Schoolcomms is easy to install and simple to use.   

Schoolcomms is installed from the web site or from CD using a simple wizard. An internet connection is required. Student and staff names, and all registration and teaching groups are automatically imported from SIMS or other MIS. Schools can choose either to invite parents to register through the web site, or to import the contact details already held in the SIMS database. Click on the ‘Contacts import’ button and select students, staff and family contacts, email and mobile number. The contact details are imported for the selected groups automatically. In a few minutes the school can start sending messages! Email and mobile details can be regularly updated directly from SIMS, saving any duplication of data entry. To invite web registration, each school member is given a unique security letter to introduce them to the system, automatically generated by Schoolcomms. Parents, students and staff register through the secure web site, entering their own contact details and choosing whether to receive email and text or paper. Parents choose who are to be the ‘prime’ contacts. The school can define any other distribution groups it needs using the easy search and select tool. Email and text messages are composed and sent directly from your computer to selected individuals or groups. Letters can be printed only for those that need a paper copy. The list of the few needing paper includes address details or phone numbers from SIMS. This makes it easy to use post, phone or pupil post as required.  Emails can include attached documents, pictures and hyperlinks. The status of SMS messages is shown on the Sent items to check the successful delivery. Unexplained absence data can be imported from SIMS as soon as the registers have been completed. The user can choose to SMS or email each parent asking them to explain their child’s absence. Parents’ phone numbers are displayed for easy calling of those not registered with Schoolcomms. Family contacts can reply by email, SMS or phone. The messages are displayed on screen or logged. The appropriate mark can be entered for automatic write back to SIMS, streamlining the processing. Unexplained absences over a period can be followed up by email or SMS, encouraging parents to provide explanations. For SIMS users, a ‘quick email’ or ‘quick SMS’ can be sent directly from the student details screen in SIMS .net. The multi-user licence enables more staff to communicate directly with pupils and parents.

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