Full or PAYG licence   For SMS messaging only, choose a PAYG licence. This is FREE to install and set up – we even give you some FREE SMS credits to try it out with! The Full licence gives you extra functions; email with attachments, automated attendance messaging and reduced cost SMS credits.   Costs less than three stamps per year.   A Schoolcomms Full licence costs less than the price of three stamps per pupil per annum! Emails have no extra cost.   From only 6p per text.   Text messages can be sent to groups of parents or school members at the touch of a button for only 6p each.   Caters for those without email or mobile.   It is essential that families that do not have email or a mobile phone are included. A distribution list of people who have not registered for email or text messages is generated when each Schoolcomms message is sent. This means that paper copies of messages need only be distributed to those that need them. The distribution lists are ordered by registration group for easy distribution via 'pupil post'. Alternatively the list can be saved with addresses and telephone numbers from SIMS for mail merge or manual phone contact. This reduces printing, postage, telephone and paper costs, and administration time. Easy to use Unexplained Absence Management.   Links to SIMS Attendance to read unexplained absences. Choose from SMS or email to contact parents promptly, saving hours of phoning. Responses by SMS, email and voice can be processed and managed on screen quickly and efficiently. Also enables follow up on absences over a chosen date range. Complete history by student of attendance contact.

Key benefits   “Schoolcomms has proved to be an invaluable tool for keeping in contact with our separated parents, who now receive all correspondence. One father was so pleased he gave the school a large donation as he was unable to attend school fundraising events!”   Sue Hopson, Primrose Hill Primary School   A complete communication system including email, SMS text messaging and paper. A choice of Full licence or PAYG options. PAYG is free to set up and try, just buy SMS credits as you need them. The Full licence offers email and SMS messaging, automated absence messaging and response processing with reduced cost SMS credits. Provides a quick and easy tool for making contact about unexplained absences. This can save hours of administration time calling parents, and enables busy admin staff time to do the job more effectively. Parents can respond by SMS, Email or voice. Comprehensive response processing with marks written to SIMS Attendance. Improves reliability and speed of communication with parents, students, teachers, governors. Saves money by reducing administration time, and printing and postage costs whilst improving the quality. Newsletters and articles can be sent by email with photos and diagrams, reducing printing costs. Improves parental involvement in their child’s education by keeping them well informed and up to date. Allows teachers an easy, quick and cheap way of saying ‘well done’ or ‘thank you’ or ‘don’t forget…’ Helps to keep all parents in separated families involved in their child’s education. Gives teachers an easy way to contact parents quickly, for example daily or weekly behaviour or performance updates. Simple to use and familiar style. Uses existing data from the school's MIS.   “Sent a note to parents regarding missing coursework/homework from certain students through Schoolcomms. All replied the same day and the matter was settled that evening. The parents were very supportive and very quick to take the matter up with their son/daughter.”   D Pelham, Hinchley Wood School Key Features   Includes all communications and by any contact method; email, text and paper. Opens directly from SIMS.  Quick and easy contact for unexplained absences. Contact and messages controlled by the Attendance officer. Streamlined response processing for absence control efficiency. Emails or SMS texts can be sent immediately to any or all school members in one go. Sent items report shows delivery status. Automatically produces lists of members requiring paper copies, conveniently listed by form, or with addresses and numbers from SIMS.  Emails can be typed directly into the text box or documents can be attached or cut and pasted. Emails can include attachments, pictures and hyperlinks. Imports member data automatically from SIMS. Contact details for students, staff and family contacts can be taken directly from SIMS, so are always up to date. Up to four adults can link to each child so all parents can be kept fully involved without extra cost. SIMS groups, including teaching groups, are imported. New groups can be chosen quickly and easily using the ‘quick search’ facility. Groups can be chosen quickly and easily using the ‘quick search’ facility. Top level security and uses .net technology; fully compliant with data protection and privacy legislation. Messages can be personalised with student's name. Full sent items history and archiving so that messages sent and list of recipients can be viewed at any time. The sender can choose to send a message to the prime parent or all parents, to pupils as well as or instead of their parent, or to other school members e.g. staff, governors.

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