GNewnham

Hi Implementation was not too bad. Is this a senior or prep school? We did both. didnt bring over exam entries though - just started new year on new system. We converted from Pass. Put all the pupil and contact info onto spreadsheets and iSAMS set up all the data. Got to import your timetable - depend on how complicated that is. Ours is only a 1 week timetable. Please ask if there is anything you need to know. My email address is [email protected]

We have had iSAMS for about 5 years.

No, it will be altered eventually but you don't have to do anything.

We used Markbook for years before implementing iSAMS which has its own inbuilt reporting module. I used to export the pupil/classes out of Pass and import into the package. I thought Markbook was great - very flexible report design, good tracking over who had written their reports etc

Have you tried SQL Reporting Services in BIDS (Business Intelligence Development Studio) - that is what we use to access the iSAMS SQL database. If you are not comfortable writing from scratch, you can take an existing extract / report and clone it, alter it and deploy it.

You can also add other exam results which may not appear in the list for a pupil eg ABRSM, Rockschool guitar etc. You do need to have the certificates to back up your claim but they can all add to the total UMS score for a pupil. I think it is about 70 ums for grade 8 instrument. Just finished all mine yesterday! Hope this helps.

Hiya Have you looked at iSAMS at all? It is mainly used by Independent Schools, has a fees and billing module which links with Sage Accounting. If you want to know some more, have a look at their website I am happy to answer any questions which you may have from a school's perspective.

Hi Wibok We have been running iSAMS for several years now and havent come across this problem at all. You say that you saw all the report data was there and now it is not - when you look in "remove unwanted reports" can you see the reports for that particular user / cycle at all? I am just wondering if the template has been changed and that is why you are not seeing the reports in the report wizard but they actually do still exist on the database? Sorry if you have already been through all this thinking but there are a few changes that will make reports "disappear" if they are done in the middle of a report cycle eg template changes, set naming changes etc. I am happy to chat through a few options with you on the phone if you wish - feel free to DM me if you wish to discuss.

Hiya We use Timetabler for designing the timetable. It does produce printouts for teachers. We have a fairly complicated set up with many part time teachers and lots of different blocks which need to be scheduled so that they do not clash for a student and have found it to be very flexible. We then export the info into a format which we import into our MIS (iSAMS) Hope this helps.

We didnt have any March results but for some reason our January results did not come down through A2C from OCR on the 6th of March. I had to retrieve the result files from OCR Interchange myself, if it helps. Perhaps phone them as they can reset your password over the phone so that you can get the info?

We are an independent school in Bath consisting of a pre-prep (ages 2-6; 110 pupils), a prep (ages 7-13; 250 pupils) and a senior school (ages 11-18; 400 pupils) The overlap is because we run 2 years 7 & 8 - one in the prep and one in the senior. This causes many admin nightmares, particularly at census time! MIS - iSAMS This is my 10th year in this job - have seen the implementation of PASS and then we converted and implemented iSAMS about 4 years ago. I support about 100 staff at the senior school and about 20 at the pre-prep. This involves iSAMS training and support, excel support, email support and general keeping them up to date with developments in social media. The prep have their own support. I also support about 1000 parents for their access to our intranet and parent portal, sometimes down to complete handholding on the telphone eg "click on the little yellow envelope"....."now click on the word"..... About 3 years ago, I also took on all the Exams administration too. I work closely with the Exams Officer and our roles are fairly blurred during the exam season - we both do whatever needs to be done to have the exams running smoothly and the kids kept calm in all situations. As he teaches too, much of the daily running of the exams falls on me, including taking them to the toilet (although, that is not specifically mentioned in my job description!). We take a lot of private candidates foir exams, so some of my time is assisting home schooled kids through the mire of exams info, choices , showing them around the school, getting them settled before exams etc. In my previous life in South Africa I was a programmer, then systems developer, then systems designer for the insurance and pensions industry. Then we moved to the UK and I had a couple more kids and took on a "part" time job at a local school. Now I have the inglorious title of "Pupil Records Officer" - there, bet that's made you all jealous! In reality, I am a Data Manager, but I guess they might have to pay me more if I got a better title. ;-)

Many thanks, everyone. I am having a look at PES now.

We are looking for a facility for parents to book their own meetings with teachers for parents evenings. Is there a system which your school is using which works particularly well? Which MIS do you use and how is the pupil/teacher/subject information maintained for meeting bookings? Thanks for looking!

Hi All Are there any suggestions for suppliers of about eight low spec laptops (no disc drive - only needs to run wordpad or equivalent)? What would you suggest would be a good model and price? Thanks

Funny, our OCR results imported successfully.