Primary School Office

All things primary school office! Sharing best practices, advice etc. Office managers, school business managers, admin assistants; anyone & everyone welcome!

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@Headteacherchat Happy to share ours with anyone! Drop me a DM

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@schoolbusmgr Our LA basically narrowed it down to SIMS Next Gen or Arbor. Both provided sales pitches and Arbor was by far the better one - and delivered what they said!

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Primary schools - are Headteachers’ PA a thing?

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Thoughts on office staff being Deputy DSL?

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Just wondering what different schools arrangements are for DSL for over the summer. A rota? Are you contactable? A works phone? Emails? Etc

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@PrimaryCoHead @CJDewar @Headteacherchat @chrisdysonHT @mejessop @simonkidwell @dave_mcpartlin @kateowbridge @headteacher_new @secretHT1 We’ve made the jump from sims to arbor - we like it a lot!

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@dragonlovingLFC Were debating it! Thinking about going for the most of expensive option and we think it’ll be worth it. Was the transition period okay?

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Anyone made the plunge from SIMS to Arbor? 😬

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@MrLShepherd Can’t switch out of work mode! Going to crate a few google forms for coming back in September 😬😂

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What websites/subscriptions are good for office staff?!

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@SusieBW1 I would love a copy of this! Would you mind if I messaged you my email?

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@bradleyjake1997 We had 1 who openly admitted it. A lot had a ‘sickness bug’ - convenient that it goes in with the 48 hours rule!

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If parents make the decision to keep children at home until Wednesday due to extreme heat, are we allowed to authorise the absence?

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@ShirleySiAhmed We need a weekend SBL conference with a Saturday night disco!

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We’re wanting to update our medical information for all children. We are looking at creating a Google form/Microsoft form purely for gathering up-to-date medical/allergy info. Has anyone got any examples they wouldn’t mind sharing? TIA #edutwitter

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Anyone have any advice for the below? #edutwitter

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Had anyone gone through the transition of being LA Maintained and converting into an academy / joining a MAT? Got a feeling it won’t be long before we go through it… if yes, pros and cons? A lot of work? So many questions and uncertainty 😫

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Does anyone use Konica for their photocopying? If so, are you having trouble sourcing toner? Our machine automatically orders a new one when it’s running low but doesn’t seem to have done so this time. I tried to put a manual order through, & they’ve rejected it! Any ideas? TIA

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What is the best union to be in for office staff? #edutwitter

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@ottleyoconnor Thank you! Already finding it an amazing place!

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I’m new to #edutwitter! Currently admin officer at a primary school - with aspirations to become officer manager / school business manager!