Specialist only IT systems (Schools and Education) - Find a freedom of information request

1. Please can you provide information on specialist only IT systems used by the council within the area of Schools and Education team at the council (not within schools) and a short description of its purpose?

E.g. If MS Word is used throughout your council, I do not wish to know about it. This request is specifically for specialist IT systems used within the area of Schools and Education team at the council.

Please provide the system or application name, the name of the company that create the software and a short description of what the council uses it for.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

FFT Aspire - FFT provides education data, school literacy programmes and research - FFT - Used for Performance analysis of schools and pupils, https://fft.org.uk/

Nexus - Angel Solutions - NEXUS | Angel Solutions Ltd Used for Performance analysis of schools and pupils and document sharing between schools and the Local Authority and also recording of interactions between schools and the Local Authority https://www.ncer.org/Home.aspx

Synergy - Access Group - Synergy Software | The Access Group | Support - Used to manage Early Years, Free School meals, Admissions, School Rolls, Exclusions , Governor services - https://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/products/synergy/

Mosaic (as we do some school elements within this) - Access group - Mosaic Software | Mosaic Portal | The Access Group | Support - Used to manage Children's Social Care https://www.theaccessgroup.com/en-gb/products/mosaic/

Core+ - Access Group - Core+ | CorePlus | The Access Group | Support - Used to record the status of Post-16 year old cohorts. https://www.theaccessgroup.com/engb/products/coreplus/

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