Nearly 10,000 UK schools have already moved to a cloud MIS 

And over 4,500 of them use Arbor, making us the UK's most popular cloud MIS. 

Our software is hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), which means you no longer have to worry about servers in your school.

What are the benefits of having a school MIS in the cloud?

Access your MIS from anywhere: Get quick, secure access to all your student and staff data wherever you’re working - all you need is a browser

Automatic updates: If the DfE releases new guidance, Arbor can deploy features to help you within days (sometimes just 24 hours!). We also update Arbor fortnightly with new features and improvements

Clean, live data: When data is stored in the cloud, the information you see is a real-time reflection of the students in your school

All the tools you need in one place: Arbor brings key tasks under one roof, including reporting, comms, and managing rotas, timetables and sickness

Plus…it’s a more secure way to manage your school’s data

A cloud mindset

As part of our partnership with Amazon Web Services, we interviewed Andrew Proctor, Executive Lead for Education, about how schools should be thinking about migration to the cloud.

In the interview, Andrew discusses the idea of a 'cloud mindset': looking at digital transformation as a way of being and doing – not the shift to a different piece of technology. 

Andrew joined Amazon Web Services as Executive Lead for UK Education in January 2022 with a focus on helping education leaders achieve their strategic aims through the use of digital technology, innovation, and culture. Andrew was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor (Digital) for Staffordshire University, the first university in Europe to migrate fully to cloud. In 2020, Andrew was named UK Chief Digital Officer of the Year by Computing magazine, and was also included in the ‘Digital 100’ list of the most influential digital leaders in the UK. 

Better for schools, better for the planet 

Organisations can reduce their energy usage by 67% using cloud servers - this is because cloud servers are more energy-efficient.  

AWS data centre facilities account for another 13% reduction by using power and cooling systems that are more efficient, bringing total energy savings of up to 80%.

As AWS continues to increase its renewable energy globally, that could further reduce the carbon footprint of workloads moved to cloud by up to 16%!

Read more on how our MIS could help save energy and drive sustainability at your school or trust in the blog below. 

Hear from two schools using Arbor

Read some of our case studies below