For Primary Schools
We help you get more from your school budget.
Everything a school runs, in one place.
Run the school
School website
A clear, mobile-first site built from what you already have. Staff edit notices and news from a phone.
Purchasing and approvals
One record from request to payment, with the right tender route built in.
Finance and board reporting
Monthly board pack, grant tracking and the FSSU accounts export, with your accountant kept in the loop.
Contracts and policies
Every contract, renewal date and policy review in one register with an owner.
Facilities and maintenance
Photograph a problem, assign it, track it to completion with evidence.
Rooms, equipment and events
Request a room or equipment, get it approved, see it on the calendar.
Feed and move pupils
School meals administration
Weekly orders, allergen records, deliveries and the scheme return, reconciled against the caterer's invoice.
Books and meals scheme binder
The returns, tender records and book stock the schemes ask for, generated on time.
Trips and private transport
Approval, provider documents and passenger lists for school-run trips.
Talk to families and take payments
Parent notifications
App, SMS, email and WhatsApp behind one opt-in, with the school owning the record.
Payments that reconcile themselves
Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Revolut Pay for fees, trips and meals, each landing on the right ledger code.
Look after people
Wellbeing promotion workspace
The School Self-Evaluation wellbeing cycle, plan and evidence in one place, with vetted programmes to choose from.
Staff wellbeing courses
Short online CPD modules and term programmes for school staff.
SEN caseload and review evidence
Student Support Plans and NCSE review packs with the evidence assembled for you.
Keep the technology working
Managed school IT
Devices, identities, patching and backups with a named response time.
Before & after
Achill Sound National School
Scoil Mhuire gan Smál · Achill Island, Co. Mayo


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