Dear Colleague,
This is a gentle reminder to staff that you should be thinking about preparing SIMS for the new school year.
Documentation
The documentation can be found on our customer portal (my.www.schoolicts.co.uk) in the knowledge base under the category of End of Year. You should be able to find the documentation and some helpful videos to assist with the various tasks that are necessary to set up your new school year for 2021/2022. There is also a section on our latest best practices videos on top tips for the end of year. These tasks must be completed before September.
We also create quick guides for a reminder of which tasks need to be carried out, please access via our customer portal https://my.www.schoolicts.co.uk/. If you don’t have a login for the customer portal please contact us on 0345 226802 and we will set you up.
Top Tips
- Please also note the change to the Spring Bank Holiday which is now Thursday 2nd June and Friday 3rd June 2022 to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee.
- If you are a school who has a 6 term academic year please remember, when creating your new academic year, that you do not need to set up half terms. If you need any assistance please call the helpdesk.
- In September remember to change your academic year on your SIMS homepage to reflect the new academic year as well as admitting pre-admission pupils when they begin school.
It is also a good time to carry out the following housekeeping tasks:-
- Update Mailing Point and reset parental ballot flags and update name formats – Tools | Housekeeping | General
- Delete unlinked contacts – Tools | Housekeeping | Delete unlinked contacts
- Update salutations – Routines | Pupil | Update salutation
- Tidy & Merge addresses – Tools | Housekeeping| Bulk Address Tools | Tidy and Merge Addresses.
We offer a free housekeeping distance learning short course which can be found on our website https://learning.www.schoolicts.co.uk/
Training
We are running the following online training courses to assist with the process:
- Preparing for a New Academic Year – Primary 10/06/2021 & 30/06/2021
- Preparing for a New Academic Year – Secondary 22/06/2021
Places are limited so do book early to avoid disappointment- https://www.schoolicts.co.uk/online-training/
If these dates do not suit we also have a new distance learning offering where you can complete the course at your own pace. This is available to order here https://learning.www.schoolicts.co.uk/
Should you require any assistance with setting up your new school year, please do not hesitate to contact the Helpdesk on 0345 2226802.
Kind regards
School ICT Services Ltd
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T. 0345 2226802
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E. helpdesk@schoolicts.co.uk
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