The first Addresses and Telephone & Emails section you are able to see, underneath your child’s name are their contact details, not your contact
details. If you wish to amend the emergency contacts, including your own, scroll down the page, and you will see a Contacts section.
Once you have reviewed the data, if there are no changes, please ensure that you tap/click the Confirm No Changes button, as this allows the school to see when you last
reviewed the data.
How to submit changes within the Data Collection Sheet feature
If you have made an amendment to a piece of data or added some new information, you will need to tap on the Save button for each change made. You will then see a
message ‘Pending Changes’ within each section you’ve made a change in. To go back to the main Student record, either tap on the Back button (top left hand corner) or tap the Back to Student button at the bottom of the screen. Once all your amendments have been made, you must tap on the Finish Changes button (bottom of the screen).
You will then be asked to Submit Changes and will be warned that the app will become ‘Read only’ until the school have approved the changes at their end.
If you have submitted changes, but haven’t had them approved, the Data Collection Sheet will show with a Padlock icon, which means no further changes can be made until the school has approved your last submission. Once they have approved the previous changes, the Padlock icon will disappear.
How to access the School Details screen
On the right hand top corner of the screen, there is a Menu option. If you tap/click on Menu, a list of options will be presented. If you tap on School Details, you will be presented with the Address and Contact Details of the school, as well as useful Term Dates for the current Academic Year, including any planned Inset Days.