Info
New Schoolcomms account required*
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Functionality |
SIMS |
Arbor* |
ScholarPack* |
Bromcom* |
Other* (CSV) |
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Desktop version of Schoolcomms |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
✔ |
|
Website version of Schoolcomms |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Delay between making a change in MIS and running an import in Schoolcomms |
None |
1 hour |
1 hour |
1 hour |
N/A (changes made to CSV file & imported) |
|
Scheduling an import |
✔ (via Windows Task Scheduler) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
|
Parent contact details |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ (added manually in Schoolcomms) |
|
Pre-admissions |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
✔ (added to CSV file) |
|
Student self-contacts |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✔ |
✔ (added manually in Schoolcomms) |
|
Importing contacts ad-hoc who are outside import strategy |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
N/A (contacts added manually in Schoolcomms) |
|
Messaging |
✔ (desktop and web version) |
✔ (web version) |
✔ (web version) |
✔ (web version)
|
✔ (desktop and web version) |
|
Logging messages to MIS communication log |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
|
Sending assessment manager/profile reports & curriculum/exam timetables |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
|
Attendance Contact/Response |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
|
Payments |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Cashless retailer integration (including Cypad / Meal Manager) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
|
Online Reporting |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
|
Schoolcomms Dinners |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ (separate dinner plan for FSM) |
|
Clubs |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Year/registration groups |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
|
Class/teaching groups |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✔ |
✖ |
|
House groups |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
|
User-defined/custom MIS groups |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✔ |
✖ |
|
Creating custom groups in Schoolcomms |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✔ |
|
MIS: Tier – All Tiers group |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
✔ |
|
$ParentalSalutation$ wildcard |
✔ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
✖ |
|
FSM eligibility |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✖ |