What iSAMS does

iSAMS is a privately held UK software company headquartered in Northampton that has operated since 2007, providing a web-based management information system (MIS) for educational institutions. The platform is described as a multi-platform education administration solution, implying web plus additional device delivery (mobile/tablet) for school administrators, teachers, students, and parents. Functionally, it sits in the school administration software category that handles admissions, timetabling, attendance, reporting, and related back-office workflows for schools.

The company was co-founded by Alastair Price (currently managing director) and Greg Pakes (technical director), both of whom remain in active leadership, providing founder-led continuity. iSAMS is for-profit, privately held, and employs between 101 and 250 people, placing it in the SME scale band typical of established UK education SaaS vendors. No funding rounds, M&A activity, partnerships, certifications, or product launch history are disclosed in the available data, and no AI/ML capabilities are mentioned in the product description.

The business model is consistent with a per-school SaaS subscription model common to the MIS category, though no pricing, contract structure, or customer count is publicly disclosed. The company has not made public revenue, ARR, or customer data available through the reviewed sources, and the website content was not substantively retrievable, limiting direct verification of product modules and customer references.

Name

iSAMS

Website

https://isams.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

iSAMS is a UK-based, privately held software company founded in 2007 that provides a web-based, multi-platform management information system for schools, serving educational institutions with administration, reporting, and operational workflows from its Northampton headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Administration Software (School MIS)

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Education ERP (Student Information, Finance, HR) (HDAEAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

School ERP: Finance, Procurement & Budgeting (EDAFAEAC), Attendance, Scheduling, Timetabling & Calendar Management (EDAFAEAF), Gradebook, Transcripts, Credits & Academic Records Management (EDAFAEAG), Billing, Tuition, Fees & Payments (including Cafeteria/Meal Accounts) (EDAFAEAN), HR, Payroll, Time & Attendance for Education (EDAFAEAD)

Keywords

• School management software
• Student information system
• Education administration platform
• School MIS
• Education management technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Northampton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

iSAMS provides a web-based Management Information System (MIS) for schools, delivering multi-platform education administration solutions to educational institutions. The system centralizes school management and administrative data and is offered as an online platform that schools can use to run day-to-day education administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• iSAMS School Management Information System (MIS) iSAMS is a web-based Management Information System designed for educational institutions, offering multi-platform education administration solutions to schools. It centralizes the management of school administrative and student information through an online platform usable across multiple devices, and is aimed at school staff and administrators handling day-to-day education operations.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• SchoolBase: SchoolBase is a UK-based MIS for independent schools, offering student records, scheduling, and reporting modules. It competes with iSAMS in the same UK independent school niche with broadly equivalent product scope and delivery model.
• Engage (Education): Engage offers school MIS and parent communication tools to UK schools and MATs. It overlaps with iSAMS in attendance, reporting, and parent engagement functionality for the UK K–12 market.
• ScholarPack: ScholarPack is a UK cloud MIS provider focused primarily on primary schools. It competes with iSAMS in the UK school administration software segment with a comparable cloud-delivered, multi-module approach.
• Bromcom: Bromcom is a UK-based cloud school MIS competing head-to-head with iSAMS in the K–12 segment. Both vendors target similar customer profiles (UK schools and MATs) with comparable cloud-delivered, modular SIS functionality, making Bromcom a closely matched direct peer.
• Veracross: Veracross is a US-based SIS purpose-built for independent and international schools. It directly competes with iSAMS for premium international school customers, with similar full-suite positioning across admissions, academics, and development.
• SIMS (Capita): SIMS is the UK's dominant school management information system, serving state and independent schools across multiple modules. iSAMS is a direct competitor, particularly in the UK independent and international school segments, with overlapping product scope across attendance, assessment, and reporting.
• ManageBac: ManageBac is an international-school-focused MIS commonly used by IB and British-curriculum schools — a segment that iSAMS also serves. Both vendors compete for the same fee-paying international school customer base with overlapping curriculum, assessment, and reporting capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• FACTS (FACTS/RenWeb): FACTS is a long-established K–12 school administration platform in North America serving faith-based and private schools. As a broad incumbent with overlapping SIS, billing, and admissions functionality, it represents a comparable competitor for iSAMS's international school target market.
• Infinite Campus: Infinite Campus is a major North American K–12 SIS vendor serving large school districts. While primarily US-focused, it is a broad incumbent in the school MIS space whose product depth and pricing scale set the competitive ceiling for iSAMS as it pursues larger international deployments.
• PowerSchool: PowerSchool is the largest K–12 SIS vendor in North America and a global broad incumbent. While not UK-native, it competes with iSAMS for international and fee-paying schools and represents the strategic benchmark and consolidation threat in the category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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