December 2009

Derventio Solutions are pleased to announce they will be showing the latest version of the SchoolIP software at BETT 2010. Please visit us on stand L54.

School Improvement & Performance (SchoolIP) is a suite of user friendly, web based, software products that support schools, with a successful approach to school improvement.

SchoolIP has been designed by British teachers to save teacher time, whilst structuring and streamlining the school improvement process. SchoolIP will help to ease the burden that School Improvement places on the modern education establishment.

December 2009

SchoolIP were delighted to attend the recent Innovative Teachers Forum in Birmingham on 1st December.

The ceremony hosted by Microsoft awarded a number of teachers for introducing new and innovate teaching practices into their schools. The judging proved to be a very difficult and challenging exercise, with every one of the entries illustrating the outstanding work being undertaken in schools throughout the UK.

Congratulations to all the award winners.

November 2009

SchoolIP were exhibiting at the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust 17th National Conference Exhibition 2009 which took place at the ICC in Birmingham on the 25th and 26th November 2009.

The event was an excellent opportunity for many schools to see the SchoolIP suite of school improvement tools, discuss the benefits of streamlining their school improvement processes and a chance to meet the team and discuss the “Way Forward” for their school.

Demonstrations were provided of the SEF Builder module which helps streamline the management of the Self Evaluation Form, saving teacher time and allowing teachers to collaborate to write responses and store valuable evidence, ready for inspection.

October 2009

Derventio Solutions have been contracted to develop a new web based document management application for Vaillant by RJDA.

The tool will help manage the marketing budget within Valliant and will be used by both the company and their hundreds of suppliers to share information about upcoming marketing campaigns.

The software, commissioned by RJDA, was delivered in October 2009.

This is the second large development undertaken by RJDA and Derventio. The joint project utilises the design and graphic skills of RJDA and the software development expertise of Derventio.

For more information on the product please contact RJDA at info@rj-da.co.uk.

October 2009

During a recent INSET day at Shireland Collegiate Academy in Sandwell, Birmingham the SchoolIP Staff Performance Monitor (SPM) module was rolled out to over 200 members of staff within the academy. The staff members included not only the senior leadership team and the teaching staff but also admin, cleaning and kitchen staff.

The software was firstly introduced to the Academy by Andy Grace (Associate Principal) and Damien Roberts (SchoolIP) during a morning assembly to all staff. Mr Grace described the key benefits of using the online suite of school improvement tools, including the amount of valuable teacher time that would be saved by having a centralised managed system.

The SchoolIP team presented the software to the staff members displaying its simplicity and ease of use.

September 2009

With the continued success at Derventio Solutions and the future for the company looking extremely positive we are pleased to announce that two new employees have joined Derventio. Jamie Fairbrother and Joel Kilduff have both taken up positions within the support department.

These will be joined by a number of other personnel over the coming months as Derventio look to expand its business in various market places.

They will support all the products developed by Derventio on behalf of its impressive range of blue chip and public sector clients.

September 2009

The updated SEF forms have now be incorporated into SchoolIP and are ready for use when schools return from their summer break.

Self-evaluation is now a key element within the Ofsted school inspection framework. Schools are required to complete and maintain an online self-evaluation form identifying their own strengths and weaknesses and any subsequent appropriate action they have taken.

The school's self-evaluation (SEF) is based on evidence collected from performance management, other school monitoring including pupil performance data and local authority monitoring.

September 2009

The summer holidays are over and a new school term begins seeing a huge rise in the number of schools adopting SchoolIP to manage and streamline their school improvement. Ten new schools have become members of the SchoolIP community.

Landau Forte Academy are one of the new schools who have joined the SchoolIP community, looking to improve the management process of the SEF and Development Plan within their Academy.

"The SchoolIP product will streamline and integrate the development, planning and self evaluation process, providing ease of use and saving time for staff".

August 2009

The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) are hosting learning and management technologies seminars at locations up and down the country over the next few months.

The seminars will cover aspects of the Shireland Learning Gateway which supports and integrates with the SchoolIP suite of school improvement applications.

