As a school leader, you’re under constant pressure to drive improvement — whether that’s reducing persistent absence, showing progress against DfE benchmarks, or giving governors confidence that your school is performing well. But too often the data you need is buried across systems, takes too long to pull together, or leaves you staring at numbers without clear next steps.
That’s why we’ve built Reporting and Insights in SIMS Next Gen: a smarter, faster way to understand and drive school performance today. The first reports are now available to schools in England and Wales, and to MATs via Group Hub — and early feedback has been really encouraging.
What’s included today?
This first release brings five Pupil Insights Reports and two Pupil Drill-Down Reports, all focused on attendance.
Pupil Insights Reports – clear pupil-level tables with filtering and custom templates:
Overview
- Attendance Overview
- Persistent Absence
- Attendance Timeline
- Attendance by Codes
Pupil Drill-Down Reports (clear pupil-level tables with filtering and custom templates)
- Attendance by Category
- Attendance by Code
Together, these let you move seamlessly from the big picture to the detail of an individual pupil — without waiting on busy office staff or wading through clunky spreadsheets.
Why it matters for school leaders
This release addresses the challenges leaders raise most often:
- Reports that take too long → faster loading, flexible date ranges, and filters that get you to the answer in seconds.
- Insights buried in data → visual dashboards surface the trends that matter, so you can act earlier.
- Bottlenecks in access → no more waiting for staff to run reports; you can pull what you need instantly.
- Data without direction → built-in benchmarking against DfE data and contextual “i” icons give you clarity on what the numbers mean and where to focus.
What’s next?
This is just the start. Coming soon:
- More Pupil Insights Reports (Demographics, Suspensions & Exclusions, SEND)
- Additional Pupil Drill-Down Reports (Pupil Premium, SEND, Key Attributes)
- Expansion into Staff Reports, Lesson Attendance, Conduct, and Assessment
Every release is designed to help leaders like you save time, reduce admin, and get the clarity you need to improve outcomes.
Remember: SIMS Next Gen is a fully cloud-native MIS, giving you access to reports anytime, anywhere, on any device — all included in your SIMS contract at no extra cost.
Log in to SIMS Next Gen today and see how quickly you can turn your data into action.