To make it clear how we’re different from our competitors and help you navigate the MIS market, we came up with ‘The Bromcom Difference’. In short, The Bromcom Difference is collective term for everything that makes us unique. Not only does it cover why we’re different, it explains why we’re the best choice for your school, trust, or local authority. There are plenty of ways that we differ from other providers, but today, let’s just start with the top five.
1. Our cloud MIS is the most fully featured on the market
Bromcom MIS is chockful of all the features you need from your MIS. You don’t need to waste money on all your expensive third-party apps anymore, nor worry about remembering different logins or spending time moving between different systems. Our system consolidates all your data and functionality into one solution.
Our MIS has the greatest range of features, too, including Safeguarding, Primary Tracker, Online Payments, Student Portal, and Power BI integration, so you can be sure with Bromcom you’re getting the best value for money.
We have a range of different packages available, as well: Core, Standard, and, our customers’ favourite, One-Stop Shop. This package has the most functionality and no other MIS provider has been able to match it so far!
2. The Education Authority in Northern Ireland chose us to provide MIS services for all its schools
In January, the Education Authority Northern Ireland announced that its 1000+ schools will be switching to Bromcom. This historic contract win was a huge endorsement for Bromcom and our solutions. Of course, I couldn’t neglect to mention that we’ve won contracts with a number of other local authorities including Coventry City Council, West Sussex County Council, and more recently, Wrexham County Borough Council.
With over 4000 schools across the UK set to be using Bromcom this September, you can be confident that our MIS is a popular, trustworthy solution for schools, multi-academy trusts, and local authorities.
3. Our parent app is one of the most highly rated on the market
The MyChildAtSchool (MCAS) app is probably one of our proudest achievements, and not just because over 60,000 parents and carers have awarded it 4.3 stars on the Apple App Store, making it one of the most popular parent apps available. It’s because it’s the app version of our online parent portal MyChildAtSchool which, when first released, was so ground-breaking that it won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2001! 24 years later and it’s still just as impressive.
The MCAS app is popular among parents and carers for its vast range of capabilities such as allowing them to monitor their child’s behaviour and attendance, book parents’ evening slots, receive reports and announcements from the school, and make payments. It offers schools a wide array of benefits, too, like improving parental engagement, streamlining communications, and encouraging better curriculum engagement. You can learn more about why parents and schools love the MCAS app in this blog.
4. We have a finance system built into our MIS which is designed specifically for schools
Integrated Finance – our robust, cloud-based accounting system – is already pretty unique because it’s integrated with our MIS. This offers schools a number of benefits like making their reporting and analysis easier, automatically processing and allocating purchases made in the parent portal, and saving users time moving between their finance system and MIS.
But the other reason we’re particularly proud of it is because unlike lots of other finance systems, it was built with schools in mind. It’s also adaptable to any school, no matter their situation. Whether your school has its own bank account or not, or manages some things in-house and others centrally, Integrated Finance can satisfy all your needs.
5. We were the first MIS provider to launch an AI assistant built into an MIS
In 2023, we broke ground in the MIS market by launching Bromcom AI. Our AI personal assistant can answer general queries based on web research, produce insights based on your school data, and generate content for you like lesson plan or a letter to go out to parents. Want to translate that letter into a different language? It can do that, as well. You can learn more about its full range of capabilities here.
Learn more about Bromcom
Now you know how we’re different from the rest, it’s time to find out how we’re right for you! Book a discovery call today to learn more about Bromcom and our range of offerings, and what we could do for your school, trust, or local authority.
