Arbor School MIS
Arbor School MIS is a school management system for attendance, grades, family access, fees, and admissions.
What Arbor School MIS is
Arbor School MIS is a school management system for attendance, grades, family access, fees, and admissions. Schools can use it to track attendance, maintain a gradebook, provide a parent portal, manage fees, and handle admissions and enrollment. The listed platforms are web, iOS, and Android, so the system is available across those environments. Arbor School MIS is paid, with pricing available on request. Its listed headquarters are in London, United Kingdom. The feature set brings several school administration tasks together: attendance records and grades for school staff, parent access through a portal, fee management, and enrollment processes. Schools considering it will need to request pricing to understand the cost.
Good
- Tracks attendance and supports a gradebook
- Includes a parent portal
- Supports fee management
- Handles admissions and enrollment
- Available on web, iOS, and Android
Watch out
- Pricing is available only on request
Who it suits
It suits schools seeking software for attendance, grades, parent access, fees, and enrollment across web, iOS, and Android.
Verdict
Arbor School MIS covers several core school administration needs, from attendance and grades to fees and enrollment. Schools will need to request pricing before evaluating its cost.
Plans and prices
From Arbor School MIS's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Comms 2027 | Priced on request | Everything in Core · Parent Portal and Parent App · meal management · payments · Free School Meal Funding Checker · Student Portal and Student App · workflows · higher monthly AI allowance |
| Core 2027 | Priced on request | Student profiles · attendance · behaviour and interventions · assessments · staff profiles and cover management · statutory and custom reports · census · emails and SMS · essential workflows and AI |
| Perform 2027 | Priced on request | Everything in Comms · My Classroom · assignments · admissions · Medical Tracker · Smart Reports, Arbor Analytics and BI Connector · advanced workflows · highest monthly AI allowance |
The facts
Each one read from Arbor School MIS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- Arbor describes role-based permissions, password controls and two-factor authentication for staff MIS accounts.checked 11 Oct 2026
- AI
- Arbor AI features include Ask Arbor, student summaries, drafted emails, letters and SMS, and formula suggestions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Arbor says schools of all sizes use the product, including primary, secondary, special schools, APs and PRUs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Arbor states that it complies with GDPR and that its information security management system is audited annually against ISO standards.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Features
- Listed features include attendance, exams, SEN tracking, document management, admissions, payments and communications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integration permissions
- Schools can review the data an API app can access; read integrations retrieve data, while approved write integrations can edit data in Arbor.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Arbor provides API integrations with services including Wonde, Groupcall, ParentPay, CPOMS, LGFL, OTrack, Cunninghams, Classcharts, Studybugs and Scopay.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Mobile access
- The Parent Portal is available in a web browser, and the Parent App is available for Android and iOS; the school must use Arbor MIS and enable the service.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Pricing
- The MIS licence is priced using a school-phase base fee and a per-pupil fee; the product page invites schools to book a demo for package details.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Arbor School MIS is a cloud-based management information system for schools.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- The MIS offers visual interactive dashboards, comparisons against DfE and Ofsted benchmarks, and live benchmarking against Arbor schools.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Arbor says MIS data is hosted on AWS London servers, stored in the UK, and encrypted in transit and at rest using AES-256.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Arbor support is available on weekdays from 8:00 to 17:00, excluding public and bank holidays; the Help Centre and Arbor Bot are available around the clock.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support limitation
- Parents and students should contact their school directly for support with their accounts.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
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