SIMS Next Gen

Lancashire County Council Education Digital Services are helping schools' prepare for SIMS Next Gen!

By following the below steps you will be ready to on-board your school with SIMS Next Gen, which will enable teachers to take the register for their classes and much more. When the register is saved or changed, the data is synchronised back to your SIMS Server.

SIMS Next Gen offers a new and easy to use interface as well as features not available in the on-premise version of SIMS.

You are three steps away from SIMS Next Gen!

What are the benefits? 

• Access SIMS Anywhere - from home or the classroom.
• Efficient data-syncing - data syncs between SIMS Next Gen and SIMS 7 throughout the day.
• Optimised back-office operations - administrators can efficiently perform post-registration tasks and manage student records without waiting for data updates.
• Schools can seamlessly transition between the two systems, confident that the data will be there when they need it.
• Data integrity and accuracy - the most up-to-date information is always available in SIMS 7 whether this be attendance, pupil or staff data.
• Be part of the SIMS Next Gen journey and get access to all the latest exciting features as they are implemented.

What are the features?

SIMS Next Gen has a rapidly growing number of features, as well as providing schools with cloud-based only functionality.

School Leaders and Administration staff: 

• Staff Profile
• Pupil Profile: Details, Pupil Premium, Languages/Identity, Medical information
• Custom Groups
• Conduct (Exclusions and Suspensions)
• Staff Timetables Calendar

Teachers: 

• Attendance Registers and Fire Registers
• Pupil Profile
• Seating Plans 
• My Markbook (including access to Assessment Manager Marksheet)

Lots of additional features are available now, with lots more coming soon!

The multi-year programme of innovation will be complete by the end of 2026. View the ESS SIMS Next Gen roadmap to see what’s available now and what’s coming. 

View Roadmap

SIMS Next Gen – Class View now Live - Streamline Classroom Management

Class View is an all-in-one classroom management tool for teachers which helps you manage your classroom more efficiently, and is now available in SIMS Next Gen.

By bringing together key pupil information and essential teaching tasks, Class View empowers teachers to make faster, informed decisions for early intervention, improving educational outcomes for children.

• Improve learning outcomes – create seating plans.
• Take the register and see attendance at a glance.
• Track key student information such as EAL, Pupil Premium, or SEND
• Monitor student performance, identify areas for improvement, and plan targeted interventions.
• Keep a record of medical incidents during school hours.
• Record conduct events, spot patterns, and provide appropriate feedback and support.
• Unlike third-party products, any updates made in SIMS Next Gen appear instantly in Class View

To view Class View in action, click here. If your school is interested in adding SIMS Next Gen to your SIMS MIS please contact us at EducationDigitalServices@Lancashire.gov.uk.

Staff must use Unique Identities and MFA to access this service.

Find out more about SIMS Next Gen features:

Learn more about SIMS Next Gen with our series of webinars!

Watch our July 2024 webinar and learn how to access SIMS Next Gen, how to do the basics, what’s new, how to report, how to get started and next steps. 

Watch our November 2024 webinar to learn how Next Gen works alongside your existing version of SIMS. Allowing your school to take advantage of the new cloud features at your own pace, as they become available.

Watch our February 2025 webinar to learn all about SIMS Next Gen Class View.