Our Events
Why not take some time out and join us for one of our Events or Webinars. All events are free for subscribers and run throughout the year. We also hold free demonstrations for our non-subscribers.
Get more out of your ICT investment and our services, learn new skills and discover features in SIMS to help your school run smoothly. We look forward to meeting you at one of our events soon.
Register below or for more information contact one of our Business Relationship Managers.
Attendance Letters in SIMS
Friday 6 December 2024 - 11am - 11:45am
This webinar will cover how to use attendance letters within SIMS. We will cover the different types of letters that can be produced through the SIMS attendance letters module and show the full process of creating an attendance letter report from scratch in SIMS.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
SIMS School Spring Census Webinar
Tuesday 10 December 2024 - 11am - 11:45am
Join us to help you to prepare for the forthcoming Spring Census.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
Real-Time Digital Safety Monitoring- Netsweeper onGuard FREE Demonstration Webinar
Monday 16 December 2024 – 2pm – 2:45pm
Thursday 16 January 2025 – 2pm – 2:45pm
We have teamed up with Netsweeper to deliver a free demonstration webinar to show you how onGuard can provide your school with real-time system monitoring and alerting and ensure your students are protected.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
FMS Journalling/Virements Webinar
Monday 20 January 2025 - 11:00am to 11:45am
Join us as we provide users of FMS with an overview on preparing and reporting on Virements in FMS, and use the of Journals including creating and using journal templates, journal functionality, contra journals, and copying journals.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
FMS Useful Reports Webinar
Tuesday 28 January 2025 - 11:00am to 11:45am
Join us as we provide FMS users with an overview of various reports to enable users to review transactions, balances etc. and an overview of the improvements, including report export and PDF functionality.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
Hints and Tips for Nova T Webinar
Tuesday 4 February 2025 - 11:00am to 11:45am
Join us as we examine time saving strategies and explore lesser used features of the timetabling experience in SIMS and Nova-T6
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
Quick wins in SIMS incl User Defined Fields Webinar
Tuesday 4 March 2025 - 11:00am to 11:45am
Join us as we cover useful time saving tips in SIMS. We will also look at how to create User Defined Fields (UDFs), link them to an area of SIMS, add data to the field, and report on them.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
Summer School Census Webinar
Tuesday 1 April 2025 - 11:00am to 11:45am
Join us to help you prepare for the forthcoming Summer Census Return.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
Early Years and Key Stage Webinar
Tuesday 29 April 2025 - 11:00am to 11:45am
Join us to help you understand and prepare for the EYFS/Key Stage process in your school.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
Primary Year End Webinar
Tuesday 20 May 2025 - 11:00am to 11:45am
Join us as we look at the steps required for the Primary Year End and recommend best practice to ensure the process is as efficient as possible for your school.
At the end of this webinar, we shall also run a short session for moving Section 27 pupils in to the next academic year in SIMS.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
Assessment Manager Year End Tasks Webinar
Tuesday 3 June 2025 - 11:00am to 11:45am
Join us to show you key tasks to follow in Assessment Manager to ensure a smooth transition to the new academic year.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
Financial Reporting Suite Webinar
Thursday 10 July 2025 - 11:00am to 11:45am
A demonstration of the key features of the Financial Reporting Suite, such as, applying conditional formatting to reports, producing scenario reports for stakeholder (SLT & Governors), and applying templates to reports.
Once you have registered for the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email and then details will be emailed to you prior to the webinar on how to join it.
More events/webinars will be announced soon via the Lancashire Schools' Portal and our website, so keep a look out for the details!