Hello and welcome to this week’s Scomis Newsletter. This newsletter contains links to our Autumn Discovery Sessions, support for the School Workforce Census, an introduction to ScoBackup, and our Scomis Service Status.
As always, if you have any questions or issues, you can get in touch with our Service Desk at scomis@devon.gov.uk or 01392 385300.
Scomis Autumn Discovery Sessions
There’s still time to sign up to our Arbor and Bromcom Discovery sessions! Starting today, we’ll be delivering two 1 hour Discovery sessions via MS Teams to all who wish to attend. These sessions are for our existing schools and for those who are thinking of joining us. These sessions will focus on:
- Scomis – Let us introduce ourselves
- The Educational Landscape – what’s new for Autumn 2025
- What’s New in your MIS?
- Statutory Returns 2025-26
- Top 5 tips
- Did you know? Assessment in your MIS
- Scomis Support
- Q & A – pre-submitted questions (please submit your question when booking your place).
Free to all our schools and Trusts, we hope to inform you of latest developments in the MIS and the educational world.
Scomis/Bromcom Autumn Discovery Session
Today (Thursday 16th October 2025) – 2pm to 3pm
Presenters: Craig Allen and Jane McFall
Scomis/Arbor Autumn Discovery Session
Thursday 23rd October 2025 2pm to 3pm
Presenters: Craig Allen and Jane McFall
Ready for the School Workforce Census?
With the School Workforce Census coming up on Thursday 6th November, and the DfE Deadline date on Friday 21st November, schools need to ensure they have the data they need to be prepared.
To support you, we’ve put together an FAQ which contains all the documentation, information and guidance you need to help you prepare for the census.
ScoBackup
We are pleased to announce the introduction of our new DfE Compliant 3-2-1 backup service ScoBackup.
The DfE 3-2-1 standard is a best practice guideline for data backup, which recommends having three copies of your data, stored on two different types of media, with one copy stored off-site. This approach ensures that your data is secure, resilient, and easily recoverable in the event of any unforeseen circumstances.
For more information click here.
Watch out for more of this in the coming weeks.
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As always, if you have any questions or issues, you can get in touch with our Service Desk at scomis@devon.gov.uk or 01392 385300