MIS Market Churn – Autumn 2024. Schools continue to change their providers
5 December 2024
MIS market churn continues as hundreds of schools change their provider!
Tag: ESS
Enhancing data security within your MIS and protecting against cyber threats
5 November 2024
How does your MIS platform enhance data security and protect against the latest cyber threats, ensuring compliance with GDPR and other relevant regulations?
And so the arguments continue…
25 October 2024
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 migration services and timescales
18 October 2024
MIS providers tell WhichMIS about their migration services and timescales.
SCOMIS will no longer provide support for SIMS MIS
11 October 2024
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
MIS providers and system interoperability
16 September 2024
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.
CMA closes investigation into ESS SIMS
16 September 2024
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.
Open Competition to solve the problem of migrating all school data when changing MIS
16 July 2024
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.
MIS market churn – Spring 2024 (part 1)
10 June 2024
The data from the Spring 2024 census has now been published and we can see the latest MIS movements across English state schools.
MIS functionality: Parental Engagement
5 June 2024
Parental engagement tools in UK schools are designed to foster better communication and collaboration between parents and educators, enhancing the overall educational experience and outcomes for students.
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