The competition watchdog has been called on to intervene again as the turf war between England’s largest school management information system (MIS) providers takes another twist.
Schools Week understands complaints have been lodged with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after ESS SIMS announced its customers would be breaching their contracts if they sent copies of their databases to third parties.
But concerned headteachers and the MIS company’s leading rivals have argued that the practice has been commonly used to transfer information during provider switches.
Lawyers from Stone King – which has previously taken action against ESS – said they “have been approached by a number of very concerned clients in relation to this issue”.
