2020 was a busy year in the world of MIS!

Juniper Education Group acquired Pupil Asset and SISRA amongst others.  The Key Support Services has bolstered its position in the school MIS sector by adding Arbor Education to their portfolio alongside ScholarPack.  IRIS Software Group has acquired iSAMS Ltd which is a great addition to the solutions they already offer the education sector. And finally, Montagu announced they intend to acquire SIMS from Capita, and also invest in ParentPay with the goal of bringing SIMS into the ParentPay Group.

Following on from our initial chat in the Spring, Phil Neal and I caught up towards the end of the year to discuss the various changes that had happened across the sector, and get his views on what might happen next.

We’ve broken the interview down into parts to make it easier to digest. Enjoy!

Towards the end of 2020, I took the opportunity to chat with Furlong SchoolBase about their school management solutions. Furlong has been around in the education sector for over 30 years; they have developed, grown and acquired over the years, and were finally acquired themselves in 2017 by Canadian software group, Volaris.  They now work with over 250 schools across the world.

In this vid, I catch up with their Sales & Marketing Manager, Jack Broome, to discuss future plans and get his view on the school management software sector.

We’ve split it into two parts to make it easier to digest – enjoy!