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At the recent Education World Forum, the Secretary of State for Education laid out a clear vision: technology will play a central role in reducing teacher workload, improving school efficiency, and enabling smarter decisions
List of events being arranged by MIS suppliers for the summer term 2025
A FOI request has been made regarding the forthcoming transition of ScholarPack and Integris schools to Arbor MIS.
In our previous posts about the churn in MIS we have focused on the analysis of data gleaned from the census returns of maintained schools in England – now we can look at the picture across the entire UK.
Bromcom have announced that Swansea Council in Wales has selected them to provide both the MIS (Management Information System) and the Finance Solution for all schools in the city.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Education has launched a call for evidence into the loss of the love of learning.
MIS market share from January 2025 census data. SIMS continues to lose share whilst Arbor and Bromcom continue to gain.
Multi-school analytics is a major topic when looking at MIS functionality.
School and MAT finance functionality within MIS systems
Arbor have announced that they will be discontinuing both ScholarPack and Integris MIS systems in February 2026
Welsh authority Rhondda Cynon Taf have chosen Bromcom to provide the new MIS for all 111 of their schools, to modernise data management and communication tools for staff, students and parents.
Bromcom have announced that they are launching a multi-million pound legal action against rivals Arbor, claiming that Arbor won 26 contracts across over 500 schools unfairly.
Arbor have announced that Vale of Glamorgan has chosen the Arbor MIS platform for its 53 schools.
Last week, WhichMIS? took a stand at BETT. Here is our short review of our time there.
WhichMIS will be at Bett this year! Visit our stand to discuss all thing ‘MIS’.
We asked all MIS providers to let us know if they have any new releases, or news they’d like promoted in advance of BETT.
Whilst school and MAT leaders carefully explore such areas a functionality, data security, training, support, analytics etc. when considering a change of MIS, how many also explore the financial and economic standing (EFS) of the potential MIS providers?
Qhat staff on the front line in schools and MATs think about the way in which their MIS affects things in their schools.
Our colleagues at IRIS let us know that they’ve recruited two important new roles:
What can MIS providers offer to support remote learning and hybrid education models?
Bromcom win second Welsh authority contract.
MIS market churn continues as hundreds of schools change their provider!
EANI have taken the decision to not proceed with the Fujitsu contract which had been awarded in December last year.
The team from WhichMIS took a small stand at the recent Schools and Academies Show at the NEC, Birmingham to showcase our MIS procurement services and to offer free advice sessions to any schools/MATs that are considering a change of MIS.
According to two new research studies sponsored by IRIS Software Group, student academic progress is measurably higher in schools where staff report greater job satisfaction.
How does your MIS platform enhance data security and protect against the latest cyber threats, ensuring compliance with GDPR and other relevant regulations?
We have been made aware of a recent email from ESS, that has been sent to schools and MATs using the SCOMIS SIMS hosting services.
In this email, ESS state that SCOMIS are breaching their contract with ESS, as well as their own Contracts Procedure Rules, by recommending that the schools currently using the SCOMIS hosting services move away from ESS SIMS to an alternative MIS provider.
MIS providers tell WhichMIS about their migration services and timescales.
According to a post on Edugeek, SCOMIS, one of the largest MIS support teams in the UK, have confirmed to their 850+ schools that they will no longer be supporting the SIMS MIS
Juniper Education is launching a new Management Information System (MIS) which it states is ‘a fresh alternative designed to address the specific needs of UK schools’.
Bromcom announce new Head of Strategic Partnerships
Bromcom filed a High Court claim against Lift Schools after missing out on a £2m deal to supply its MIS
In their latest edition, SchoolsWeek published another article on the thorny subject of MIS companies paying referral fees to local authority teams that recommend their
We asked all MIS providers what they’re doing to continually Improve system interoperability. We also asked if they have a user group of schools & MATs to provide feedback.
The CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) have decided to close their investigation into concerns that ESS (Education Software Solutions) may have broken the law by taking action to prevent schools from switching from their SIMS software to an alternative MIS (Management Information System) provider.
Now we’re in the summer holiday period, we thought it worth asking what release plans MIS providers have.
UK Management Information System (MIS) providers must continuously update their products to keep pace with the rapidly evolving technological landscape and the dynamic needs of their users.
Recruitment and retention are significant issues for all schools and Trusts. Our friend, Simon Freeman from IRIS Software Group has recently written an article discussing
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