1. SIMS Agora online payments Duncan Hield Product Manager

2. 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

3. SIMS Agora: Latest Updates

4. Integrated school payments – made simple seamless integration with School fund Bursary PTA Fund Pupil Premium Any school defined payment

5. 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

6. 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

7. Let’s take a look…

8. SIMS Support units: Feedback

10. Integrated Secure, seamless integration with SIMS 1 version of the truth: no multiple versions of student data

11. Easy way to pay for school items

12. School PCI Certification not required for Agora No bank applications No PCI training, fraud training or credit checks No annual certification Provided by Capita for schools – inclusive service

13. 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

14. SIMS Support Units: Support Resources

15. “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

16. Working to support your SIMS team  SIMS Agora demo system  SIMS support team Agora pack o Welcome guide o Technical factsheet o School FAQs o Support team FAQs o Training Guide and resources  Promotional materials  Overview support and QA presentations (WebEx)  Roll-out starting October half-term

17. SIMS Agora: Looking ahead

18. Agora payment methods: Roadmap Winter/Spring 2014Available Now

19. 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

20. 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*

21. SIMS Dinner Money: Update

22. 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

23. 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

24. duncan.hield@capita.co.uk www.capita-sims.co.uk/onlinepayments