Case Studies
One eNurseries - Supporting the Sustainable Childcare Agenda "Rather than expecting providers to adapt their way of working to fit the solution, we offered them a system tailored by Capita Children's Services. Each setting was able to send its own unique forms to Capita CS to be input on to the system." Maureen Askew, Business and Finance Support Officer, Children's Serivces, Early Years Excellence, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Mapping points the way to easier School Admissions and Transport “When we first started with school admissions procedures, we had to use a standalone computer to calculate distances for the allocation of school places. The previous system was not integrated and as a result, we had to re-key in all the address data. Only then could we work out, on a case-by-case basis, the distance from the child’s home address to the preferred school.” Trish Barton, Admissions and Places Officer at St Helens Council.
One Support Services: Gloucestershire enhance special needs provision “The exchange of data with schools each day heps ensure we have access to a comprehensive, up-to-the-minute record for the children in our care. We know where each child is, which school they attend and can can instantly see what equipment or services they are receiving. This helps us target our resources more effectively.” John Deane, ICT Application Support Manager
One Children's Support Services - Integrated Children's Services a prioirty in Coventry We are committed to meeting the five outcomes for children as specified in the Children Act. better information-sharing is key, and CSS plays a vital role in helping individual teams within Children's Services the local authority to work closer together for the benefit of all children and young people in the city.” Roger Lickfold, Principal Adviser (Social Inclusion)
Teachers professional development a top priority in Kent “One Training Manager saves time for our staff, by allowing them to resuse the delegate and course information already entered, whilst giving each unit the flexibility they need to set their own charges and cancellation feed.” Karen Jestin, Training & Development Manager at Kent's Advisory Service
Course Management made simple at Sandwell “The Transition from our previous system of recording bookings in Excel to managing courses through One Training Manager was very smooth.” Janet Smith, Business Manager at SMIS
North Somerset Local Authority “Admissions & Transfers Online helps us to deliver an improved service to parents, as they receive confirmation via email that their application has been received and it sbeing processed; giving them complete peace of mind.” Sally Varley, Schools Admissions Manager
B2B Cambridgeshire Local Authority “We have a vision of data-sharing across all Cambridgeshire Services, with weekly updates via B2B:Student.”
B2B Hackney Local Authority Hackney Learning Trust’s use of B2B:Student facilitates the improvement in pupil data quality: the vision is to provide all local service departments with top quality pupil data!
B2B North Lincolnshire Local Authority “Before we started to use B2B:Student, we brought data in from all schools via regular data trawls. We realised that with the best will in the world, its accuracy was questionable.”
B2B Suffolk Local Authority “In Suffolk we are committed to electronic data exchange between public sector agencies – we collect data from nearly 100 schools electronically with B2B:Student – school administration staff have taken to it very well as it is intuitive."
Children’s Services Case Study – South Gloucestershire Steve Baxter, Information and Performance Data Manager in South Gloucestershire’s Department for Children and Young People describes working with local authority (LA) colleagues to deliver ‘Every Child Matters’ Agenda, with One and SIMS.net central to its success.
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