This primary school recently embraced ESS SIMS cloud-based offering, with support from our MIS team within NYES Digital.
The school administrator has provided valuable feedback.
We started using SIMS Next Gen to take our registers in class from the start of this term. Prior to that we were using the old paper registers. The benefits of this are as follows:
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The registers are always accessible in the class and doesn't rely on a student remembering to return the register at lunchtime
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It is quick and easy for the teacher to take the register in class
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Holidays/sickness can be pre-populated in advance by admin
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As the administrator, I don't have to walk around collecting the registers in a morning, so not disrupting lessons and saving me time and not being away from the office at a busy time for visitors and phone calls
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Great that SIMS Next Gen instantly integrates with SIMS desktop version
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A whole weeks registers no longer need to be data inputted on a Friday, so again saving administration time
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The attendance data is more up to date as it is being inputted daily, rather than once a week
As the administrator, the introduction of online registers, has saved me significant time during the week and roll out went very smoothly. We are very grateful for the support James provided with the initial set-up and ironing out any problems. The trial went well during the last week of term and there have been no issues of any significance.
The school are now exploring the additional cloud functionality and we look forward to supporting them. Should you wish to discuss SIMS Next Gen please get in touch with your MIS team.