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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’.
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
Bromcom filed a High Court claim against Lift Schools after missing out on a £2m deal to supply its MIS
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.
In a press release today, Bromcom announced that they have been chosen to provide the management information system (MIS) and Finance software for Wrexham County Borough Council’s 71 schools.
Earlier this month, Bromcom announced that they were offering a £1,000 prize to anyone solving the issue of how schools migrating away from the ESS SIMS MIS to another provider could ensure that they can migrate all the school data easily and comprehensively.
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