Spring 2014
New features
School Gateway
& Online Reporting
…is a website for parents, designed to inform and engage them in their child’s education…
Parents can… Just a click away from your school website, parents can keep up-to-date…
Monitor attendance
View 2-week timetables
Make online payments
Review behaviour
Celebrate achievements
Check and update school
View medical conditions
Check Pupil Premium eligibility
Grow your parental engagement at a pace to suit your school.
School Gateway only shows what you want it to show.
Going cashless?... just show Payments
New timetabling?... just show timetables
Want to encourage Pupil Premium applications before the Jan deadline?...
…1 additional application could cover your licence cost and help drive improved parental engagement school-wide.
Use Schoolcomms to control what your parents see in School Gateway…
‘Automatic notification’ sends to parents phone or app.
How it works
Schoolcomms extracts the data seamlessly from SIMS…
Behaviour Management:
Incident type
Points
Action
Comments
Schoolcomms enables you to schedule SIMS data exports at a time and frequency to suit you…
…you retain control over what you share and when you share it.
Simply turn information on and off in an instant – just tick-and-save the relevant boxes in Schoolcomms.
And then there’s the smartphone app to keep parents informed on the move…
…free to download for parents, students & staff
School Gateway is free for staff, students and parents and comes as part of your Schoolcomms licence.
Choose
what you use
Schoolcomms offer
Messaging
Payments
Online Reporting (NEW!)
Choose one or more of the above. Introduce them at a time to suit your school. All are available to trial… for free, for 30 days.
Here are a few of the highlights…
MESSAGING
SIMS integrated
Just Text, Standard or Premium licence options
Free or half price app messaging – save money on texting
Single or multi user options
Bulk email exam and curriculum timetables from SIMS
Bulk email Profile and Assessment Manager reports from SIMS
Manage attendance
Optional write back to SIMS communication log
Monitor messaging send and delivery
PAYMENTS
Collect parent payments by card, cash or cheques
Parents can pay via School Gateway web or app
Integrates with SIMS Dinner Money & cashless caterers
Full range of management reporting options
Flexible payment options including one-offs and instalments
Gain parental consent at the time of payment
Integrates with financial management systems
ONLINE REPORTING
Publish student timetables
Display parent and student contact details – request updates
Provide daily behaviour and achievement reports online
Auto send a text or instant message when new info is published
Actively drive Pupil Premium applications
Show attendance information and unexplained absences
Help parents engage in their child’s time at school
Seamless SIMS integration
A key reason why we’re the first choice for a growing number of SIMS schools.
Our approach to
Service and value?
Free training
Free ongoing support
Constantly evolving
2,000 happy schools
Innovative technology
Cost efficiency
Why Schoolcomms?
Installation fees
Complicated paper/online parent registration
Data transfer/update challenges
And no…
Schoolcomms is priced based on your number on roll
We take a transparent approach to licences, there are no hidden costs and we publish our rates online
As part of your free trial we’ll include free text credits – our free trials truly are free
We offer an attractive transition package for schools who are tied into a contract with an existing supplier
Online Reporting starts at just £249
Costs?
For more information or to find out the cost for your school call our advisors or visit us online
0844 445 7147
www.schoolcomms.com
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