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.
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