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Syncing pupils to Pobble via your school MIS

Automatically keep your pupil and group data up to date by connecting Pobble to your school's MIS through Wonde

Pobble can link to your school's MIS (e.g. SIMS, RM, Scholarpack) so that changes — new pupils, leavers, group changes — update automatically on Pobble instead of you managing them by hand. This is handled through our data partner, Wonde.

By default, all pupils and groups in your MIS are synced across. You can narrow this down — see "Controlling what syncs" below.

Before you connect: if you already have manually-added pupils

If you've been managing pupils manually on Pobble and are now switching to MIS sync, tidy up first so the two lists match as closely as possible:

  • Retire any pupils on Pobble who've left the school or are duplicates, using the pupil removal guide.
  • When you connect, Pobble will show you any pupils that exist on Pobble but not in your MIS data — you'll be able to review these and choose to merge or retire each one.
  • Manually-created groups may stick around after sync. To remove one: go to My pupils → Groups, select the group, click Action → Delete group.
    • Note: groups imported directly from your MIS are labelled "MIS" in the groups list and can't be deleted from Pobble — remove them in your MIS first, and the change will sync across.

Setting up the sync

Step 1. If you already have Wonde installed for other school systems, skip to your Wonde portal.

If not, as a Pobble admin:

  1. Click your account icon → School settings → Add pupils
  2. Click Connect with Wonde and complete the form — this tells Wonde you want to connect Pobble.

Step 2. Wonde takes it from there (full detail in their Getting Started guide):

  • Wonde contacts your school to verify you as the contact.
  • You'll get an email from schools@wonde.com inviting you to set up your Wonde Portal account (skip if you already have one).
  • Log in to the Wonde Portal, select Pobble Education Ltd, and review permissions.
  • Choose which pupils to import: Allow all, Everyone but these users, or No one but these users — details in Wonde's access control document.
  • Click Approve (top right) once you're happy with your selection — you'll get an approval receipt by email.
  • Complete a self-install, or book a session with Wonde's integration team.
  • Data syncs to Pobble within 2–4 hours of approval; Wonde will confirm by email.
  • Log in to Pobble and check your pupil dashboard to confirm everything looks right.

Need help inside Wonde? Email support@wonde.com — this raises a ticket with their school-facing team. General Wonde queries: 01638 779 144.

Controlling what syncs

Don't want everything synced? Common cases:

  • Only sync a key stage or specific year groups
  • Exclude a particular child
  • You're an all-through school with pupils aged 4–16 on one MIS

This is managed by your school's Wonde administrator through the Wonde Portal, which filters access on an app-by-app basis. Full steps: Access control PDF.

⚠️ Note: these access settings are not automatically refreshed at the start of each academic year — you'll need to revisit them if your cohort filtering needs to change.

More detail: Wonde's school data management.

Unlinking from your MIS

Want to go back to managing pupils manually? As an admin:

  1. Click your account icon → School settings → Add pupils → Connect with Wonde
  2. On the Import page, the green dot shows you're connected, with the date of the last sync
  3. Click Unlink

What happens next: all your existing data (pupils, groups, parent links) is preserved — you'll just be back to managing pupil details, groups, and parent relations manually from that point on.