Help and guides

How to run GatePass, step by step.

Guides for every role, and the fixes for the problems schools actually report. No account needed — send anyone here.

Common questions

Start here

What GatePass is, what it costs, who can see what, and what happens to your data.

Accounts and signing in

Everyone

Signing up, passwords, and holding more than one account or school on one phone.

Setting up your school

Admins

From an empty account to a working gate, in the order that actually works.

At the gate

Gatekeepers

The scanner, the four answers, and what to do when something does not work.

Registers and attendance

Teachers and heads

Where attendance comes from, how to correct it, and why it cannot be edited.

Visitors and deliveries

Front office

Who is expected today, who is on school grounds now, and how a visit gets approved.

Boarding and trips

Boarding staff and trip leads

Signing boarders out, night roll-call, and accounting for a bus.

Safety, notices and reports

Heads and admins

The roll-call, reaching parents, and getting your numbers out.

Fees

Bursars

Balances, payments, and reminders that go only to the families who owe.

For parents

Parents and guardians

Getting the app, adding your children, and what you will and will not see.

Visiting a school

Visitors

Requesting a visit, confirming your number, and using your pass.

When something is wrong

Everyone

The problems schools actually report, and what to do about each.

Did not find it? Ask us here.

No account needed. Tell us what happened and what you expected — we answer Monday to Friday, 8am–5pm.