About the General Teaching Council for England and Wales (GTCE)

The General Teaching Council for England and Wales (GTCE), as the professional body for teaching, provides an opportunity for teachers to shape the development of professional practice and policy, and to maintain and set professional standards.

What Brightlemon did for the General Teaching Council for England and Wales (GTCE)

Intranet Staff Search Application

The GTCE Intranet Staff Search Application is a fully bespoke application servicing over 300 staff based in London and Birmingham. It is a centralised database of all contacts within the organisation. It has an integrated intranet-based admin area for the Human Resources department to keep track of all staff details, CPD, ongoing development and contact details (see below). The greatest benefit is that is is fully searchable by all staff within the organisation.

It is built using Microsoft technologies so is integrated with the existing Microsoft Intranet which spans London and Birmingham and based on Microsoft's SharePoint^tm Server and Sharepoint^tm Services.

Example information in the Staff Search Application:

• Personal Details: Name, Direct Phone number, Internal Extension, Mobile, e-mail
• Job Description: Detailed description, Responsiblities, Date Joined
• Photos: Thumbnail Photo and large photo
• Other details: First Aid, Related Skills, Other skills, Hobbies and Interests.

Searching is possible in all the above fields as well as free text search. For example staff can now search for a first aider in London, or find out who is responsible for receipts claims, or find all staff who joned in the last 3 months etc. - and the information is always up to date. There is no longer a need for continuously updating sheets of A4 to be sent around both locations.

The admin area allows for full updates of all the staff search data. The application is also fully configurable via the admin area to use in different locations e.g. on a different intranet. The application is also completely documented with a full User guide and Admin guide.

Note: for data protection reasons we cannot place a demonstration of the GTCE staff search online. For examples of search solutions or a further enquiries please contact us:

Technologies involved with this web site

Languages: ASP, ASP.NET, MSSQL, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript

• General Teaching Council for England and Wales web site