SIMS Licences
This service is only available to Coventry City Council maintained schools.
SIMS in Local Authority maintained schools is licenced to Coventry City Council rather than individual schools. To use any part of the SIMS product suite Education Software Services (ESS), the software vendor require that all schools pay an ‘Annual Entitlement’ charge. This charge is based upon the number of pupils in school and covers your use of the SIMS system, but not support.
Annual Entitlement pays for the development of SIMS (i.e. new features, patches, and bug fixes). It is paid directly to ESS by Coventry City Council. This charge means that you can use SIMS legally and ensures that your school is entitled to upgrades and software patches provided by ESS.
Coventry City Council negotiates with the software vendor on behalf of maintained schools to get the best deal.
Licences available
The following licences are currently held by Coventry City Council which can be used in LA maintained schools:
- SIMS Core and Curriculum:
- Admissions
- Assessment Manager
- Attendance
- Behaviour Management,
- Communications Log
- GDPR Management
- Interventions
- Profiles (for Pupil/Student reports to parents)
- Programme of study tracking
- Progress
- Pupil /Student Details
- Pupil Teacher View
- Reporting
- SEN
- Staff Data
- Statutory Returns
- SIMS Resources including FMS
- SIMS Discover
Note:
- Some schools purchase additional licences for modules such as Dinner Money and Lesson Monitor through the Local Authority’s agreement. Please contact us if you want to add any additional licences.
- For maintained schools moving to next generation SIMS, a contract change notice will need to be signed by Coventry City Council and there may be an additional charge for the new licences.