Bromcom Computers plc is a British technology company. It provides schools and colleges with a Management Information System and handheld data capture devices to record and track pupil performance.
Bromcom was founded in 1986 by computer scientist Ali Guryel as a private company serving business-to-business alongside sister company Frontline Technology Ltd.[4]
Bromcom's first product in the early 1990s was the EARS (Electronic Attendance Registration System), a software package designed to replace paper registers. It was shown on the BBC's Tomorrow's World in January 1994. In June 2000, Bromcom launched a 'Parent Portal', MyChildAtSchool.com,[5] to enable pupil's parents to access information about their child's academic performance via the internet.[6] A new MIS was completed in 2008 after initial works in 2004. This was replaced with a web based solution in 2011.[5]
In 1999, consultancy firm Capita did not cooperate with Bromcom's request for improved interoperability with their SIMS system: Bromcom complained to the now defunct Office of Fair Trading (OfT), who sided Bromcom in that Capita was required to offer interoperability.[7] Later in 2020, it was involved in legal disputes with United Learning over claims of a breach of contract.[3]
^ ab"United Learning embroiled in £2m legal row over move to cloud". Schools Week. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
^. www.frontline-technology.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^ ab"Net access to pupils' records". BBC News. 25 June 2000. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
^Judith Judd (14 June 2000). "Parents get Net access to pupils' classwork". The Independent. Retrieved 17 September 2009.[dead link]
^"Capita denies overcharging by £75 million". Reuters. 6 December 2009.
^Gill Hitchcock (28 March 2012). "Department for Education signs £575m schools ICT deal". Government Computing.
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