"If you have an idea you can do it" is how Nicky Fortune Director of ICT at Cheltenham Junior College describes FileMaker.

Every operation of the establishment revolves around a single database, creating not only a central resource for all members of management to tap into, but a simple to use platform in which they can grow, adapt and make their own updates to the system, to further improve efficiency.

No external development costs, no huge consultations and briefing meetings, just do it is the philosophy CCJS have undertaken. As a private establishment they have also had the benefit of bringing FileMaker into the classroom ahead of many other schools and have measured great benefits to pupil interaction and education.

Using FileMaker to manage

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• Complex school organisation made simple
• Aids with assessment
• Pupil report and records
• Day to day administration - staff attendance and record keeping
• Communication to hand - offering parents first class relationship management
• Staff inherited very easily

Using FileMaker to teach

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• Integrated into ICT at a development level
• Cascaded into other lessons as a learning tool
• Pupils only need core basics to ignite their learning curve
• Professional product that can sustain and exceed the learning curve from key stage 1 through to professional developer

Using FileMaker to learn

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• Fun, creative and easy to use
• In the mindset of today's students
• Engages learning of databases - the fundamental building
  blocks of logic
• Enthuses learning of other subjects - by providing an interactive platform the teacher can use to deliver fun and informative
  lessons with