E-safety
On Friday 11th November the ITASS team was presented with Capita SIMS accreditation status by members of the Capita Childrens Services before the Newham divisional director and representative head teachers from Newham schools. ITASS is a traded service which comes under the remit of CYPS.
ITASS offers a complete ICT solution to schools which includes curriculum and technical support in addition to specialist support for users of the School information Management System (SIMS). The accreditation is a lengthy and involved process. ITASS had to present detailed evidence of all aspects of the service provided to schools and Capita conducted an independent school survey to assess customer satisfaction. Following a structured assessment of the services ITASS offer, and the positive feedback received from schools, Capita awarded ITASS with accreditation status for the fourth consecutive time.

E-safety
Abusive comments posted about you online? Not sure what to do? UK Safer Internet Centre has set up a helpline for professionals working with children and young people to tackle the area of e-safety

School OpenCheck status
In the event schools needs to close unexpectedly, schools can notify parents and key stakeholders on their status by updating the information online.
OpenCheck map - Newham LA can be foud here.

LGFL SMS and e-mail system
ITASS are pleased to announce the availability of LGfL
SMS and e-mail system which enables schools to send text messages to parents or guardians. Please contact Clare Watson for a demo.

Home Access Programme
Home Access is a government drive which will help low-income families to get access to a computer
and the internet to get online at home. Click on the link to find out more about the Home Access programme.

LGfL Primary Conference
Following the success of last year’s event the full programme for the LGfL Primary Schools Conference 2010, to be held on Monday 1st November at the Emirates Stadium is now online. To book your place at the Conference please go to http:// www.events.lgfl.net.

Password Vault
The USO Password Vault is a secure application that allows you to store all the different logins and passwords that are used for various different systems all in one place. Please see the instruction document for help.