Adding in a Bank Holiday

For schools that are closed for bank holidays please see below for the guidance on adding in a Bank Holiday, there is guidance for doing this in SIMS, Arbor, Bromcom & ScholarPack:

SIMS

• Focus > School > School Diary
• Right click on the day of the bank holiday
• Choose New Public Holiday
• Pick Bank Holiday (or public holiday, depending how the school named it) from the category drop down box
• Check the start time box shows the correct date
• Click Ok (this automatically saves your changes)
• If you are a secondary phase schools with a timetable should then reapply the timetable via Tools > Academic Management > Apply Timetable from the day following the Bank Holiday to ensure that all your timetable days are mapped correctly after the bank holiday.

Arbor

• School > School Structure > Academic Years
• Click the year that contains the bank holiday
• Click Return to Incomplete
• In the Holiday section click the + Add option
• Give the holiday a name and choose Public Holiday from the Drop Down and pick the date 
• Click Add Academic Holiday
• Click Mark as Complete

Bromcom

• Config > Curriculum > Academic Days
• Scroll down to find the week that contains the bank holiday
• Click the pencil icon at the end of that row
• On the date of the holiday click in the AM and PM drop downs and put a #
• Click Save at the bottom

ScholarPack

• To record school closure for a Bank Holiday, go to Admin > Config > Core Setup > Holidays.
• At the base of the page, enter the Holiday as a Bank Holiday, and input the start and end dates
• Click Add Holiday in order to apply the Code # in registers on that day.