10 signs your school's software is costing you

Every new starter means entering the same details in the MIS, payments, trips and the parent app.

One for payments, one for forms, one for newsletters. Each one is another password reset and another email to the office.

Someone collects the forms, chases the missing ones and types them up.

Fees, lunches or trip money get checked against a list, not matched automatically.

Nobody can see at a glance who's enquired, visited or been offered a place.

Governor packs and inspection prep mean exporting from several systems and stitching it together.

If they're off sick or leave, part of the school stops.

Key information sits in folders, emails or a separate spreadsheet.

Shared spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups exist because the official system doesn't do the job.

It didn't fit how the school actually works, so staff went back to the old way.