Schools software for New Zealand K-12

SmartAttend

Teacher-friendly attendance capture that works on whatever device is already in the classroom, with late arrivals, part-day absences and reasons recorded in the same screen as the roll.

Automated absence follow-up: caregivers are contacted about unexplained absences without the office making twenty calls before morning tea, and their replies are stored against the student record.

Attendance analysis that shows patterns early — the student sliding from occasional to chronic absence — plus truancy reporting prepared in the format Ministry requirements expect.

Leadership dashboards by class, year level and cohort, so senior staff can see where intervention is needed instead of waiting for the end-of-term report.

AI Front Desk for schools

A 24/7 voice receptionist that handles absence notifications, answers the questions parents ask constantly — term dates, uniform, bus times, who to speak to — and takes messages when the office is already on the phone.

It writes back a text or email confirmation so parents know their message landed, and it passes anything sensitive or urgent straight to a person.

The result is a school office that is not buried in calls at 8:30am, and a record of every caller instead of a pile of sticky notes.

Security and access

Student data sits behind row-level access controls so teachers see their own classes and administrators see what their role requires. Access to sensitive records is logged.

Schools are onboarded one at a time with data imported from your existing system, and training kept short enough that teachers actually use it.

Common questions

How long does roll marking take? Seconds. Teachers mark the roll on a phone, tablet or laptop in a single screen, and the office sees the result immediately rather than chasing paper at morning tea.

How do parents get contacted about absences? Unexplained absences trigger automatic messages to caregivers, and their replies are recorded against the student, so the office has one clear record instead of scattered notes.

Where is school data stored? In a secured database with row-level access controls, so staff only see the students and classes they are entitled to see. Access to sensitive records is logged.