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Discover top time-saving hacks for busy school administrators

Get organised ahead of the new school term with these time-saving ideas. A day in the life of a school administrator is always going to be busy. As the first point of call for..

How technology is supporting schools during the pandemic

From global school closures in 2020 to the delivery of hybrid learning models currently in place, the pandemic has dramatically impacted education systems across the world...

Why it’s time to commit to just one School Management System

Everybody has an opinion about technology, and teachers are no exception. Here are three typical schools of thought: It’s awesome, and I couldn’t live without it! It’s a necessary..

What bugs you about your School Management System?

According to Leanne Gomes, “census - is the worst.” This is the task that takes up most of Leanne’s time, “It has to be completed three times a year [October, January and May] and..

LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) Compliance

We are extremely proud and delighted to announce that MySchool is now fully compliant with the widely recognized LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) standard. This standard was..

The GDPR and school suppliers

As a controller, your school is responsible for the security and processing of all personal data you collect. This responsibility extends to the data you share with any third..

MySchool update version 1.5

We're excited to launch an overhauled timetable configuration tool with version 1.5 of MySchool.

GDPR - The Data Protection Officer

The appointment of a data protection officer is one of the more daunting requirements of the GDPR. The concept of the DPO has been around for a long time and a number of countries..

GDPR Awareness. What you should do right now.

The thing about the GDPR is that it's not going away and it's not going to pass by silently on May 25th 2018. It's designed to make everyone sit up and take notice. The truth is,..

School Management Software to help bring your school community closer

Why use MySchool school management software to run your school? Let's take a look from a few different stakeholder perspectives and show you how MySchool can be the glue that..

Unpacking Personal Data under the GDPR

The GDPR defines personal data as: "... any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject'); an identifiable natural person is one who can be..

Consent in the GDPR

Consent is not a new concept and has been a core part of data protection & privacy laws for decades. However the GDPR raises the bar considerably on 'conditions for processing'..