Save hours every week
Faster searching, editing, and entry.
Take control of attendance—all in one place
Whether it’s managing attendance marks, analysing data, or preparing for statutory returns, staff can now handle everything from a central hub designed to simplify attendance management. Coming soon.
Support safeguarding
Better visibility of persistent absences and escalations.
Simplify returns
Reduce stress around Census and statutory reporting.
Feel in control
Clear audit trails, automated rules, and smart defaults.
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Track, comply, and report—all in one place
Easily track pupil whereabouts at all times, ensuring compliance with safeguarding and attendance regulations.
Streamline statutory returns with automated data collection.
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Adapt to every pupil, update every parent
Create and manage expected attendance patterns, including handling exceptional circumstances. Message parents regarding unauthorised absences
Everything you need. Packaged your way.
There is no ‘one size fits all’ here because we know that all schools and trusts are different. That’s why we offer you the flexibility and adaptability to choose from a range of solutions to help your unique school or trust thrive.
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Optimise
Tools and insights to help your school thrive
Includes:
- Attendance and unexplained absence messaging
- Assessment, performance, and exams
- Census and statutory returns
- Conduct management
- Class management (Class View and Seating Plans until March 2027)
- Reporting, data, and insights
- Timetabling, options, and cover
- Pupil and staff data
- SEND management
- Interventions
- SIMS Next Generation
- Trust centralised performance management (Group Hub until March 2027)
- Hosting and support (optional)
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Engage
Communicate and collaborate quickly and easily
Includes:
- SMS/email messaging
- In app notifications
- Parent & student app
- Data collection
- Attendance insights
- Conduct insights
- Assessment insights
- Clubs & activities
- Timetable
- Reports
- School calendar
- Homework *H2 2026
- Parents' evening booking *H2 2026
- Google & Apple single sign-on *H2 2026
- Class management (Class View and Seating Plans)
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Pay
Make everything from clubs to dinner money seamless
Includes:
- Menu selection
- Clubs & trips
- Wraparound care
- Shops & donations pages
- Single basket checkout
- Automatic top up
- Reporting & insights
- MIS and catering integration
- Settle to multiple accounts
- SIMS Dinner Money
- Group management application
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Finance
Budgeting, resource allocation, and reporting simplified
Includes:
- Suppliers and supplier payments
- Income and debtors
- Budgets and staffing including personnel links
- Chart of accounts
- Financial tasks
- Data exchange with a local authority
- Statutory reporting
- Users and permissions
- Period and year end
- Equipment / asset management and loans
- Transactional reporting and audits
- Hosting
- Support and FMS extra database (optional)
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Secure
Education-focused data protection and cyber security
Includes:
- Complete data protection compliance platform
- Attack surface management
- Managed awareness training and phishing
- Threat intelligence updates
- DPO support service
- ICO-registered DPO contact
- Office 365 / Google security review
- Cloud endpoint security review
- Cloud data governance review
- Cloud audit log review
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Class View
Class View brings together key pupil information and essential teaching tasks in one place—reducing admin and giving teachers more time to focus on their students.
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Reporting and Insights
Reporting and Insights brings together data from across critical areas into clear, interactive dashboards—surfacing actionable insights that save hours of analysis. Get the clarity to spot trends, respond faster, and make decisions that drive better outcomes
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Conduct Management
Flexible, easy-to-use, and built around your policy—SIMS Next Gen automates behaviour management, reduces admin, and helps staff focus on creating a positive learning environment.