Welcoming RM Integris and RM Finance to The Key Group

James Weatherill - 12 June, 2023

Arbor Updates

Category : Blog

Welcoming RM Integris and RM Finance to The Key Group

I’m thrilled to welcome the schools, platforms and teams behind RM Integris, RM Finance and RM Accounts to The Key Group today.

There has been a lot going on in the world of Management Information Systems over the past year; schools have realised that cloud-based systems can open up an entirely new way of more flexible working, and thousands have switched away from legacy systems en masse. It is our belief that this new way of working will be transformational for the sector, allowing schools greater efficiency and flexibility in how they work, giving instant insight into student performance and automating repetitive administrative tasks, all of which will allow teachers to focus on what they do best, teaching.

I’m super excited to welcome a new group of people who share this vision onto the team, as RM Integris, RM Finance and RM Accounts join The Key Group as part of the MIS Division. I thought I’d give a bit more background about how this has come about and what it means for schools.

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We are the largest cloud-based MIS provider and can do more together to help schools

Combining RM Integris with Arbor and ScholarPack means we now serve over 7,000 schools, and can further increase our investment into product and service to provide outstanding value to our schools. For example, given our scale we can provide live, nationally representative, hyper-personalised benchmarking to the sector. This will allow schools and Trusts to understand their performance in context without having to wait until national data is released on an annual basis.

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RM Integris, RM Finance and RM Accounts care deeply about helping improve schools, just like we do

We have been really impressed when meeting with the team to see how much we’re aligned about wanting to make a lasting, positive impact on the sector. Doing the right thing for customers is absolutely ingrained in what we do, and I’m delighted to be working with such genuinely mission-driven people. You should see this in your interactions with them and us.

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We have the three most loved MIS platforms, and can offer the best of each to our customer base  

RM Integris and RM Finance have one of the highest satisfaction ratings in the sector, second only to Arbor and ScholarPack. There are no current plans to merge or migrate platforms – indeed we will now be able to offer our LA maintained customers RM Finance to bring the same high levels of user experience and flexibility to finance that they currently experience with their MIS.

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This means more investment into product and service into MIS, and further acceleration of our ambition to transform the way schools work for the better

We will use our increased size and scale to focus on improving product innovation and support across all brands, and customers should see a marked increase in value as they get additional features as part of their existing package.

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What happens next?

If you’re an RM Integris, RM Finance, RM Accounts, Arbor or ScholarPack school you don’t need to do anything, but if you have any questions or want to find out more information then please speak with your Account Manager. 

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I also wanted to announce that we’ll be re-naming RM Integris, RM Accounts and RM Finance now that they have left the RM Family

• RM Integris will become Integris MIS
• RM Accounts will become Integris Accounts
• RM Finance will become Arbor Finance
• We’ll be gradually rolling out these name changes over the next few weeks

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I’m thrilled to welcome so many new colleagues and customers to The Key Group today, and am super excited about what the future holds in store. Watch this space!