The start of a new year, hoping to build on the success of the last. Find out for yourself and catchup with the news and events from 2008 2008news.aspx 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. news.aspx#December Tue, 1 Dec 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. news.aspx#December2 Tue, 1 Dec 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. news.aspx#November3 Mon, 30 Nov 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. news.aspx#October Fri, 30 Oct 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. news.aspx#October2 Fri, 30 Oct 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. news.aspx#September Wed, 30 Sep 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. news.aspx#September2 Wed, 30 Sep 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. news.aspx#September3 Wed, 30 Sep 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. news.aspx#August Fri, 28 Aug 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. news.aspx#August2 Fri, 28 Aug 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”. news.aspx#May Tue, 26 May 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. news.aspx#April Tue, 26 May 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. news.aspx#March Tue, 26 May 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. news.aspx#january Mon, 05 Jan 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 as follows; 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 news.aspx#january Mon, 05 jan 2009 Derventio Solutions and Shireland Collegiate Academy are pleased to announce two new modules for the SchoolIP suite of products. The School Development Planner is a tool created to help develop, refine and review the school improvement plan in a manageable and visually intuitive way. The Staff Performance Manager facilitates and provides organisation to the continuous cycle of Performance Management. 2008news.aspx#December Mon, 01 Dec 2008 Derventio Solutions have been contracted to develop a new web based marketing tool 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, will be delivered early in 2009. Both RJDA and Derventio hope this will be the first of many joint projects utilising the design and graphic skills of RJDA and the software development expertise of Derventio. 2008news.aspx#December Mon, 01 Dec 2008 Richard Hopkins has joined Derventio Solutions after successfully gaining his first class degree from The University of Leicester. Richard will join the development department within Derventio as part of the School Improvement & Performance team. The SchoolIP suite of products is receiving excellent reviews from many schools across the UK. 2008news.aspx#august Fri, 01 Aug 2008 Stephen Martin who joined the Derventio Solutions support department in September 2007 has received recognition for his excellent work over the past nine months. He has been highly commended for in his Apprentice category and will attend a special awards ceremony in London to collect his prize. 2008news.aspx#may Thu, 01 May 2008 Shireland Collegiate Academy and Derventio Solutions are delighted to announce the arrival of School Improvement & Performance (SchoolIP). SchoolIP is the product of the collaboration between Shireland Collegiate Academy and Derventio Solutions and is concerned with providing schools with 21st century software solutions to help manage the ever growing demands of a modern education establishment. 2008news.aspx#april Tue, 01 Apr 2008 After extensive trialling, Self Evaluation Form (SEF) has been rolled out to over 100 schools within the UK. SEF was devised in collaboration and trialled with a number of schools using the Shireland Learning Gateway and LA advisors. If you are interested in learning more about SEF and our other school based products please contact us on 0121 565 8816 or alternatively you can e-mail enquiries@shirelandlearning.net 2008news.aspx#march Sat, 01 Mar 2008 BETT 2008 was a hugely successful event for Shireland Collegiate Academy and Derventio Solutions with both the ILP and SEF products receiving extremely positive interest. The Learning Gateway was the principle topic of discussion during the opening speeches presented by Jim Knight, Minister of State for Schools and Learners. His speech included real live access to the Shireland Portal acting as a parent to review the progress of his "adopted son". The ILP and SEF are fully integrated into the Shireland Learning Gateway. 2008news.aspx#january Tue, 01 Jan 2008 With the continued success at Derventio Solutions and the future for the company looking extremely positive we are pleased to announce a new software developer has joined Derventio in January. Philip Simpson has joined after successfully completing his degree course at Staffordshire University. Phil will join the development department within Derventio and work on a number of the projects currently managed by Derventio on behalf of its impressive range of blue chip and public sector clients. 