The diary of events are listed below.

• 22/09/09 Sandwell
• 08/10/09 The Oval, London
• 04/11/09 Manchester
• 26/01/10 Sandwell
• 05/02/10 London
• 09/03/10 Birmingham
• 11/03/11 Leeds

August 2009

Even though most schools have been closed over the summer period, it has not stopped new customers joining the SchoolIP community. College Park School and Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee School in Westminster, London have adopted the complete SchoolIP suite of modules, to manage their school improvement process.

Norman Stromsoy, Executive Head for both the special schools, selected the software to help streamline and revolutionise the management process within his two schools. Key to his decision was the support for the new Ofsted Self Evaluation Form (SEF) document.

Derventio would like to congratulate all at College Park School for achieving special school status under the specialism heading SEN Communication & Interaction.

May 2009

SchoolIP sales continue to gather pace in UK schools with the introduction of two new UK academies.

The Petchey Academy, based in London has now decided to upgrade to the full suite of school improvement tools branded SchoolIP. They have been successfully using the Self-Evaluation Form (SEF) module and have now opted to boost their school improvement plan with the addition of a further three SchoolIP modules, namely, School Development Planner (SDP), Staff Performance Monitor (SPM) and Individual Learning Planner (ILP).

Corby Business Academy became the latest UK academy to sign up to the SchoolIP suite of School Improvement tools. Corby has opted to use the Self-Evaluation Form (SEF) module in conjunction with the School Development Planner (SDP) to help manage their school’s improvement. Derventio Solutions would like to take this opportunity to welcome Corby to our “Family of schools”.

April 2009

We are pleased to announce that Graham Ford has recently joined the Sales & Marketing team within Derventio Solutions.

Graham has considerable experience and expertise in driving forward software solution sales into the education marketplace, having spent 17 years with SiR Learning Systems in the marketing of managed learning solutions into schools, both in the UK and overseas.

Included in Graham’s list of customers and close contacts are Shireland Collegiate Academy and their Executive Principal – Sir Mark Grundy, with whom Derventio have formed an exciting partnership in the development of a series of innovative School Improvement software products branded SchoolIP.

March 2009

SchoolIP would like to welcome Blackheath Primary School and Primrose PRU to their "Family of Schools".

Primrose, a Pupil Referral Unit based in Sandwell has decided to use the Self-Evaluation Form (SEF) module from the SchoolIP suite of software to help manage their self-evaluation process.

We also welcome Blackheath Primary School in Sandwell to the SchoolIP “Family of schools”. Blackheath have selected the Self-Evaluation Form (SEF) module from Derventio to help them with managing their self-evaluation process.

January 2009

The SchoolIP product has now launched its two new modules at the BETT 2009 exhibition held at Londons Olympia in January. The SchoolIP product has released the School Development Planner and the Staff Performance Monitor modules.

The School Development Planner ensures that your development planning comes alive, creating real feedback between staff, departments and managers. The software provides notifications when projects are completed, creating real dialogue through the software ensuring that a development plan is followed rather than written and forgotten about. The flexible design can incorporate any development planning set up.

The Staff Performance Monitor creates a personalised profile for every member of staff to manage and evidence their objectives. More than this, it allows staff to build up a permanent comprehensive portfolio of their training, work and professional development by harnessing new technologies such as blogging.

Conformable lesson observations keep a record of all staff observations and attach themselves to their objectives. Summary data is then available through the integrated package to instantly inform your SEF judgements.

January 2009

The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) are hosting learning and management technologies seminars at locations up and down the country over the next few months. The seminars will cover aspects of the Shireland Learning Gateway which supports and integrates with the SchoolIP suite of school improvement applications.

The diary of events are listed below.

• 21/01 Conference Aston, Birmingham
• 29/01 Chelsea Football Club, London
• 05/02 Imago, Hollywell Park, Midlands
• 05/03 Manchester United Football Club
• 26/03 De Vere Grand Hotel, Brighton