InVentry are the market leaders for visitor, staff and pupil management solutions; trusted by over 7,000 schools across the UK. The system fully integrates with most of the top MIS’ – including SIMS, iSAMs and Bromcom with full read and write back integration. This means that any early leavers or late arriving pupils are recorded in your MIS, straight from your InVentry system.
ClassMark is our Classroom Registration product built for schools. ClassMark is accessible from any device, including iPad and interactive classroom displays. The system has been designed to be as user friendly as possible, to the extent that many of our infant schools use the system to involve their pupils in the registration process! When shown on the interactive display in the classroom, children are able to walk up and select their own photographs before a member of staff authorises the marks to be sent back to SIMS.
Our Audit & Compliance software is another great part of InVentry. This allows schools to keep track of assets by placing a barcode on your chosen item, scanning it on the Audit & Compliance app ensuring that you know where laptops, phones and even coffee machines are – at any given time!
During the COVID-19 pandemic, InVentry developed many new features to help schools reopen and ensure that their staff and visitors were healthy enough to be on-site. These features include Health Declarations which allows schools to send their staff and visitors a declaration each day asking them to confirm they are not displaying symptoms of COVID-19.
Our Capacity Management feature also allows schools to ensure their capacity levels aren’t breached. The system will also send a notification when capacity levels are back at acceptable levels. Host Ready Notifications are another great tool in the fight against COVID-19, as this feature allows visitors to notify their host of their arrival through the click of an email button. The host is then able to authorise them into the building, when it safe for them to enter.
Another great feature recently released is Access Invitations, these allow pre-booked visitors to open your car park barriers and entrance doors from their invitations, allowing for full contactless entry. InVentry also gives you the ability to see who is on site at any given time, allowing for a full Track and Trace to take place.
Testimonials
Testimonial 1 for InVentry Ltd
June Riley, Bursar – Newstead Wood School
“We wanted to improve our visitor management system and combine that with staff ID badges for signing in and out. The ability to link with SIMS has meant that the InVentry system has exceeded our expectations and we receive many complimentary comments from visitors.” June Riley, Bursar – Newstead Wood School
Testimonial 2 for InVentry Ltd
Mrs Boniface, Receptionist – Bishop David Brown School
“I am so happy with the InVentry visitor management system. To have such a clean, paper free, reception looks so professional. Many visitors from other schools have commented on how flash and modern we are. Who doesn’t love to hear that? Our students love using it too!” Mrs Boniface, Receptionist – Bishop David Brown School
Case Studies
Cams Lane Primary School – Case Study
Cams Lane Primary School were struggling to provide a consistent and accurate signing in experience for both staff and visitors. The existing paper based system was leading to missed and incorrect information being provided, and meant that managing the signing in process was becoming increasingly difficult.
Katherine Ashworth, the Business Manager at Cams Lane Primary School said:“We had rafts of pens and papers everywhere and multiple daily occurrences of staff forgetting to sign in or out – it was an administrative nightmare!”
It was on the recommendation of another school that Katherine chose InVentry for Cams Lane Primary School. She said: “The system was exactly what I wanted to get rid of the excessive paperwork that was cluttering the entrance.”
They’ve now had InVentry in the school for 5 months and are using it to sign in visitors and staff.
“It’s so quick!” said Katherine, “In just a few touches staff and visitors are signed in and out. It’s also extremely convenient and means a lot less work for our office staff so they can focus on more important tasks.”
It’s been a big hit with visitors too, as Katherine explained: “There was some teething problems with visitors who had never experienced a system like this before, but now there are no problems and they absolutely love how it remembers their details when they return to our school.”
“InVentry has streamlined our signing in process greatly. I have not yet had a member of staff forget to sign in, so it enhances the health and safety in the school as we can see at a glance who is in and out of school.”
Elmsleigh Infant & Junior School – Case Study
With their outdated paper sign in system in turmoil, Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School were in need of a sign in system that would provide a resolution to their endless sheets of paper.
Desperate for a system that would also equip them with a safe and efficient evacuation process, Elmsleigh turned to InVentry. Student safeguarding is of upmost importance at every educational institution and therefore is at the forefront of InVentry sign in solutions.
Speaking about the system, Charlotte Hancock, the School Business Administrator, said: “It solves a few problems for us, but the big one is fire evacuation – knowing which staff are on site and the ability to have multiple staff checking students and visitors off at the same time on the evacuation app is very useful.”
This is not the only problem that InVentry has solved for Elmsleigh:
“It is especially useful if we have a sudden illness. I just look on the InVentry console to see which members of staff are on site. This is the fastest way of enabling us to see who can cover a class.”
When explaining what made Elmsleigh decide on InVentry Charlotte said: “We chose InVentry as it proved to be the most user friendly, reliable and had all the features that we needed”
Some of Charlotte’s favourite features are: “How easy it is to use and how much it speeds up staff signing in. It’s a big hit with the children too, they love seeing their names on the screen and being able to use the touchscreen. It really gives a good first impression of our school.”
Charlotte concluded by saying: “InVentry is a very useful safeguarding tool. We find it easy to use and I have no hesitation in recommending it to other schools.”
