Berkhamsted School, founded in 1541, is one of Britain’s leading Independent schools. Situated in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, it is a day and boarding school offering both single sex and co-educational teaching. Here's how they use our system to manage student fees.
Correct billing for student fees is imperative to Berkhamsted School. A pupil’s school fees can get paid by a number of different sources: parents, extended family members and companies, which can lead to admin and accounts inaccuracies. Being a very large school, Berkhamsted has 1,927 pupils – which can equate to a lot of extra work. Duplicating work from admin to accounting software is time consuming and also leaves room for mistakes.
To eradicate the current challenges, we were confident that our self-written connector module between the iSAMS Fee Billing module and Sage 200 accounting system would smooth out a lot of the school’s data duplication and remove errors. The ‘Sage Accounts Connector’ module is designed to provide a seamless integration between the Fee Billing module within iSAMS and Sage 200, giving Berkhamsted School greater control and flexibility over the management of their billing, payments and statements. With careful planning, project management and training we ensured there would be as little disruption with the transition as possible. We also knew that Spindle Document Management, a Sage 200 add-on, would help to provide complete control over all the incoming and outgoing documents, reducing the workload and ensuring that important documents are always to hand.
Peter Nicholls, Vice Principal Business Operations
We understood that integration and having one connected system was of prime importance to Berkhamsted School. Not only from an efficiency point of view, but also because an integrated system means fewer errors, a clearer overview of Sage 200 and the Fee Billing module and clear traceability of students and their outstanding fees.
Peter Nicholls, Vice Principal Business Operations
Peter Nicholls, Vice Principal Business Operation