School software that runs on your own server.

PMC People looks after your staff, from recruitment to leaving, and with its school modules your students, attendance, behaviour, timetables, homework, seating plans, assessment, SEN, the school census and parents too. PMC Visitor signs visitors, staff and contractors in and out at reception. Both run on a server you own, so your records never sit in someone else’s cloud.

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PMC Visitor’s live activity page: 24 people in the building, split into staff, contractors and visitors, with a chart of the day so far and a list of everyone signed in.

PMC People

HR for schools and businesses, built around UK employment law and what Ofsted and the DfE ask for, with school modules that make it your school information system.

  • Staff records, leave, sickness absence and return-to-work interviews
  • Single central record with every KCSIE check, ready for inspection
  • Recruitment, references, onboarding, casework and appraisals
  • School modules: students, attendance, behaviour, timetables and assessment
  • A parent portal on parents’ phones, with messages and consent forms
About PMC People School modules
PMC People’s home page for an HR officer: current employees, starters, leave to approve, staff off sick today and training that is up to date.

PMC Visitor

Visitor, staff and contractor sign-in on a tablet at reception, with badges and a fire register that is always up to date.

  • Sign in on a tablet, with a photo and your safeguarding information
  • A visitor label printed the moment someone arrives
  • Staff ID cards printed on your own badge printer
  • The host gets an email or Teams message when their visitor arrives
  • A muster report of everyone on site, one click away in an evacuation
About PMC Visitor
The PMC Visitor kiosk screen at reception, with large Sign In and Sign Out buttons under the school’s name and address.

Why on your own server

Most school systems keep your records on the supplier’s servers. Ours run on a server in your school, your trust or a hosting company you choose.

Your records stay with you
Staff files, student records, pay details and visitor photos are on a server you control. Sensitive details are encrypted, and every change is in an audit log.
It keeps working when the internet doesn’t
Reception keeps signing people in over your own network. The licence checks in with us once a day, with a generous grace period if your connection drops.
Updates with one click
New versions appear in Admin > Updates. Your system checks each one was signed by us, backs up first and rolls back by itself if anything goes wrong.
Works with Microsoft 365
Staff sign in with their school Microsoft accounts, and emails go out from your own mailbox.

PMC People is in beta: we’re looking for schools

We’re looking for a school to use PMC People day to day and help us finish it. Beta schools get a free licence during the beta and a reduced price afterwards, in return for their feedback and, if it works well for them, a testimonial.

  1. Apply

    Tell us about your school, the MIS you use now and who looks after your IT.

  2. Talk it through

    A call with the developer to agree which modules you’ll use and what support you need.

  3. Set up together

    We install PMC People on your server with your IT support, free of charge.

  4. Use it and tell us

    Report problems and join regular feedback calls. Fixes go out as updates.

See it with a fictional school

Both demos are full of realistic, made-up staff, students, parents and visitors. Sign in as HR, a data manager, a teacher, reception or a parent, or take the guided tour of PMC People.

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