What it costs

Explore the core school software package, free setup resources and Harness for AI creation. Talk to us for a US-dollar quote for your school and the tools you need.

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Free

Setting up your school

Nothing to pay, no card, no time limit.

  • Your account and your school profile
  • The free preschool curriculum library; a few premium curricula are priced separately
  • Composing your programme
  • Teacher training in Ask
  • The licensing pathway tool for where you live
  • Your local report
  • Every guide we publish
  • Guidance on the Candidate School pathway
  • Help from us while you set up

This stays free. It is not a trial and it does not expire.

Start your school

Paid

Running your school

A fee for each enrolled child, each month. Confirmed when you apply.

  • Everything in Free, and then
  • Beacon for your records, attendance, fees and books
  • Enrol for filling your places
  • Training for every new teacher you take on
  • The accreditation track, from Candidate School onward
  • Parent access for every family at your school
  • Kit, a guide to school documents and routines

You start paying the month a child is enrolled. If you have four children you pay for four children.

Start your school

Create with Harness

Create curricula, lesson plans, classroom materials, images and school documents. Harness is separately priced alongside your core school software. Ask for a US-dollar quote based on your team’s work and AI usage.

Explore Harness →

Practical resources for your school

Kit helps you organise school documents and routines, from opening preparations to weekly plans and family updates.

Explore Kit →

Why is it free

We want you to have time to choose a curriculum, prepare your team and plan your school. Shared resources and software let us offer that preparation without an upfront setup charge. Operating fees begin when children are enrolled.

When exactly do I start paying

When a child is enrolled in your school. Not when you sign up, not when you finish setting up, not when you open your doors. When a parent enrols a child and starts paying you, we start counting.

Do I pay to sign up

No.

Do I pay while I am setting up

No.

When does the first payment happen

When a child is enrolled.

What if I only have four children

Then you pay for four children.

What if my school does not open

You will have paid nothing.

What if I cannot pay yet

Talk to us.

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