Jane Luxton-Mellor
Senior Business Analyst (Engineering)
Articles
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What to consider when migrating over a holiday or a weekend
The article is designed for primary and secondary schools who are onboarding to Arbor and migrating their data over a weekend. Most secondary schools chose to migrate over a holiday so this guide w...
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Glossary of key migration terminology differences between SIMs and Arbor
This article provides a glossary of key terminology and concepts for schools transitioning from SIMS to Arbor, highlighting differences in managing student groups, attendance, behaviour, assessment...
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Glossary of key migration terminology differences between SIMs and Arbor
This article provides a glossary of key terminology and concepts for schools transitioning from SIMS to Arbor, highlighting differences in managing student groups, attendance, behaviour, assessment...
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Guidance on data retention for schools in England for SIMS .bak Migrations
When migrating your school data to Arbor via .bak, we migrate all of the student, staff and guardian data you need to effectively run your school. If there is any additional data you’d like to top-...
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Limitations of the SIMS GroupCall Migrator (Wales Only)
This article outlines key data migration limitations when migrating Welsh Schools from SIMS to Arbor using the GroupCall API. It covers what to expect for future-dated records, student and staff de...
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Bromcom Migration FAQ's
Are documents migrated from Bromcom? No — documents are not currently migrated from Bromcom, as it’s not possible to obtain a DMS copy from the platform. Schools will need to manually transfer a...
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What migrates to Arbor - Bromcom.bak
Last Updated: 18/05/2026This document should be used to understand what data we are able to migrate when performing a Bromcom .bak (backup method) migration to Arbor. This list provides a general o...
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What migrates to Arbor - SIMS GroupCall
This document should be used to understand what data we are able to migrate when performing a SIMS GroupCall migration to Arbor. This list provides a general overview of each data area and is not e...
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Limitations of the SIMS GroupCall Migrator (England Only)
This article outlines key data migration limitations when migrating English Schools from SIMS to Arbor using the GroupCall API. It covers what to expect for future-dated records, student and staff ...
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SIMS GroupCall Migration FAQ's
Do Student NHS numbers on student profiles migrate from SIMS via GroupCall? No. We do not currently migrate student NHS numbers to Arbor from SIMS during a GroupCall migration.