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A summary of current events and courses is offered below. Please see below for full details. Our courses are designed to give you the information and skills you need to meet the demanding and ever changing requirements you face, with the additional time-saving benefit of freeing you up to address other important issues.

To request a place on a course, please ring us or book here ...

Alternatively, you may check course availability and book directly on-line via the training summary at Capita Education Services.

Some of the SIMS training courses are subsidised from centrally held Area Based Grant managed by the Learning & Development Section, Organisational Development at the Bannerdale Centre. This funding is restricted each year to a finite amount of money and will apply to the following courses until such time that it is exhausted:

SIMS - Finance for New Administrators: 4 Days Full cost @ £460 ( £230 chargeable; £230 funded)
SIMS Electronic Inventory: 1/2 Day Full cost @ £58 ( £30 chargeable; £28 funded)
Introduction to Financial Planning: 1/2 Day Full cost @ £58 ( £30 chargeable; £28 funded)
Private Funds Manager: 1/2 Day Full cost @ £58 ( £30 chargeable; £28 funded)

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Training room location (Derwent House)

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5th Floor, Derwent House
Arundel Gate
Sheffield, S1 2JY

Directions - see location map or street map

TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR AUTUMN TERM 2008

The following courses are listed below to give an idea of those likely to take place during the autumn term: the exact dates will be advised here as soon as they have been finalised.

September/October:

SIMS FMS6 - FINANCE FOR NEW ADMINISTRATORS

CAP NO. FN6001/04

Dates: tba: 4 days

Times: 9.30am - 4.00pm

Venue: IT Training Room, 5th Floor, Derwent House

Cost: £230.00 (Part funded cost - see above). The cost includes refreshments but lunch is not included

Details: A four-day course to give new Finance Administrators an understanding of school financial procedures, the SIMS FMS6 system and the day-to-day procedures for the administration of the school bank account.

SCHOOL PRIVATE FUNDS MANAGER

CAP NO. FN6002/03

Dates: tba: 1/2 day

Times: 9.30am - 12.30pm

Venue: IT Training Room, 5th Floor, Derwent House

Cost: £30.00 (Part funded cost - see above). The cost includes refreshments but lunch is not included

Details: A half- day course to help schools with an understanding of how to set up and maintain Private Funds Manager.

November:

SIMS FMS6 - ELECTRONIC INVENTORY (Equipmant register)

CAP NO. tba

Dates: tba: 1/2 day

Times: 9.30am - 12.30pm

Venue: IT Training Room, 5th Floor, Derwent House

Cost: £30.00 (Part funded cost - see above). The cost includes refreshments but lunch is not included

Details: A half- day course to help schools with an understanding of how to set up and maintain the Electronic Inventory

INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL PLAN

CAP NO. tba

Dates: tba: 1/2 day

Times: 9.30am - 12.30pm

Venue: IT Training Room, 5th Floor, Derwent House

Cost: £30.00 (Part funded cost - see above). The cost includes refreshments but lunch is not included

Details: A half- day course to help schools with an understanding of how to use the Financial Plan

November?December:

LOOKING AFTER YOUR MONEY

CAP NO. tba

Dates: tba: 1 day

Times: 9.30am - 4.00pm

Venue: Megacentre

Cost: £135.00 The cost includes refreshments but lunch is not included

Details: A day's course to help schools with an understanding of how school fiances are controlled

HEADTEACHER'S INDUCTION - FINANCE

CAP NO. tba

Dates: tba: 1 day

Times: 9.30am - 4.00pm

Venue: Megacentre

Cost: £POA (via Sarah Draper).

Details: A day's session introducing headteachers to their responsibilities re school finances.

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Additionally, if you identify a desired financial training need that we do not currently offer, we will respond to your feedback and look to fulfil the requests whereever feasible through consideration of the appropriate channels available.