With December upon us, many schools that have MIS contract renewals due in spring are now making their final decisions to either switch to a cloud-based MIS or stick with their legacy system before the deadline for giving notice. Schools that miss this deadline won’t just be missing out on the many benefits of a cloud MIS like Bromcom – they will also be stuck with an outdated, expensive system for several years until the opportunity arises again for them to switch.
Of course, many school and trust leaders naturally have anxieties about making such a significant move. But there are several reasons why it’s imperative you switch now, particularly given the financial pressures schools, trusts, and local authorities are facing across the UK. In this blog, I’m going to explain the reasons why now is the perfect opportunity to switch MIS, and why you shouldn’t put off moving away from your legacy provider.
But even if you do miss the deadline for giving in your notice and end up in a new contract with your current provider, our Buy Back Scheme enables you to switch to Bromcom today without paying for your old system. You can find out more here.
We often hear from our customers that their legacy MIS is difficult to use and navigate, looks outdated and clunky, and ultimately frustrates their staff when simple processes take longer than they should. Should you let your contract renew, you’ll have to continue to use it for several years and spend money on a system your team aren’t happy with.
A cloud MIS on the other hand, like Bromcom MIS – the most fully featured system on the market – provides users with an intuitive, quick system that is easy to grasp. By speeding up critical processes like making reports, sending comms to parents, or teacher admin, your staff have more time to support and teach students.
Another common complaint we hear from schools is that their provider hasn’t sufficiently updated or improved their MIS, compounding the feeling that their system is outdated. Here at Bromcom, we pride ourselves on innovation and using new technologies to drive real impact in a school.
For example, we were the first cloud MIS provider in the UK in 2011, and more recently the first to incorporate AI into a school MIS. Our Product team is always looking for new ways to make our users’ lives easier, so when you switch to Bromcom, you can be confident your system will be regularly updated and improved.
Our system is highly flexible, too, for example: it allows users to work from home and you can easily add apps when required. Your school will therefore always be future-proof, whether it’s prepared to adapt to a new crisis like Covid-19 or just benefitting from always having the most advanced technology on-hand.
One of the biggest benefits of switching to Bromcom MIS, particularly our One-Stop Shop package, is that it brings all the functionality you need in an MIS into one place. This enables schools and trusts to cut the number of expensive third-party apps they use or even do away with them altogether. Switching to a cloud MIS could even save your school thousands of pounds.
Given how tight school budgets currently are, switching now could significantly ease your financial pressures and is a highly effective way to cut costs.
Over 4000 schools including primary schools, secondary schools, all-through schools, and special schools have already chosen Bromcom MIS. To find out more about how Bromcom’s wide range could benefit your school, multi-academy trust, or local authority, book a discovery call with our team.