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Parents can keep tabs on their children at Norwich school
The initiative, launched at Thorpe St Andrew School in Laundry Lane, gives each parent a personal web page, which will let them find out exactly what lessons their children have on a particular day and how many times they have forgotten their homework.

The school has become one of the first in the country to launch the computer programme entitled, My Child at School.

School could seek judicial review in bid to stop IT procurement 'bullying'
They claim they are forced to buy one-size-fits-all system in order to access government's building programme cash

Catching truants - and their parents
The truancy van is in town, sweeping through the housing estates and streets.

Truancy levels rise despite £16m drive
Nearly one in four secondary pupils played truant last year despite a £16m drive to cut the number of children skipping class.

Raising School Attendance, Cracking Down On Serial Truants
School attendance is now at record levels, with 17,000 more pupils regularly attending school every day in the last year.

Rise in teenage truancy figures
There has been a rise in truancy figures for secondary pupils in England, despite a campaign to clamp down on the problem.

Ten-hour school day will go nationwide
A pilot scheme to open 1,000 primaries for 10 or more hours a day will eventually be extended nationwide.

Spoilt for choice?
Gerald Haigh charts a path through the bewildering array of MIS software and services.

Rector keeps an electronic eye on kids.
A Scottish school is using wireless technology to cut back on escapees from the classroom.

Clarke Welcomes Steady Progress In Education Following Good Summer Exam Results
Education Secretary Charles Clarke today welcomed the steady progress in education since 1997.

Healthy Schools, Active Minds: A Healthy Living Blueprint
All schools will be supported to do more to encourage children to eat sensibly.

Cash allowances for school pupils
About half of 16 year olds staying on to take A-levels or vocational subjects will be able to claim a weekly allowance while they are learning.

More entries and more pupils doing well at GCSE
School Standards Minister David Miliband welcomed today’s GCSE results which show that there are more entries and more pupils achieving top grades

Teenagers cash in on school days
Almost 10,000 teenagers are to receive their first payments for staying on at school this month.

Girls are 'more likely' to truant
But boys are more likely to be excluded because of bad behaviour, new research has found.

Analysis: school reforms
The government's five-year plan for education in England runs to 110 pages.

School children to be taught 'how to speak properly'
School children will have their conversations taped and played back to them to improve their spoken English ingovernment attempt to counter declining speaking skills.

SQL Interface between Capita & Bromcom

20 June 2003
Capita and Bromcom have reached agreement with regard to the method of interface to the SIMS.net database. This will enable Bromcom to manipulate data within SIMS using the same validation code as Capita's own developers. Initially Bromcom will provide interfaces for Attendance, Assessment & Profiles.

Bromcom's Attendance interface software proposes to update the SIMS SQL database in real-time as registers are being received. News of other interfaces between Bromcom and SIMS will be announced on the Bromcom web site. The release of such software interfaces will initially depend upon SIMS modules having been ported to SQL.

Bromcom is now a SIMS Partner and looks forward to working closely with Capita Education Services. Both companies will continue to offer a range of "best value" technology products to schools, colleges and the rest of the education sector.

Main News

Live Tracking System is First of its Kind in the Country
A live electronic system that enables parents to track students’ behaviour, progress and attendance online has been launched at Ashby School...

The Dynamic Bromcom SIMS Attendance SQL Interface
Bromcom announced back in June 2003 how an agreement had been reached regarding the method of interface to the SIMS.net database...

Public Statement - SQL interface between Capita SIMS and Bromcom
Capita and Bromcom have reached agreement with regard to the method of interface to the SIMS.net database...

e-College
Bromcom have now released the new e-College product. Designed to satisfy the demands of both the FE/HE and the 6th Form College sector.

e-Registration
With news just breaking that the DfES have lifted tender restrictions on the supply of electronic registration systems.

'Hack Free' e-Registration
How you can operate e-Registration on the Curriculum network and be secured against hacking.