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6 steps to effectively earning staff buy-in for new school initiatives

Implementing your new year's initiatives at your school can be tricky because it means changes are...

School management software: all-in-many or all-in-one?

Does it feel like most school management companies are advertising as an all-in-one solution, when...

Why is data protection becoming more important in private schools?

When schools think of staying ahead, staying agile, or differentiating themselves, technology is...

K12 Admissions Software: 5 features schools must have for 2024

The job of a K12 admissions director can be daunting. From being the first point of contact in...

Finally, an invoicing solution specifically designed for K12 schools

Navigating K12 school finances, we often encounter several challenges. Ever noticed how parents...

Unleash the ROI Potential of MySchool's Student Information System

As school principals, IT managers, and administrators, you know the importance of optimising your...

Top 5 Tips for Password Safety and Effectiveness

Data from Security.org shows that adding a single uppercase letter to an 8-letter password...

Inclusion - a parent's perspective

As education professionals, we may have our own ideas and opinions on what inclusive education...

Inclusion - a student's perspective

Approximately one year and six months ago, at the age of 24, I was diagnosed with autism. My life...

Inclusion - a teacher's perspective

Educators are at the forefront of every child’s educational journey. It is imperative that in order...

Product update

MySchool has a big year ahead, this is our product road map for 2022, broken down into the...

3 Game-Changers for IT Managers

MEET GREG GERBER. Greg’s career has spanned over 25 years in the education sector, starting out as...

CCPA and How It Applies to K-12 Schools

The California Consumer Privacy Act or CCPA is a state-wide data privacy law that took effect on...

Moving a paper-based school to a School Management System

"We have a great system, everything is working just fine so why should we move to a school...

How To Support Students Coming Out

It can be extremely challenging for LGBTIQ kids to attend school, especially when they are thinking...

Defining your school values, mission and vision

How do you quickly communicate what your school is about, what you believe in, what values it holds...

Boost Your School Productivity With OKRs

How effective is your school program? Are you getting the result you want? Are your staff aligned...

Managing Separation and Divorce (of Parents) at School

The end of a marriage doesn't just affect you, it affects your children, including their behaviour...

Take Your Enrolment Management System from Stressful to Streamlined With an All-in-One Platform

“They’re heeeerrrre.”

The yearly blitz of back-to-school commercials featuring more backpacks,...

Birth of the School Management System Q&A with The Man Behind the Code

Phil Neal’s aversion to paperwork, instinctive talent for coding, and teammates with a flair for...

The Evolution of the School Management System: PART 2

...And we're back to transport you further along the evolutionary timeline - unearthing even more...

The Evolution of the School Management System: PART 1

How did we ever live without it? It’s hard to remember a time when schools and technology didn’t go...

5 Ways to Tell if Your School Management System is Future-Proof

In a world with increasing dependence on technology, it’s essential that your school MIS is...

Discover top time-saving hacks for busy school administrators

Get organised ahead of the new school term with these time-saving ideas.

A day in the life of a...

How technology is supporting schools during the pandemic

From global school closures in 2020 to the delivery of hybrid learning models currently in place,...

Why it’s time to commit to just one School Management System

Everybody has an opinion about technology, and teachers are no exception.

Here are three typical...

What bugs you about your School Management System?

According to Leanne Gomes, “census - is the worst.” This is the task that takes up most of Leanne’s...

LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) Compliance

We are extremely proud and delighted to announce that MySchool is now fully compliant with the...

The GDPR and school suppliers

As a controller, your school is responsible for the security and processing of all personal data...

MySchool update version 1.5

We're excited to launch an overhauled timetable configuration tool with version 1.5 of MySchool.

GDPR - The Data Protection Officer

The appointment of a data protection officer is one of the more daunting requirements of the GDPR....

GDPR Awareness. What you should do right now.

The thing about the GDPR is that it's not going away and it's not going to pass by silently on May...

School Management Software to help bring your school community closer

Why use MySchool school management software to run your school? Let's take a look from a few...

Unpacking Personal Data under the GDPR

The GDPR defines personal data as:

"... any information relating to an identified or...

Consent in the GDPR

Consent is not a new concept and has been a core part of data protection & privacy laws for...

EU GDPR Summary for Schools

You may be wondering why we need new privacy laws. As it stands, data privacy laws vary from...

The true value of school management software

Like all tools, the real value comes from not what they can potentially do but what you actually do...

MCA technology award finalist!

We're particularly excited today to find out we've been chosen as a finalist for the 2016 MCA...

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) glossary for schools

There are many specialised words and terms associated with the General Data Protection Regulation (...

GDPR Intro: privacy law affecting school data security for schools.

The General Data Protection Regulation is the EU’s tough new privacy and data protection law...

MySchool is ISO27001 and ISO9001 certified

We are proud to announce that MySchool has now attained the internationally recognised ISO...

Solid support that keeps your school ticking over.

Using a school management systemrequires great support and like all companies we are proud of the...

MySchool certifications data protection and quality ISO27001 & ISO9001

As part of our drive towards building a better service for our customers, we're really excited to...

How Administrators can Facilitate Technology Adoption

Back in 2009, Education World published an informative article on the administrator’s role in...

Buying School Management Software: 5 Things to Consider

Before finally settling on a school management system there are a few final details to look into in...

Choosing the Right School Management Software

Any seasoned education professional knows that when the time comes to upgrade or invest in a...

1.2 MySchool Update

Over the past couple of months, we’ve been reviewing our services, the way we work, and how we...