Everything your school needs.
Nothing it doesn't.
Lumio Schools replaces your MIS middleware, staff management tools, and morning admin — with one AI-powered platform built for UK schools.
AI & Voice
Morning Briefing
Every morning, Lumio reads your school day aloud. Attendance alerts, safeguarding flags, staff absences, today's schedule — delivered by voice before you've had your first coffee.
Voice Commands
Say "Hi Lumio" to get started. Cancel meetings, log concerns, check attendance, send staff alerts — all hands-free.
AI Morning Summary
A daily written briefing with the 5 things you need to know right now — pulled from live school data.
Smart Opening & Closing Lines
Start and end every briefing on a positive note. 60 rotating messages to keep your team motivated.
School Management
Attendance Tracking
Real-time attendance across all year groups. Persistent absence alerts. Automated parent notifications. Year group comparisons at a glance.
Safeguarding & DSL
Log concerns, track DSL reviews, manage referrals. Every record timestamped and audit-ready. Red alerts surface immediately on your dashboard.
SEND & EHCP
Full SEND register. EHCP review scheduling. Provision mapping. Deadline alerts. Built around the SEND Code of Practice.
Classes & Timetabling
Full weekly timetable grid. Teacher, room and class views. Clash detection. Cover lesson booking. AI timetable builder.
Behaviour Log
Incident logging with full detail. Parent notification. Exclusion tracking. Ofsted-ready behaviour data.
Staff & HR
Staff Management
Headcount, absence tracking, DBS expiry alerts, CPD completion, contract management — all in one place.
Staff Absence
Log absences instantly. Cover arrangements triggered automatically. Return to work workflows built in.
Team Overview
See who's in today, who's on cover, who's absent — at a glance every morning.
Book Contractor
Need a plumber, electrician or IT contractor? Lumio finds available, accredited contractors and handles the booking.
School Operations
School Office
Admissions, parent contact logs, trip management, room bookings — the daily flow of school life, organised.
Finance
Budget tracking, cost per pupil, Pupil Premium spend, invoice management. No more spreadsheets.
Facilities
Maintenance requests, room bookings, compliance checks — all logged and tracked.
Pre & After School
Breakfast and after school club registers, payment tracking, staff ratios, incident logging.
Ofsted Readiness
Ofsted Inspection Mode
The UK's only AI-powered Ofsted preparation tool. Activate inspection mode and Lumio surfaces every piece of evidence inspectors will ask for — attendance data, safeguarding records, curriculum intent, SEND provision — instantly. Readiness score, talking points generator, live observation log.
Evidence Pack
One-click generation of attendance reports, safeguarding summaries, curriculum overviews, SEND reports and behaviour logs — all formatted for inspection.
Readiness Score
Know your inspection readiness before the call comes. Real-time scoring across all 5 Ofsted judgement areas.
Multi-Academy Trust
MAT Dashboard
See all your schools in one place. Attendance, safeguarding, staff, finance and Ofsted readiness — compared side by side across your entire trust.
Cross-Trust Analytics
Attendance trends, behaviour comparisons, outcome data and staffing levels — trust-wide, in real time.
Trust Reporting
Generate cross-trust reports for governors and trustees in seconds. No more chasing data from individual schools.
Parent Portal
Parent Dashboard
Parents see their child's attendance, timetable, progress reports and school messages — all in one place.
Absence Reporting
Parents report absences directly through the portal — no more phone calls, no more admin.
Consent & Payments
Trip permission slips, consent forms and ParentPay integration — all in the parent portal.
Two-Way Messaging
Direct, auditable messaging between parents and school staff.
SSO & Data
Google Workspace SSO
Sign in with Google — no new passwords for staff.
Microsoft 365 SSO
Sign in with Microsoft — works with every school's existing setup.
MIS Sync
Syncs with Arbor, SIMS and Bromcom — your existing data, no re-entry.
UK Data Sovereignty
All data stored in AWS eu-west-1 (London). GDPR compliant. DPA ready.
How Lumio Compares
See how we stack up against the UK's most used school platforms.
| Feature | Lumio | Arbor | SIMS | Bromcom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Voice Briefing | ||||
| Voice Commands | ||||
| Ofsted Inspection Mode | ||||
| SEND & EHCP Management | ||||
| Safeguarding & DSL | ||||
| Attendance Tracking | ||||
| Timetabling | ✱ | |||
| Parent Portal | ||||
| MAT Dashboard | ||||
| Staff HR Management | ||||
| Finance Management | ||||
| MIS Sync | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| UK Data Sovereignty | ||||
| Flat pricing (not per user) | ||||
| 14-day free trial |
✱ Arbor timetabling requires TimeTabler add-on (third party)
Simple, transparent pricing.
No per-user fees. All features included. 14-day free trial.
Built for UK schools
“Finally, a platform that actually understands how schools work. The Ofsted mode alone is worth it.”
Deputy Head
Oakridge Primary
“The morning voice briefing has transformed how our leadership team starts the day. We haven't missed an alert since.”
Headteacher
St Mary's CE
“We moved from SIMS six months ago. The safeguarding tracking is streets ahead of anything we've used before.”
DSL
Crestview Academy
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