Elevate 2025 in Brisbane Australia on August 18 to 20

Presenter: Belinda Lennox, Customer Support Specialist, FACTS School Management

How you can use FACTS calendar for daily notices as well as targeting groups from Senior Leadership to the wider school community.

Presenter: Dianne Campbell, Director of ICT Services, Waikato Diocesan School, NZ

Are you using FACTS to its full potential? See how one school looked at FACTS software, and discovered the value of the Payment Portal

Presenter:Jesse Colqhoun, Senior Customer Support Specialist, FACTS Tuition Management

Join us for an introduction to the world of Tuition Management and discover how FACTS Tuition Management (FTM) can support your school in managing school fee payment collection and incidental billing. This session will explore the key features and show you how we help schools manage billing, payments, and communication and in turn elevate the family/caregiver payment experience, ensuring your team can concentrate on those families that really need your help.

Presenter:Jamie Emswiler, Software and Consultancy Manager, Cole School Experts

Schools are packed with platforms, policies, and pressure. Does all that “busyness” actually make things better? We’ll explore trends shaping school operations, question whether there are smarter ways to structure your systems and roles and offer simple steps to start meaningful change.  This session is for leaders who want their eco-system to be more than just another noise in the din of school life. They want it to help their school thrive, not just survive.

Presenter:Robyn Atkins, Customer Support Specialist - Finance, FACTS School Management

Walking through the process of the enrolment form, through to Finance, invoicing, Debt collection, signatures and legalities.

Presenter: Cameron Watt, Director, Information Services, Auckland Grammar School, NZ

2025 brought a huge change to markbooks. See how you can now copy markbooks from year to year and from subject period to subject period.

Presenter:Jesse Colquhoun, Senior Customer Support Specialist, FACTS Tuition Management

FTM offers more than 50 reporting options if you know where to look. We’ll show you how to get the most out of built-in and custom reports, as well as which ones we think every school should utilise.

Presenter: Anita Stark, Associate Dean, Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, NZ

Join Anita Stark, Associate Dean Year 10 at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, as she shares how the school utilises FACTS to produce comprehensive assessment reports. Don't forget to follow this up with the Assessment Reporting - 'Show and Tell' session (S33).

Presenter:Antony Campitelli & Gillian Ogilvie, Enquiry Tracker

Join Enquiry Tracker founder Antony Campitelli & Gillian Ogilvie as they share the top 10 tips to drive your admissions to the gold standard with data driven decisions that you Principal, Leadership Team and Board are searching for!

Presenter: Cameron Watt, Director, Information Services, Auckland Grammar School, NZ and Clare Linzey, Deputy Principal, Selwyn College, NZ

Discover how leading New Zealand schools are simplifying administration and improving efficiency through eForms. In this session, Cameron Watt, Director of Information Services at Auckland Grammar School, and Clare Linzey, Deputy Principal at Selwyn College, will share real-world insights into how their schools are implementing and leveraging eForms across various workflows.

Presenter:Paul Carnemolla, Head of Strategy Development, NetStrategy

This session examines how school leaders can protect the “crown jewels” of their school – student records and sensitive data – amid growing cyber threats. Schools are attractive targets for cybercriminals due to the sensitive data they hold. A data breach can disrupt operations and expose the school to reputational risk. Participants will learn high-level strategies for data governance, compliance with privacy laws, and practical steps to ensure student data remains safe.

Presenter: Robyn Atkins, Customer Support Specialist - Finance, FACTS School Management

Overview and featuring the improved screens & workflow (dependent on scopes implemented).

Presenter:Lisa Sutcliffe, Admin/Curriculumn, Onboarding and Training Lead, FACTS School Management

Let's explore how well-managed master codes support system-wide accuracy, streamline processes, and ensure data integrity across your school operations.

Presenter: Shalini Kaiser, Customer Support Specialist, FACTS School Management

FACTS Wellbeing is designed to help schools care for their communities, with three key components: Behaviour, Guidance, and Health & Safety. In this session, we’ll spotlight the Health & Safety module, which allows schools to track concerns raised by staff, students, and the wider community. Learn how this tool can support safer environments through proactive monitoring, streamlined reporting, and efficient follow-up.

Presenter: Delwyn Guilford, Finance Lead, FACTS School Management

Challenges faced and how they can be overcome? Tips and tricks, 2 schools/part of panel - 1 NZ, 1 Australian.

Presenter: Pete Duthie, Operations Manager, Rangitoto College, NZ

Join Pete Duthie, School Leader and Operations Manager from Rangitoto College, as he shares how their institution has effectively utilised FACTS to enhance and streamline human resources operations.

