SIMS Agora online payments
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SIMS Agora online payments Duncan Hield Product Manager
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SIMS Agoraonline paymentsDuncan HieldProduct Manager
In this update…
Latest updates in SIMS Agora
Feedback from SIMS support teams
Supporting your teams
Looking ahead with Agora
SIMS Dinner Money update
Questions & feedback
SIMS Agora:Latest Updates
Integrated school payments – made simple
seamless integration with
School fundBursaryPTA FundPupil PremiumAny school defined
payment
Latest Updates in SIMS Agora
Manual payments
o Cash payments
o Cheque payments
o Automatic receipts
Discretionary School payments
o School funds, PTA funds
o Pupil premium payments
Latest Updates in SIMS Agora
Auto-email alerts for parents
o School meal balances
o Product alerts
Place/Stock control
o Useful to limit trip/event numbers
o Uniform, stationery stock limits
Let’s take a look…
SIMS Support units:Feedback
IntegratedSecure, seamless integration with SIMS
1 version of the truth:no multiple versions of student data
Easy way to pay for school items
School PCI Certification not required for AgoraNo bank applicationsNo PCI training, fraud training or credit checksNo annual certification
Provided by Capita for schools – inclusive service
Your feedback
What do you think would prevent schools offering online payments for their parents?
Please select 3 responses:
a) The school are happy with their current way of collecting parent payments
b) The school don’t believe there is a demand for online payments
c) The school are concerned the service may cause extra work for their staff
d) The school are in a deprived area and don’t believe their parents would use such a service
e) Costs – purchasing a system
f) Costs – paying the transaction fees for online payments
g) Concerns around security
SIMS Support Units:Support Resources
“How do you support your schools with SIMS Agora?” Full range of support services: telephone
support, training and implementation support
Training courses in various locations and more lightweight solutions like remote tutor, as we used very effectively with InTouch
Materials Capita provide for parents useful for schools in launching the new service - our pilot schools certainly found them helpful
SIMS support team perspective
Working to support your SIMS team
SIMS Agora demo system SIMS support team Agora pack
o Welcome guide o Technical factsheeto School FAQso Support team FAQso Training Guide and resources
Promotional materials Overview support and QA presentations (WebEx) Roll-out starting October half-term
SIMS Agora:Looking ahead
Agora payment methods: Roadmap
Winter/Spring 2014Available Now
Looking ahead with Agora
Autumn-Winter Cashless catering integration Integration with SIMS FMS SIMS Support Unit resources Installation & on-boarding streamlining Integration with cash-based payment facilities
Spring 2014 Administrator permissions updates Trip manager & SIMS trip reports School meal menu selection Digital wallet integration
Agora > FMS integration Seamless integration between Agora & FMS Automated journal entries: Agora online payment transactions Transaction fees VAT Integration includes mapping to:
Ledger code ▪ cost centre ▪ fund code Saves time, reduces administration & improves quality
Availability: *SIMS Autumn release*
SIMS Dinner Money:Update
SIMS Dinner Money Update
Government funded school meals:reception, year one & year two
Updating SIMS Dinner Money
Additional meal type/definition
Reviewing reporting & linking with regional/national requirements
Improved school meal take-up post Y2
Wider use for Agora – trips, events, uniform
What schools using Agora have said…
“ “Using SIMS Agora has been very easy for our school - it just works! It has helped to reduce workloads for our staff, creating more time to lend to educational support and the smooth running of the school.Jean Robinson,Didsbury CE Primary School
