Partnership promotion


“Before SAM it took hours to


REDUCE YOUR WORKLOAD


Reduce administration by improving the tracking of staff absence, saving time and money


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educing workload is high on the agenda for both the DfE and schools at the moment. The good news is that Staff Absence Management


(SAM) can help you do just that. What’s more, its latest innovation, SAMpeople, a dedicated HR management system for schools, will offer even more time-saving potential when it launches in the New Year. SAM is innovative staff attendance


sotware developed specifically or schools and MATs. In fact, it is now the leading education absence management tool, supporting hundreds of schools, with more than 5000 users monitoring over 48,000 employees. Tailored to your school, SAM monitors,


reports and manages all aspects of staff absence including sickness, paid and unpaid leave. Utilising our online staff portal SAM now also tracks time in lieu and term-time plus days. SAM saves time by telling you when staff hit triggers and when tasks are due. It also centralises documents and HR templates, and quickly provides reports for your leadership team, governors and trustees. You can access information quickly from any location, rather than looking through endless paperwork and spreadsheets.


HOLISTIC HR


SAMpeople, a holistic HR Management system for schools will launch in January 2020 and is brought to you by the education specialist team behind the already successful SAM software. It features:


n performance management tracking tools


n a training event invite and register tool for logging training such as INSET


n a system to manage all confidential HR case work


n an employee onboarding feature


n a portal allowing employees to sign contracts and policies


n a system to record and track expense claims and overtime


n holistic HR reporting.


To register your interest for SAMpeople, email enquiries@ staffabsencemanagement.co.uk


generate reports. Now I can issue a cost of absence report by type of employee for the Governors in


seconds. They love the fact that they can see which areas need addressing and drill down to staff level.”


Sharon Longmire


School Business Manager, Peel Park Primary School & Nursery


“Trust-wide, the recording and


tracking of sickness absences is now much more straightforward and


provides the schools with a really useful platform to see all sickness information in one place. It allows them to take a more pro-active


approach in supporting employees and challenging any attendance management concerns as soon as they arise.”


Laura Armitage HR Officer, Exceed Academies Trust


“Utilising SAM has helped us to roll out Return to Work Interviews


across the board for every absence, tracking it in SAM. We have seen a definite improvement following this


and a reduction in absence.” Caroline Carr


Headteacher, Greenmount Primary School


“I log into SAM every morning. In just a quick glance you can see


who is off on that day and deal with the necessary actions. I love the


automatic link to SIMS, as it means I am only having to update one


system, which reduces the amount of administration and then allows


SAM to provide instant information that you can act on. I love SAM and would highly recommend it


An annual licence to SAM costs from £495 plus VAT. To arrange a demonstration to see how it could save you time call 01924 907319 and quote FundEd.


to other schools”. Joanne Hayes


Office Manager, St Columba’s Catholic Primary School


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