Transcript About Your School Profile

An Introduction for Educational Agents
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Connected is an online community for British Boarding Schools and educational
agents.
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Connected is designed to enable school staff and agents to stay in touch beyond
the British Boarding Schools Workshop that we run twice a year in the UK.
(www.bbsw.org.uk)
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Agents have FREE access to a one-stop shop of information; search a database of
100+ schools using detailed search criteria, read in depth profiles about the
schools with videos and photos, then download documents in one single location.
• Send instant messages or applications to individual schools or targeted groups of
schools, after you have conducted a search.
• Tailor the system to your own needs by setting up your own groups to whom you
can send messages in minutes.
• Access the latest school information and news, which is updated by the schools
themselves.
• Access a resources hub – news on the sector, training videos and editorial
features, which are all valuable for staff training.
• Customise the system by adding you own notes to school records.
Structure of the School Profile
The data is structured using Tabs and drop down menus.
TABS and drop down menus
• Summary (one page)
• School Profile
• About the School
• Facts & Figures
• The Head
• Staff
• Facilities
• Location and Transport
• Testimonials
• News
• Admissions
• Entry & Admissions
• Fees & Scholarships
• School Visits
• Boarding
• About Boarding
• Boarding Houses
• Curriculum
• About the Curriculum
• Curriculum Subjects
• Sport
• Music
• Performing Arts
• Creative Arts
• Activities
• English as Additional Language (EAL)
• Special Educational Needs
• Exam Results
• Destination of Leavers
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Resources
• Calendar/Term Dates
• School Documents
• Photos
• Videos
• Links
Fields on the
‘Summary’
page - an
overview of the
school.
Fields on the
‘Facts &
Figures’ Page
Fields on ‘The
Head’ Page
Video from the Head.
Fields on
‘Staff’ Page
You can find out
who to contact
for admissions,
marketing,
finance etc at
the school.
Fields on
‘Facilities’
Page
See which facilities
the school has,
notes about each
facility and a
photo.
Additional fields
not visible are:
• Climbing Wall
• Outdoor
Activities Centre
• Equestrian
Centre
• Sailing Centre
• Boat House
• 9 Hole Golf
Course
• 18 Hole Golf
Course
Fields on
‘Location &
Transport’
Page
Fields on
‘Testimonials’ Page
Testimonials are a powerful
insight into school life.
There are sections for:
What students say,
What parents say,
What agents say,
What others say (inspection
reports/Good Schools Guide
etc).
The ‘News’ Page
Schools can post a news item and upload an accompanying photo at any time and it will
be shown with the date added.
Fields on
‘Entry &
Admissions’
Page
Detailed
information
about entrance
criteria and if the
school offers
short term stays
and the length of
stays offered
Fields on
‘Fees &
Scholarships’
Page
The table for next
year’s fees will be
available from
March 2015
Scholarships: schools
can indicate which
scholarships are
available to British
and/or international
pupils and provide a
description for each
Fields on ‘School Visits’ Page
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Will the school accept visits on Saturday?
Will the school offer a taster day for prospective pupils?
Will the school offer an overnight stay for prospective pupils?
Admissions events at the school
Additional notes about visits.
Fields on
‘About
Boarding’
Page
Free text fields
Schools can add
the range of
different
nationalities and
the numbers of
pupils.
Fields on
‘Boarding
Houses’ Page
Information and
photos about the
different
boarding houses
Fields on ‘About the Curriculum’ Page
An overview about the curriculum for different key stages.
Fields on ‘Curriculum Subjects’ Page
Table of the subjects offered at the following levels and relevant notes :
iGCSE
GCSE
AS Level
A Level
IB
Fields on ‘Sport’ Page
List of sports or fitness activities on offer and the level it is performed to, eg:
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Activity level
Inter-school level
National level
International level
External provider/off site
Schools can provide notes for each sport/fitness activity if required to add specific details.
Free text pages on these areas:
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Music
Performing arts
Creative arts
English as an additional language
Special educational needs
Fields on ‘Activities’ Page
Free text fields entitled:
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Overview
Weekend Activities
After School Activities
Lunchtime Activities
Facility to upload photos.
Schools can upload documents eg activities’ lists for the current term in the documents
page and refer to them from this page.
Fields on ‘Exam Results’ Page
Free text fields entitled:
• Overview
• GCSEs
• iGCSEs
• A levels
• IB
There will also be a template with summarised exam results for the last 3 years for
GCSEs, iGCSEs and A levels for:
% of A* - A grades
% of A* - B grades
% of A* - C grades
For IB schools will provide the average point score for the last 3 years
Fields on
‘Destination of
Leavers’ Page
‘Calendar/Term Dates’ Page
Schools can add an event title, start date and duration in days. This will be added to their
calendar.
‘School
Documents’
Page
Schools can upload
documents to this
page so agents can
access them all from
one point.
‘Photos’ Page
Schools can upload photos and assign them to subject areas:
school life/boarding/facilities/sports/music/performing arts/arts/other.
They can be viewed by area. Schools can add a description to each photo.
‘Videos’ Page
Schools can upload videos and add a description for each.
‘Links’ Page
Schools can provide additional web links and write a description for each eg local tourist
offices, local attractions etc.
Search Facilities for Agents
To give you an overview of the detailed search capability, agents will be able to search
using:
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School Type
Educational programmes
Subjects
Religious Foundation
Specialisms
Facilities
Sports & Fitness Activities
Number of boarders
Fees
Scholarships
Location
Free text search
Profile on your
company
Agent members
are required to
provide a profile
about their
company.
Schools can search
the database of
agents, set up
groups of their
partner agents and
send messages.
Facts and
figures
about your
company
Details about
your company
staff help
schools to feel
confident
about who
they are
working with.
Support
If you have any questions about Connected please contact
Suzanne Rowse, Director of BBS Connected & BBSW:
Tel: 01892 724926
Email: [email protected]
www.bbsconnected.com
www.bbsw.org.uk