2008news.aspx#january Tue, 01 Jan 2008 Why not come and see the latest educational offerings from Shireland Collegiate Academy and Derventio Solutions at BETT 2008. After a hugely successful beta test trial you will be able to see the latest version of ILP (Individual Learning Plan) and SEF (Self-Evaluation Forms). Look out for the representatives of Shireland who will be more than happy to demonstrate our current product range as well as talking about future developments planned for 2008 including Teacher Performance and Behavioural Management applications. Both products are now embedded into the Shireland Learning Gateway running on the latest versions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007. BETT 2008 runs from 9th January to 12th January 2008 at Olympia, London. 2007news.aspx#december Sat, 01 Dec 2007 Derventio Solutions are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership arrangement with Shireland Collegiate Academy to co-develop a range of education solutions for the educational market. The first offering SmartForms will allow educational establishments to manage and compile any electronic form in a simple to use environment. Questions can then be managed with work flow, evidence and a complete revision history maintained. The first form to be delivered using SmartForms will be Self-Evaluation Forms (SEF). Managing the SEF using SmartForms will allow schools to successfully manage the OFSTED report on a daily basis keeping a history of all amendments and documentation as evidence against each of the questions. The document is then always available for submitting. Using SmartForms the SEF becomes an integral tool for the school to help in its performance. 2007news.aspx#october Mon, 01 Oct 2007 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 in September. Steve Fern and Stephen Martin 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. 2007news.aspx#september Sat, 01 Sep 2007 Development of Shireland Collegiate Academies Individual Learning Plan application is gathering pace as development partners Derventio Solutions move into the second phase of functionality development in readiness for the new school year in September. Already at the end of the last school year, Derventio had provided Shireland Collegiate Academy Learning and the schools on the Shireland Collegiate Academy Learning Gateway, a fully functional and easy to use ILP, which allows students and teachers to collaborate on targets and gather evidence in an electronic portfolio. 2007news.aspx#august Wed, 01 Aug 2007 Derventio Solutions have delivered the first phase of a new education software package designed to allow students to set learning goals and ambitions. As part of the National Curriculum, students at all levels of education are encouraged to set goals and milestones for the academic year which allow their mentors to provide help and assistance in achieving these targets. The software has been commissioned by Sir Mark Grundy of Shireland Collegiate Academy, an 11-19 inner city college in the West Midlands with over 1000 pupils, and the system has already been piloted successfully during May and June. As a result it will now go live in the new school year beginning September 2007 initially in over 300 secondary schools. 2007news.aspx#june Fri, 01 Jun 2007 Phase one of the Individual Learning Plan (ILP) product for Shireland Collegiate Academy, was successfully integrated into The Shireland Collegiate Academy Learning Gateway, in readiness for the initial pilot scheme. The software will be piloted during June with pupils at the college and will go live in the new school year beginning September 2007. This is the first of many planned phases for the system over the coming year. The product is a .NET application which integrates into Microsoft Sharepoint Server, on which the Learning Gateway is built. 2007news.aspx#may1 Tue, 01 May 2007 Derventio Solutions have been selected by Shireland Collegiate Academy in Sandwell, Birmingham, one of the largest 11-19 Trust Schools in the country, to develop a system to manage Individual Learning Plans (ILP) for their students. The system will allow all students on their Learning Gateway portal to create an Individual Learning Plan of short and long term goals that they can then work towards achieving. The student will collaborate with one or more mentors who will monitor the student's progress towards achieving those goals and offer help and guidance where appropriate. 2007news.aspx#march Thu, 01 Mar 2007 Derventio Solutions have agreed a partnership deal with DT Publications, a major force in the technical publications market, to provide continual development resource for all their major projects. Included in this agreement is the ongoing maintenance and support for Druid, DT Publications technical documentation viewer used by many thousands of users. Druid's major users include JCB Ltd, where the software is installed at over 2000 of their dealerships. 2006news.aspx#september Fri, 01 Sep 2006 Siemens continue their support for the Nexala Equinox Asset Management System. Siemens Transportation Limited have awarded Derventio Solutions Limited a long term rolling contract to continue the development of Nexala Equinox. Nexala Equinox is the asset management solution of choice for Siemens Transportation within the UK and manages in excess of a billion pounds of moving and fixed assets. 2006news.aspx#june Thu, 01 Jun 2006 Derventio Solutions promises to continue the excellent support offered to the InfoVision client base by supporting the successful software products In-Tend and Nexala Equinox. 2006news.aspx#may Mon, 01 May 2006