How it works

One scan at the gate. Everything else follows.

A student scans their ID. They are marked Arrived and their parent is told. Nobody types a thing.

The head teacher's live gate screen: 425 of 460 arrived, newest first
What it asks of your school

Set it up once. After that, your school just opens the gate.

Once, at the start

About an hour of work

Choose Kindergarten, Primary or Secondary. Your classes appear on their own.

Upload the student list you already keep in a spreadsheet.

Add your staff and say what each one does.

Print the ID cards. We create them for you, automatically and free.

Every day after that

One person with a phone

Your gatekeeper opens the app at the gate and scans students in and out.

Parents are told, and the register fills in, on its own.

Nobody types an attendance list or sends a parent a message.

A school day

From the gate opening to the last student home.

6:45am

The gate opens. The gatekeeper signs in on the phone at the gate.

7:38am

A student arrives. One scan. They are marked Arrived and their parent is told.

8:05am

Someone is late. They are marked late, not on time, and their parent is told.

9:00am

Who did not come. Parents of students who have not arrived are told. The head sees how many.

9:20am

Approvals. The head approves visits and staff leave from their phone, in one tap.

11:00am

A visitor arrives. They booked ahead. They are scanned in with their pass, and the person they came to see is told.

2:00pm

A trip sets off. Students are counted onto the bus, and parents follow every stop.

4:30pm

Home time. Students are scanned out and their parents are told.

Evening

Anyone still at school? The head sees every student who did not scan out. Boarders are counted at night roll-call.

Any time

An emergency. One tap starts a roll-call of everyone on school grounds.

At the gate

The things that usually hold up a gate, don’t.

No ID today

Found by name and let in. Their parent is still told.

Running late

Marked late, not on time. Their parent is told.

Should not be here

A cancelled ID or a banned visitor is refused at the gate.

No network

Scanning carries on. Every scan keeps its real time and is sent when the network is back.

Who sees what

Everyone sees their own job, and nothing else.

A teacher cannot open another class. A parent sees their own children and nobody else’s.

Gatekeeper

The scanner, and a way to find a student who has no ID.

Teacher

Their own class: who arrived and who is absent. And their timetable.

Head teacher

The whole school live on one screen, and the approvals waiting for them.

Front office

Who is expected today, visitors on school grounds, deliveries and visit requests.

Boarding staff

Sign-outs, night roll-call and nights away.

Parent

Their own children only. News from the school comes one way: parents cannot reply.

Put a phone on your gate and see it work.

Your first term is free. See how it works day to day, and hear what parents say about it, before you decide.