The decision, made by ESS, to extend their contract to a three-year term has left schools up and down the country feeling disillusioned. The timing of this recent announcement has left the education community in a quandary; either signing on to the services of a company who have changed the…

The 3yr Conundrum With ESS’ recent bombshell of tearing up the agreements schools and LA’s have known for years and replacing it with a mandatory 3-year term, those on the sharp end have been mulling over what to do next. We’ve been receiving record levels of enquiries about our MIS & Finance products…

It’s often believed that changing MIS is a long, arduous process that requires mountains of time and effort. The idea of switching is touted apologetically or whispered just in case it might be taken seriously. How did our common assumptions get so far from reality? In truth, changing MIS is…

It’s Monday again and, oh my word, is that the time?! Need to organise school bags, homework projects, make sure clothes are on the right way round (for once) and navigate the morning rush hour in less than half an hour. Sound familiar? That’s because households up and down the…

Reception Teachers Assemble! With half-term right around the corner it’s fair to say that Reception Teachers, more than most, have earned their break. Why you ask? Well, as part of major revisions to the EYFS framework (for more information on this please see our previous Bromcom blog), the RBA or…

MAT centralisation. It’s certainly a topic which still divides opinion. While some academies see it as a bureaucratic exercise which sees any control they have taken away by an overbearing organisation that dictates policy absolutely, other schools see it as an opportunity to be part of something larger. A shared…

Data Security in Schools We’ve all had it. The frustration of losing a password and trying umpteen combinations to try and access important information. This annoyance is often followed by having to remember who your childhood hero was (for some reason I always go Spiderman (I shouldn’t have told you that)) or even…

School MIS Systems — An Overview And just like that, we’re nearly at the beginning of a new academic year. One which will hopefully bring some semblance of normality back to children’s education. However, it would be remiss to not acknowledged that things have changed, considerably. The schooling landscape has shifted and, with different methods of…

What is the EYFS and why has a new EYFS Framework been installed? Aside from all of you early adopters, many Primary Schools across the country will be getting to grips with the new EYFS Framework Update for 2021. This set of standards and requirements, originally implemented by the government in 2008 to provide a framework which could deliver consistent and high…