SRS : Primary, the new Primary School Reporting Suite from the London-based Compubits Group, enables teachers and administrators to efficiently and effectively manage the school reporting system and allows parents and pupils to input their comments on the reporting process over the internet. It was launched at BETT 2010, the world's largest technology in education show, this January.

Compubits estimates SRS : Primary will result in teachers saving approximately 40-50% of the time they spend compiling reports each academic year.

Teachers currently spend approximately 120 hours per 30 pupil class (four hours per pupil) compiling annual reports. But from 2010/2011 the Government will require schools to enable parents and pupils to contribute to the reporting process, making the requirement for an easy-to-access, easy-to-use reporting suite critical in terms of both practicality and a manageable teacher work-load.

Even with the new reporting requirements, SRS : Primary should save teachers the equivalent of 6 7 œ days per 30 pupil class when compiling annual reports, Compubits estimates. Additionally, the software should save teachers 2 days per 30 pupil class when compiling continual assessments on pupils. Continual assessments are completed every six weeks, making the total teacher time saved by SRS : Primary approximately 12 13 œ days a year.

The new web-based software suite also solves the current all too common problem of lost or corrupted data as draft reports are transferred between teachers, year heads, school heads and administrators.