Presenter: Rosemaree Bust, Customer Support Specialist - Finance, FACTS School Management

This session will provide an overview of our improved Asset Register. It will feature updated screen designs, enhanced reporting options, and a look at how workflows have been structured to support smoother asset management.

Presenter: Sarah Reily, Finance Officer/Daily Organiser, Plenty Valley Christian College, AU

Join Sarah from Plenty Valley Christian College (PVCC) as she shares how the school has streamlined its enrolment processes using FACTS Tuition Management.

Presenter: Sharon Johnson, Data Manager, Queen Margaret College

​Join Sharon Johnson, Data Manager at Queen Margaret College, as she shares how the college has effectively integrated ManageBac with FACTS Markbooks to streamline their results management.

Presenter: Carl Hogan, Product Manager, FACTS School Management

Learn the basics of how APIs work and why they’re useful. Discover how our API library can help your school connect systems and work more efficiently.

Presenter: Flynn Sutcliffe, Quality Assurance Tester, FACTS School Management

Learn how to build your own eForms from the ground up, apply your school’s unique branding, and configure smart workflows that help reduce administrative workload. This session will also include a sneak peek at some of the latest enhancements we’ve introduced—and what exciting developments are coming next.

Presenter: Shalini Kaiser, Customer Support Specialist, FACTS School Management

Explore the updated tools for setting up school interviews with ease and efficiency. We’ll cover all the key features designed to save you time.

Presenter:Jesse Colquhoun, Senior Customer Support Specialist, FACTS Tuition Management

Discover more about how to adjust payment plans to better suit the needs of individual families and explore custom characteristics – a powerful feature that lets you offer tailored schedules to specific families for greater flexibility and support.

Presenter: Katie Leslie, Business Manager/Registrar, SEDA College NT, AU

Debtor Summary, Messages on statements/Invoices/Quick Family Accounting Adjustments/Email notifications before the first direct debit for payment plans/Documenting contacts made with stakeholders via debtor comments.

Presenter:Dave Cutter, Product Designer, FACTS School Management

Come armed with your ideas for how a new Student Dashboard could look in FSM. How can we pull together the data we hold on to academic progress, assessment, wellbeing, attendance and so on into an informative view?

Presenter: Lisa Sutcliffe, Admin/Curriculum, Onboarding and Training Lead, FACTS School Management

Join Lisa Sutcliffe, our Admin/Curriculum, Onboarding and Training Lead and bring along your school’s assessment reports and share how you’re using FACTS. See how others are reporting, swap ideas, and pick up new tips you can take back to your school.

Presenter: Rosemaree Bust, Customer Support Specialist - Finance, FACTS School Management

Aligning accounting processes with the FACTS creditor module.

Presenter: Belinda Lennox, Customer Support Specialist - Curriculum, FACTS School Management

As part of the FACTS Wellbeing suite, the Guidance module empowers schools to provide personalised support for students’ emotional, social, and academic needs. Come and explore how this module can assist your guidance counsellors in securely delivering timely, structured, and effective support to the students who need it most.

Presenter:Anwar Khalil, CEO and Founder, Martian Logic

Presenter: Carl Hogan, Product Manager, FACTS School Management

What does best practice for access control in FACTS School Management look like? Join us for a practical discussion on this and how SSO and MFA can enhance security and usability.

Presenter:Jesse Colquhoun, Senior Customer Support Specialist, FACTS Tuition Management

End of year renewals is a crucial time of your year with FTM. Learn more about the steps involved to make your Renewal as efficient as possible! We'll also have a peek at our new Balance Transfer feature!

Presenter: Dave Cutter, Product Manager, FACTS School Management

Join our Product Designer, Dave Cutter, as he takes you behind the scenes of the design work that’s in progress for FSM. This is your chance to influence our thinking, give feedback and get a sneak preview of our current work on the FSM homepage.

Presenter: Lisa Sutcliffe, Admin/Curriculum, Onboarding and Training Lead, FACTS School Management

Creating custom timetables in FACTS is now easier and more flexible. And the best part? Roll marking stays simple and stress-free.

Presenter: Delwyn Guilford, Finance Lead, FACTS School Management

Say goodbye to static snapshots—now you can access everything in one place with One Database. Join this Design Studio session to explore where this could make the biggest difference across your school finances.

Presenter: Lisa Sutcliffe, Admin/Curriculum, Onboarding and Training Lead, FACTS School Management

Say goodbye to static snapshots—now you can access everything in one place with One Database. Join this Design Studio session to explore where this could make the biggest difference across your school.

Presenter:Jesse Colquhoun, Senior Customer Support Specialist, FACTS Tuition Management

Join us for a roundtable discussion on FACTS Tuition Management and Payment Forms, focused on gathering your feedback. This is an opportunity to share your experiences and help shape future enhancements that better support your school’s needs.