You’re invited….
With most SIMS contracts up for renewal in 2025/6, lots of schools are taking the opportunity to look at their MIS options.
At Arbor, we think this is an incredibly exciting opportunity for schools and trusts. So exciting, in fact, that we held a whole (virtual) festival to help schools like yours make the best decision for them.
Throughout The Big Switch, we were joined by school leaders and MIS experts to answer three big questions:
Why move MIS?
Which MIS is best for my school?
How do you switch?
And for all schools that missed the festival - good news! Every session from The Big Switch is now on demand. Get stuck in below!
Which MIS?
Five ways Arbor will change the way you work for the better
Watch a live demo of the UK’s most popular cloud MIS, where Chris, Arbor’s Partnership Manager, will show you how Arbor will:
Save your staff time by doing repetitive work for you
Improve the way you use data to plan and make decisions
Equip all staff (Office Managers, Business Managers, Teachers, Headteachers and SLT) with the tools they need - in one, shared system
Simplify parent/guardian comms
Take on bulk tasks via Ask Arbor, our AI assistant.
What’s new?
Latest Features Showcase
At Arbor, we believe in continuously improving and adding new features to our MIS based on feedback from schools like yours.
Our Features Showcase is designed to show you what that looks like in practice. We’ll be giving a live demo of all the exciting new developments that we’ve added to Arbor over just the last few months, from helpful improvements through to brand new releases.
If you’re thinking of switching MIS, and want to know why Arbor is consistently rated the UK’s most-loved and most intuitive school MIS, then book your free spot below.
You’ll leave the demo knowing exactly what an MIS built on innovation and customer feedback looks like.
Why switch?
Before and After: Our learnings from Switching MIS
Kicking off The Big Switch, three school leaders joined us for a candid fireside chat to answer the most important question of the festival: is moving MIS really worth it?
Vic Goddard, Principal, Lynette Clapham, Headteacher, and Dewan Chowdhury, Head of Data, shared what prompted their school to switch MIS and their top learnings from the process.
How does switching work?
MISsion Possible: How, why and when to switch MIS
Know you want to move MIS, but not sure where to start? In this session, our in-house MIS experts will take you through:
How to kickstart the moving process in your school
A step-by-step guide to researching and buying the right MIS for you
What migration looks like at Arbor - what happens to your data and when? Who needs to be involved?
Practical timelines for moving
An overview of what to expect from the onboarding and training process
How our team partner with your school to make sure you have all the support you need
