Blog - iSAMS

Academic

Helpful insights to support the foundation of your school academics

Academic

How to Prepare Your School for the New Normal

At the height of the pandemic, more than 1.5 billion children are thought to have experienced some...

Academic

How To Demonstrate the Quality of E-Learning in Schools

It was comparatively easy before the pandemic. Parents would drop their children off each morning, or they’d...

Academic

6 Essential Tips to See You Through A School Closure

With many schools around the world already having to shut their doors, and many countries still deliberating...

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Administration

Insights to help manage your administrative tasks.

Administration

5 Top Tips for Successfully Migrating Your MIS

When we talk to schools about migrating from their current Management Information System (MIS) provider, many have...

Administration

New Term Checklist for Independent Schools’ MIS Administrators

The start of a new term can be one of the most stressful times of year for...

Administration

Data Protection and Digital Learning

When the new GDPR laws were enforced across the EU 2018, we all set to work to...

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Admissions

How To Boost School Admissions Online

During recent unprecedented circumstances, it’s harder than ever to interact with prospective parents and students and encourage...

Admissions

Complying with GDPR: A 5 Point Checklist for School Admissions Teams

The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was released on 25th May 2018, introducing new rules which...

Admissions

Exploring the iSAMS Admissions Portal

Retaining all of the features developed for version one, the latest release of the Admissions Portal now...

Communication

Tips to help streamline communications across your school community.

Communication

A Teacher’s Guide to Speaking to Parents

As schools begin to re-open amid the COVID-19 outbreak, maintaining a strong line of communication between your...

Communication

6 Tips for Parent-Teacher Communication

Keeping a clear, reliable and steady stream of communication between your school and your students’ parents is...

Communication

The Dos and Don’ts of Emergency Communications in Schools

Your alarm goes off in the morning and, stifling a yawn, you roll over and switch it...

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Finance

Important insights to give your finance team the best tools.

Finance

The Future of School Finance: Collaborative Accounting in the Cloud

A recent report from PwC and the ACCA suggests that a ‘key lesson from the pandemic will...

Finance

5 Recommendations for Procurement in Schools

With hoards of stationary, masses of educational literature and a wealth of hardware and software to source...

Finance

Parents Can Now Pay School Invoices Online

Through our ongoing partnership with leading payments providers, Flywire, in January 2020 we were delighted to announce...

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Integrations

Insights into third-parties integrations with the iSAMS MIS

Integrations

Sign-in Solutions to Re-Open Schools Safely

InVentry are the market leaders for visitor and pupil management within the education sector; trusted by over...

Integrations

Timetabling for Social Distancing in Schools

What is the best way to get schools open again? Schools do not know whether they will...

Integrations

How To Synchronise Your MIS with Microsoft

As schools around the world start temporarily shutting their doors to prioritise the safety of their staff...

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Teaching

Read up on articles to help teachers school day run smoothly

Teaching

7 Ways to Save Your Teachers Time Every Week

With books to mark, lessons to plan, and student outcomes and wellbeing to continually monitor, staying after...

Teaching

5 Top Tips to Make Writing Your End-of-Term Reports Easier

The school reporting season is notorious for being one of the most stressful times of the academic...

Teaching

Accounting for the UK Exam Boards’ Contingency Day

The UK exam boards recently released their key dates for the 2019/20 academic year, and highlighted the...

Wellbeing

Insights into student concerns and wellbeing.

Wellbeing

Tracking Student Medical Requirements

Tracking student medical requirements over time is an essential part of ensuring your students have the best...

Wellbeing

Lockdown Life and Student Wellbeing

As the global pandemic rumbles on, many schools will be forced to send students home to self-isolate,...

Wellbeing

5 Ways to Promote Student Wellbeing During Online Learning

As one of the biggest barriers to learning in recent years, managing mental health is one of...

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