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Many schools? No problem. Get trust‑wide insights, share policies and best practice, and simplify finances with proven solutions that support well-run schools.

One organisation. One goal.

We understand the challenges of centralising data, standardising processes across sites, demonstrating impact, and delivering value from investment. Our solutions combine to create an operating system for well-run schools—helping you deliver exceptional outcomes, effective operations, engaged communities, and enhanced wellbeing, at school and trust/group level.

9 million+ users

… love our products.

"The GDPRiS system provides a centralised platform for logging all necessary information and managing staff access efficiently. Its training module is ideal for delivering annual compliance training to all employees, and the DPO service is an invaluable resource, supported by a team that is both knowledgeable and helpful."

Julia Culham

The University of Kent Academies Trust

"SIMS Next Gen offered the opportunity to bring our systems in line with other cloud-based tools, ensuring staff could work efficiently from anywhere."

Geoff Worth

Pate’s Grammar School

"I think the system is great, has all our data protection requirements all in one place."

June Smart

Westcountry Schools Trust

"ParentPay is a progressive, forward-thinking product that suits our needs and I believe it will continue to do so as technology and time progress."

Finance Administrator

St John’s Marlborough School

"With Cypad, the children choose what they fancy on the whiteboard. Now, we don’t have any children who can’t have their first choice of meal."

Bursar

Chadsmead Primary Academy

"As a result of adopting Schoolcomms, we have been able to get more productive time for admin staff to focus on other duties. 96% of parents say that communication has improved since using the system."

New Hartley First School

"ParentPay Group's BlueRunner product has helped the catering team manage orders efficiently, offering quick access to reporting. Students and staff now have a wide choice of meals on a single, easy to use platform."

Catering Manager

New Hall

"ParentPay and Cypad are all user-friendly, well-supported, and highly adaptable to our needs. They operate swiftly and smoothly without any hassle and are well integrated with each other."

John Landragon

Aberdeen City Council

"ParentPay is a useful tool. We can use it to communicate with parents, reducing postage costs, enabling parents to link their children to one account even if they are at different schools and keep control of what their children are spending in the canteen, and it allows us to run a very successful canteen and efficient finance office."

School Business Manager

Bexley Grammar School

"Moving to the cloud-based system eliminated our reliance on an aging server, ensuring constant availability and improved data security. Additionally, automating fire registers and other administrative tasks promised significant time savings and increased efficiency."

Debbie Stewart

Eastfield Primary School

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Management information system

Inform leadership decisions, empower your staff across multiple sites and locations, and drive positive student outcomes with the UK’s most powerful and secure cloud-based MIS solution.

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Parental and student engagement

Build a stronger relationship between school and home and keep everyone informed in real-time with our engagement solutions.

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Payments

Collect online payments including uniform, equipment, clubs, trips, and school meals. Collecting, handling, and counting funds has never been easier.

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Finance

Simplify financial management with real-time budget information and make statutory reporting easy with customisable, exportable reports.

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Catering management

Reduce food waste, boost meal uptake, and deliver robust allergy management. Run a fully paperless, super-efficient catering operation for your kitchens, no matter the size, at the touch of a button.

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Reading engagement

Library solutions that don’t just manage books and help your staff save time—but also ignite a love for learning, making reading a pleasure for every student.

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Data security and compliance

Pairing GDPRiS with your SIMS MIS creates a powerful solution for efficient school operations and robust data security and compliance across multiple sites and locations.

Free report

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What parents really think. Insights from 236,000+ families across the UK, on the subjects that matter most—meal uptake, free school meals, allergens, school meals vs packed lunches, with expert commentary from LACA, The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, and Juniper Ventures.

Our resources

Guides, webinars, blogs, and more—helping education leaders and admin teams stay ahead.

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