DonMcGillivray

Reply to Bobsmith You should let me train you. You will love T6 when we've finished especially when you become aware of everything it can do.

Reply to BKGarry The whole leadership team understand price. Only timetablers understand efficacy. SIMS have always taken advantage of their monopoly in their pricing. Schools are naturally responding to the expense now there are alternatives. Sadly NOVA T6 is the baby being thrown out with the SIMS bathwater. NOVA T6 remains superb and as standalone at under 5000 pounds it is the best option in my experience

I believe SIMS/NOVAT6 is the most pricey option. BROMCOM and ISAMS are cheaper. EDVAL undercuts the others I think.

Reply to BKGarry Apologies! Of course you are correct. Let me say instead that Bobsmith has made it clear that he is not himself a timetabler. Therefore, how does he have sufficient knowledge?

Reply to Bobsmith You do not name schools, and I remain unconvinced. As a freelance timetabler, I have been inundated over the last two years by requests for help from schools who are attempting to timetable with EDVAL. Usually, EDVAL has been forced onto timetablers by Trust managers who are only concerned with the price tag rather than the quality of the product, and who are not listening to those in their schools with the expertise.

NOVA T6 works with SIMS (obviously) and BROMCOM. It is not compatible with EDVAL. The EDVAL timetabling software is terrible - basically you won't get a decent timetable for anything more complex than a primary school - you'd be better off just using an EXCEL spreadsheet. NOVA T6 is better than anything else around including TIMETABLER. If you use BROMCOM you can purchase NOVA T6 as a standalone for under £5k. SCOMIS are not supporting the new cloud-based SIMS but you can simply buy into support from SIMS which should be better, being more direct. All MIS systems are going cloud-based, if not already. NOVA T6 SIMS is the best. NOVA T6 with BROMCOM is also fine. EDVAL - don't even go there - a disaster waiting to happen!

NOVA T6 works with SIMS (obviously) and BROMCOM. It is not compatible with EDVAL. The EDVAL timetabling software is terrible - basically you won't get a decent timetable for anything more complex than a primary school - you'd be better off just using an EXCEL spreadsheet. NOVA T6 is better than anything else around including TIMETABLER. If you use BROMCOM you can purchase NOVA T6 as a standalone for under £5k. SCOMIS are not supporting the new cloud-based SIMS but you can simply buy into support from SIMS which should be better, being more direct. All MIS systems are going cloud-based, if not already. NOVA T6 SIMS is the best. NOVA T6 with BROMCOM is also fine. EDVAL - don't even go there - a disaster waiting to happen!