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A school Management Information System (MIS) is the single source of truth for pupil, staff, attendance, behaviour, assessment and statutory data. Loudwater is a modern, AI-powered cloud MIS for state, academy, independent and international schools that unifies admissions, timetabling, attendance, lesson planning, assessment, parent communication, SEN/safeguarding, finance touchpoints, and statutory census returns in one platform - replacing legacy systems like SIMS, Arbor, Bromcom, ScholarPack, iSAMS and Engage.

Yes. Loudwater is built as a like-for-like (and beyond) cloud replacement for legacy MIS products used across state, academy and independent schools - including SIMS, Arbor, Bromcom, ScholarPack, iSAMS, Engage and 3sysAcademic. We provide guided CSV imports for pupils, staff, classes, periods, terms, applicants and parents using our template files, plus a workspace migration path for trusts and groups moving multiple schools.

Yes - CBDS compliance is a first-class concern for our state-funded customers. Our data model is aligned to the CBDS April 2026 standard so state schools, academies and MATs can produce statutory Autumn, Spring and Summer School Census returns and the Workforce Census, including UPN, ULN, ethnicity, SEN, FSM/Pupil Premium, exclusions and attendance categories. Independent and international schools can use the same data model without being forced into census fields they don't need.

Attendance is captured per pupil, per session, per period using the DfE attendance codes (CS066) and subcodes (CS108). Teachers take registers from the Class Management page; SLT see live whole-school dashboards; and the same data feeds census submissions and parental notifications without re-entry.

Yes. Loudwater is fully UK GDPR compliant. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted in UK Azure regions, with role-based access control, granular consent flags and immutable audit logging on every action.

AI assists with lesson planning, report writing, homework checking, adaptive learning suggestions and summarising pupil data - but every AI output is reviewable, editable and attributed. Staff stay in control, and we never train third-party models on your school's data.

Yes. Our workspace architecture lets a MAT, independent school group or federation manage many schools centrally, with shared resources, cross-school reporting and centralised billing, while preserving each school’s data boundaries and staff permissions. The same model supports international school groups operating across multiple countries.

Students get age-appropriate dashboards with timetable, assignments, an AI Tutor and progress feedback. The AI Tutor guides learners step by step with curriculum-aware prompts while teachers remain in control of the learning journey.

Lesson plans link to curriculum objectives. We ship England (EYFS, primary, secondary, GCSE, A-level), Wales, Scotland (CfE, SQA), Northern Ireland, IB (PYP/MYP/DP) and Cambridge International (IGCSE, A-level) frameworks - so state, independent and international schools can map against the curriculum they actually teach. Plans can be authored per lesson, as a series, or across a full unit or term, with coverage tracked automatically and surfaced in SLT dashboards.

SEN provision (CS096), need types (CS071), EHC plans, medical flags, allergens, safeguarding concerns and meetings live alongside the pupil record with strict role-based visibility. Designated safeguarding leads see what they need; class teachers see only what they should.

A single school - state or independent - can be live in days, not months. Our CSV templates cover students, staff, classes, periods, terms, parents, applicants and equipment, and our onboarding flow walks admins through workspace setup, role assignment, and a guided data import. For MATs and school groups, we sequence schools through migration with a dedicated implementation partner.

Pricing is tailored to school size, sector (state, independent, international) and modules used, with simple per-pupil bands and no hidden integration fees. We offer a free personalised demo and a sandbox trial so you can evaluate the full platform before committing - get in touch via the contact form below.