WhichMIS? at the School & Academy Show

On 19th & 20th November 2025, we’ll be attending the Schools and Academies Show at the NEC and will be exhibiting on stand G4

The Schools & Academies Show has been designed to empower school leaders with action points, innovative ideas and tangible solutions to help them make cost savings, overcome their most pressing challenges and elevate pupil outcomes.

Discover the latest in education technology with WhichMIS?, the go-to free online publication from The Wisdom Partnership. Designed for schools, multi-academy trusts (MATs), and education professionals, WhichMIS? offers an impartial, comprehensive view of the UK’s Management Information System (MIS) landscape.

From in-depth reviews and expert insights to the latest industry news, we bring together perspectives from all the key players to help you make informed decisions.

Choosing a new MIS is a significant step for any school or Trust, and we’re here to help.

Whether you’re just starting your procurement journey or ready to make a change, our team is on hand to guide you every step of the way.

Visit us at the Schools & Academies Show – Stand G4

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We also thought it’d be helpful to list a number of other exhibitors relevant to the world of MIS & Finance that you might find interesting.

We make no apologies for taking their messaging directly from their exhibitors’ entries.


Access Education – Stand L40

Areas of Expertise

  • Budgeting
  • Cloud Solutions 
  • Digital Learning / Content & Resources
  • Digital Strategy, Parental Engagement
  • Payroll Systems
  • Resource Management
  • School Business Management
  • Staff Recruitment & Retention
  • Staff Wellbeing

We have the industry’s first education tech bundle! One contract, one platform, one trusted provider – and most importantly, a per-school price that helps you streamline your costs and your technology. Drop by to meet us and find out more about our bundles for Financial Focus, Thriving People, and Freedom – along with the outcomes we can help you achieve through our integrated software experience and AI tools.


Arbor – Stand G20

Areas of Expertise

  • Cloud solutions
  • Data Strategy & Analytics
  • IT Infrastructure & Hardware
  • Management Information Systems (MIS)
  • School Business Management
  • Teaching & Learning Software

Arbor is home to the UK’s most popular MIS and school management software, including Arbor School and MAT MIS, Arbor Finance, SAMpeople, Habitude and TimeTabler.

Every day, over 10,000 schools and trusts use our suite of best-in-class products to join up operations school wide, reclaim hours of their time, and support staff with the tools and insight they need to work at their best.


Bromcom – Stand J10

Areas of Expertise

  • Cloud Solutions
  • Management Information Systems (MIS)
  • Parental Engagement

As a family-owned business, Bromcom prioritises customer needs over profits. Our commitment is to aid everyone in the educational ecosystem to fulfil their potential by providing a single point of truth, so that every young person from preschool to higher education is given the tools to succeed. Come and speak to the team to see how our cloud-based solutions can help you.

Some of the many reasons why schools love us include:

  • Built-in AI capabilities
  • Fully flexible assessment systems
  • Widest range of functionality in any MIS
  • Live-data dashboards and analysis tools
  • A user-friendly interface, making navigation a breeze
  • Free parent, student and parent apps (iOS and Android)

Compass Stand G10

Compass Education makes the school day more productive, impactful and enjoyable.

Our all-in-one MIS streamlines school administration, freeing up time to create inspiring learning experiences and engage your school community.

Proudly serving 3,500+ schools globally, Compass ensures everyone in the school community has the right tools for their job.


Stand G33

Areas of Expertise

  • Catering Services
  • Estates & Facilities
  • Management Information Systems (MIS)
  • Parental Engagement
  • Payroll Systems
  • Procurement
  • Staff Recruitment & Retention.

Used by over 13,000 schools and trusts, our management information system brings next-generation technology into schools, reinventing the way data and insights are used to improve educational outcomes.

Trusts such as Unity Schools, Kernow Learning, Future Academies and Durrington, and schools including Wallisdean, and Culcheth High School, use our technology to connect people with data, creating intelligent insights to help educators make better decisions and deliver smarter outcomes for pupils.

We are passionate about helping individuals, teams and organisations be successful and with time on your side, you can focus on what really matters to you. Time means value. And value means success.


Stand H13

Areas of Expertise

  • Budgeting
  • Catering Services
  • Cloud Solutions
  • Cyber Security
  • Digital Learning / Content & Resources
  • Digital Strategy
  • Management Information Systems (MIS) Parental Engagement
  • School Business Management
  • School Leadership
  • Teaching & Learning Software

ParentPay Group’s mission is to deliver technology that makes running great schools easier for educators, leaders, administrators, caterers, and librarians.

MIS – SIMS – the leading cloud and on-premises management information system (MIS) for education. Everything you need in one place to run a school plus the data and tools for planning, reporting, safeguarding and student monitoring.

Parental engagement and payments

ParentPay – the cashless payments platform that makes it easy to collect, manage and report payments for meals and more.

Schoolcomms – the all-in-one solution for effective communication by schools with parents and carers.

Catering

Cypad – the digital kitchen management and meal ordering platform for caterers, local authorities, and schools.

BlueRunner – the cashless, digital point-of-sale meal ordering and payment system for parents and students.

Literacy support

Reading Cloud – the library management system that supports literacy and encourages independent learning and reading for pleasure.


Stand K9

Areas of Expertise

  • Admissions / Marketing & Communications
  • Parental Engagement

Strong parental communication forms the bedrock of a school’s brand. Effective, targeted messaging builds trust. Our software platform ReachMoreParents provides schools with the right tools to communicate to parents quickly, efficiently and effectively and the inclusive app allows parents to easily interact and engage with the content sent by the school.

Using targeted communication channels we are able to provide schools with the best chance of reaching and therefore engaging, even the most hard to reach parents.

We are specialist software providers, all we do is eat, live and breathe parental communications. That means we give it the level of focus and attention, that others simply don’t as their focus is spread wider and it shows…..Weduc is the only company to provide dedicated support to parents.


Stand G26

Areas of Expertise

  • Accountancy & Audit Services
  • Budgeting
  • Cloud Solutions
  • Data Strategy & Analytics
  • Finance & Management Consultancy
  • Management Information Systems (MIS) School Business Management

Sage Intacct is a web-based, SaaS accounting and financial management software system designed for use by education organisations, from multi-academy trusts, schools, colleges, and so much more. Sage Intacct is the #1 modern cloud financial management solution, built by finance experts for finance professionals. It helps CFOs access integrated management and financial reports across their business entities in minutes not days to grow and drive their businesses.


Stand G7

With over 27 years of expertise, Solutions for Accounting is a leading Sage partner specialising in Sage Intacct, Sage 200 and Sage for Education.

We understand the pressures schools, academies, and MATs face in managing finances efficiently while meeting compliance and governance standards.

Our tailored solutions streamline and automate processes, improve reporting, and provide the clarity you need to make confident financial decisions.

Every organisation is unique, so we take the time to understand your goals before recommending the right system.

Visit us at stand G7 to discover how we can help you achieve smarter, future-proof financial management.


Stand K20

Areas of Expertise

  • Data Strategy & Analytics
  • Income Innovation
  • Management Information Systems (MIS)
  • Parental Engagement
  • SEND School Absence / Behaviour & Exclusions
  • School Travel & Trips

VenturEd Solutions UK comprises of market-leading education technology products trusted by school establishments all around the UK. Our solutions provide customers with tangible benefits by reducing costs, offering school staff more time to focus on their priorities, and working alongside leadership teams to achieve their strategic priorities.

Our ecosystem of products make huge differences towards the way our schools work and improving outcomes. Our ecosystem includes communications, payments, analytics, data integration solutions, and a school marketing package.

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