A primary school MIS
A primary school needs the same records and returns as any school, with fewer people to look after them. PMC People is a primary school MIS that does the essentials well, with HR built in, so the school office has one system instead of several.
What a primary school MIS needs to do
Primary school software has to fit a small team. In a primary school, the office often runs admissions, attendance, dinners, parents’ messages, the census and staff records, sometimes with one or two people. A school MIS for a primary school has to be quick to use and cover the essentials without a lot of setting up.
Like any good MIS for primary schools, PMC People lets you choose the modules you need. Most primary schools start with students, attendance, behaviour, SEN, the school census and the parent portal, and leave out what a secondary school needs, such as seating plans for many rooms.
What a primary school typically uses
Pupil records
Pupils, contacts with parental responsibility and court orders, medical and dietary needs, SEN and free school meals, with CTFs in and out.
Registers
Morning and afternoon registers in seconds, with the DfE codes and an attendance office for reasons.
Behaviour and safeguarding
Achievements and incidents, and a safeguarding log only the designated safeguarding leads can see.
SEN
The SEN register, one-page profiles of what helps, support plans and EHC plan reviews.
The parent portal
Parents see their child’s attendance and reports, get messages and consent forms, and report absences from their phone.
The school census
Built from your records and checked against the DfE’s rules.
Staff records and the SCR
HR, the single central record and the workforce census in the same system.
Assessment and reports
Your own grade scales, data drops and reports to parents, printed or in the portal.
Homework
If you set it online, homework handed in and marked through the portal.
Why PMC People suits a primary school
- Pay for what you use
- Each school module is a separate add-on, so a primary school isn’t paying for features it doesn’t need.
- Easy for a small office
- Plain screens, built-in roles, and the parent portal taking absence reports and consent forms off the phone.
- Looked after for you
- Nightly encrypted backups, weekly test restores and one-click updates.
- Your data stays with you
- On a server in your school, your trust or a host you choose.
Questions about a primary school MIS
Do we need the timetable module?
Not usually. Primary schools taking class registers twice a day don’t need it. It’s there if you want lesson registers or cover.
Can we move from SIMS?
Yes. The Move from SIMS module brings your records across from SIMS’s own exports. See moving from SIMS.
How much does it cost?
PMC People is in beta. We’re looking for a beta school to help us finish it, with a free licence during the beta and a reduced price afterwards: become a beta school.
More about PMC People as a school MIS
See PMC People in a school
Take the guided tour through a fictional school, or apply to be one of our beta schools.