Arbor for Scotland
Bring pupils, parents and school leaders together
With the UK’s most popular cloud MIS
Over 13,000 schools already trust Arbor to transform how they work – more than any other provider.
This includes over 4500 LA maintained schools in England and Wales, and 40+ local authorities where the support team provides first line Arbor support.
Now, we’re ready to launch a dedicated system for Scotland.
Working alongside each and every local authority, we’ll build a new era for education in Scottish schools, with advanced technology that supports better pupil outcomes, happier staff, engaged parents, as well as major time and financial savings.
Want to be a part of it?
Your education mission control
Arbor works at both school and council levels to connect people, processes and information – helping the system run smoothly, and drive up educational outcomes across every local authority.
A dedicated system, transforming schools across Scotland
Arbor’s cloud-based MIS for Scotland has been built with national and regional educational needs at its core.
Our suite of features will enable schools and local authorities to deliver on key requirements such as statutory census returns, exams, school and LA reporting, GIRFEC, gaelic language, and other national commitments.
Our dedicated team has taken the time to deeply understand the needs schools and LAs have today, while looking ahead to tomorrow with innovations in assessment, safeguarding, AI, automation and more.
Centralise processes, policies and records
We know you face a disconnected web of outdated systems, spiralling costs and compliance burdens.
Arbor gives you an easy way to collect, manage and report on data and critical processes across your Local Authority, and one place to visualise it.
By joining up your people, processes and data, you can say goodbye to the frustrations of disparate tools and operate from a unified, live and compliant data source.
A trusted partner for decades to come
Arbor is a long-term partner to educators large and small across the UK. By partnering with us, you will drive significant – and cumulative – savings by eliminating manual processes and costly, complicated workarounds. This puts time and money back where they belong: in the classroom.
We also have the largest R&D team of any MIS supplier and continuously update our platform to ensure your schools always have the best tools for the job, both today and in the future.
Understand what’s going on across your schools
Gain instant, comprehensive insight into your schools’ performance from one single system and at each user’s fingertips.
Arbor provides a clear, real-time picture of: pupil progress and attainment, attendance and wellbeing, staffing and resources, and emerging trends.
With flexible reporting tools and on-demand AI chat responses, our intelligent reporting features give time and power back to staff and central teams to spend more on strategic, impact-driven work.
Helping schools work better, together
Arbor takes manual tasks off schools plates, so they can use their time and expertise on the parts of their job they really want to do.
- Put school admin on autopilot
Arbor is the only MIS with built-in AI tools and workflows that automate routine tasks, take whole processes off schools’ hands and answer questions instantly. With daily admin reduced from hours to minutes, staff can get on more of what matters. - And save 117 minutes per staff member, per week
Auto Absence transcribes voicemails and reads emails to auto assign an absence code, giving schools a ready-made absentee list to approve. By efficiently tracking and following up with students first-thing, schools can drive up attendance through proactive and targeted outreach. - Get the complete picture of every pupil
From communications to progress and behaviour: just ask Arbor. No manual reports. No system hopping. With everything at hand, it’s easier to spot patterns early and put the right support in place for your pupils – helping to close growing attainment gaps. - And bring school communities closer together
Arbor is built for staff, students and parents to communicate and collaborate in one place. So whether you’re running the school nativity or supporting a child with ASN, it’s easier for everyone to play their part.
Read our ROI report to see just how much we save schools.
Download here.
117
minutes saved per staff member per week
81%
agree Arbor has improved how they use data
74%
agree Arbor has improved their working life
92%
agree Arbor has transformed the way they work
Where to find us this Autumn
Learning Places Scotland
🗓️ 3/11
📍Glasgow
We’ll be opposite the main EdTech stage, where there’s a fantastic programme packed
with content on AI,
digital transformation in education and
data-informed
teaching.
AWS and Arbor
🗓️ 22/10
📍Edinburgh
Join Arbor and AWS in-person as we take a look at the future of Education across Scotland, and how scaling the infrastructure in a secure and sustainable way can ensure success for students, staff and local councils.
COSLA Annual Conference
🗓️ 19-20/11
📍St Andrews
The theme this year is Local Leadership in a Changing World, calling for those ‘laying the foundations for the next local authority team and beyond’ to attend. Find us on stand 11 for a live demo!
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Claire Clayson
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“Arbor has revolutionised the way we operate in schools across the MAT… for everyone from Teaching Assistants up to leadership.”
Alex Merrifield
MIS Leader, Gosport & Fareham MAT
“Perhaps their greatest strength is the integrity with which they conduct their business. They do not, as so many do, ‘over promise and under deliver’… very refreshing indeed.”
Adam Daly
Executive Lead for IT, Red Kite Learning Trust
“It is an exceptional tool, but the people make the real difference with their friendly but professional manner, clear knowledge of the system, and most of all, a strong passion.”
Stephanie Bass
Business Manager, Bridge Schools Trust
“The Arbor team are a great bunch to work with… I enjoy working on a first name basis. The price point was a big draw too – a far more effective use of money.”
Alan Pike
Data Lead, Glenmoor & Winton Academies
“We knew we wanted to work with a company that would be responsive and reactive to our needs as a rapidly growing Trust. Arbor have delivered this.”
Mark Greatrex
CEO, Bellevue Place Education Trust
“We absolutely love Arbor and it saves our admin staff 3 to 5 hours a week on time. We can’t thank you all at Arbor enough for that!”
John McMillan
IT Manager, Asset Education
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