SIMS for Multi-academy Trusts or School Groups

Why SIMS for multi-academy trusts and school groups?

Our education software solutions and your relentless commitment helps to raise standards in teaching and learning across your multi-academy trust and ensure every student has the best opportunity to succeed. Trusted by thousands of schools, SIMS not only makes life easier for individual schools of all different types, it also makes managing MATS or school groups simple too. Our solutions support you to drive efficiencies and improvement across your MAT by aligning processes and financial management across your schools.

Gain the insight you need to make the right decisions

As a senior leader in an academy or MAT, you need the insight to make the right decisions. Empower yourself to drive standards with access to detailed central reports in Power BI on any of the information stored in SIMS. You'll benefit from central dashboards that enable you to monitor and compare performance across key groups, subject areas and schools in your trust. Additionally, it supports Integrated Curriculum Financial Planning by combining data from SIMS with that from your financial package. Discover more about SIMS Consolidated Reporting for MATs.

Simplify the management of MAT and academy finances

SIMS Finance is our powerful school finance solution, designed to streamline financial management and provide a complete and consolidated picture of finances across your MAT. You'll benefit from powerful reporting tools and the ability to drill down into the data behind this. Take advantage of in-built workflows for increased efficiency and integration with SIMS means that information around staffing commitments will automatically sync.

Engage your whole community

Whole school community engagement and keeping parents informed about their child's school life is important. It empowers parents to support learning which in turn drives attainment across your schools. SIMS provides solutions that can initiate and control the parent engagement agenda, helping you work with schools and parents to improve pupil progress. Discover more about SIMS engagement solutions.

School libraries that drive standards and cost-savings

A successful library is key to supporting independent learning, driving literacy and improving outcomes in schools. With Capita Reading Cloud online library management system for multi-academy trusts, you will be able to foster a love for reading across your trust. You'll also benefit from the ability to perform trust-wide reporting, giving you the insight you need to make the right decisions to improve standards and drive cost savings across your libraries.

Supporting schools when converting to academy status

We have helped over 3,000 schools convert to academy status. Whether the school is currently using SIMS, or considering moving from an admin-focused management information system (MIS) to a school improvement system like ours, we are here to support along the way. Find out more about how we can help with the conversion process.

Get in touch

Learn how SIMS helps make managing MATs or school groups smarter, more efficient and consistent. Speak to a member of our specialist sales team to discover our products and solutions designed specifically for MATs and school groups. Use the contact form below or call the following number.

Maintained schools - 0800 170 1736

Independent or International schools - +44 (0) 1285 647500

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