Ideas

Posting this as discussed at the Northern User Group. Could there be an easier way to do the data collection from staff, please? Can we share with them what data we hold for them and they could then respond with any changes. Thank you!

Almost 25% of my families do not have English as their first language. Therefore trying to ask them to use the app is very difficult. They just refuse as it is too hard. Other parent communication app have the option to choose another language. Pl...

It would be useful, so that the proofreader does not think the report as having already been checked.

Apparently staff absences in iSAMS are treated in increments of 0.5 (or nearest 0.5) for half a day even if someone had a dentist appointment for one hour. It would be great if iSAMS could allow us to record more fine staff absences such as 0.1 as...

In an emergency basic staff contact details need to be accessed by reception or medical staff. At the moment ISAMS does not allow for only limited information to be accessed. This would be extremely useful give the number of staff we have on role,...

Have a separate contractors page for 'staff' such as peripatetic teachers and club leaders, in addition to the staff manager section in order to create a proper separation between those that are employed by the school and those that aren't.

From Claire Dell at Chumleigh College, cdell@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk: We have a very slick online admission process for Chulmleigh College, however the process falls down when we ask parents to pay for the school bus, lockers and top up money prio...

As we have multiple schools, it would really be helpful to add the Boarding House field in the search results so it's easier to see which campus the teacher belongs to without having to open their profiles.

The ability for staff to add text with basic formatting in place such as italics or bold. Example below Pupil much enjoyed studying Orwell’s novel 'Animal Farm…'

We have setup Parents Evening for next week. One member of staff has a medical procedure so is unable to attend. It would be useful to have the facility to cancel a single event rather than the whole Parents Evening when parents have already booke...