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  1. PhilNeal
    The main thing that used to distinguish FMS was central payments, a system exclusive to local authorities. Whilst secondary schools used local payment options, many primary schools initiated a purchase that was paid through the LA payment system
  2. PhilNeal
    I should escalate this issue inside ESS - the problem is highly unlikely to be SQL version related!!
  3. PhilNeal
    FMS can use personnel data in SIMS at any time to calculate staff salary commitments.
  4. PhilNeal
    Secondary vs primary pricing?
  5. PhilNeal
    This could be a design feature! I seem to remember leavers appear for assessment/reporting purposes for 30 days their leaving date.
  6. PhilNeal
    Here's the link that I saw it on https://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/
  7. PhilNeal
    Arbor & ScholarPack are being merged now. Exciting times!
  8. PhilNeal
    Yes my mistake - sorry!
  9. PhilNeal
    I'm pretty certain that none are SIMS!
  10. PhilNeal
    Nick that would be what I would expect but I'm not an insider anymore! FMS is definitely a ESS product. I doubt if SIMS Finance is included in the sale but as it was adapted by ESS to suit the academy market, I'd expect some sort of reseller arrangement.
  11. PhilNeal
    No but I'd expect a reseller agreement to be put in place.
  12. PhilNeal
    Paul, you are correct. One used to be ESS but hasn't been for >3years
  13. PhilNeal
    I left Capita over 3 years ago!
  14. PhilNeal
    There are lot of interlinked tables within SIMS. You would need to use the Capita APIs to manage the data or you will incur charges if you get it wrong - not to mention the GDPR issues that could occur if you don't get the links right. The free app does it all and provides a means of passing a massive management issue from admin staff to parents.
  15. PhilNeal
    SIMS has a free (at least when I was there) add-on Parents App Lite which allows parents to update and maintain their own data. There is an approvals process which allows the admin staff to accept or reject changes.
  16. PhilNeal
    My subjects I would have been OK there. My wife on the other hand
  17. PhilNeal
    Lesson registration, exam entries, option choices, cover & timetabling are the sort of considerations I would be looking at.
  18. PhilNeal
    When I looked after SIMS, we could have opted for a very cheap service operating outside the UK but there was no service level guarantee available. For communication with parents, possibly on serious matters, I felt we had to be certain that messages would be delivered. It's all a mater of risks.
  19. PhilNeal
    Thanks- if I was still at Capita, I’d be asking why!!
  20. PhilNeal
    By C2K I assume this is the NI implementation - I believe this feature should be available to you so please call the support desk tomorrow
  21. PhilNeal
    Create a widget for your home page
  22. PhilNeal
    I’m pretty sure that Fees works independently to FMS - there are lots of Fees only users.
  23. PhilNeal
    When I was overseeing it, the LA version hadn't been started. The language used is more accountant friendly and it doesn't have the same guardrails that FMS does so it doesn't stop you from doing unusual transactions.
  24. PhilNeal
    Yes that’s right. There’s one thing to determine and that is if you own the licence in which no problem. If your LA owns the licence they can decide.
  25. PhilNeal
    SIMS has a perpetual licence so it can still be used.
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