Navigate your school day with Compass.

Every day, thousands of schools find their way using Compass, Australia’s most used all-in-one school management software.

Used every day by millions of people across Australia, Ireland and the UK

40+ feature rich modules. Customised to your school.

Compass offers a smart platform to manage all your school’s day-to-day tasks in one place. With Compass you can streamline admin processes and automate workflows by connecting over 40 time-saving tools to create a customised solution for your school.

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Why choose Compass?

Putting back into the platform.

We spend tens of millions a year on development enhancements to our software platform, with new functionality released every month to keep your school ahead of the curve.

Software at scale.

Compass powers over 3,000 schools across Australia including 800 non-government schools. Independent, catholic or government, we have the expertise to build a fit-for-purpose solution for your school however complex.

A loyal community.

Our local, dedicated service and support drives our client retention rate of 99%. Our collaborative approach to configuration, onboarding and training ensures you are fully supported every step of the way.

Schools of every shape and size.

Mainstream, vocational and specialist schools. Multi-campus, city, regional and remote schools. Schools of 20 users to schools of 6,500 users. Our diverse experience means we are the perfect partner for your school.

A module for every need.

Explore our Leadership & School Administration Modules

Manage the day-to-day from a single source of truth.

Pulse

Data visualisation and insights to keep track of the metrics that matter at your school.

Online Orders (Canteen) ​

Build the canteen of the future with integrated online ordering and payment processes for parents and carers.​

Attendance​

An intuitive digital roll marking and centralised attendance management system.

People Management

An interface or alternative for your existing SIS, People Management forms the basis of your data in Compass.

Billing Management

Manage school contributions and consent from parents and carers.

Issue Tracker

Report and track school issues, faults or damage to ensure they are resolved in a timely manner.

Meetings

Compass Meetings allows you to keep track of staff meetings throughout the school. Delegating actions and agenda items have never been easier!

Events

Create school excursions and receive payments and consent from parents through the app or portal.

Room Swap

Manage room allocation and changes from a centralised location within your class page.

Resource Bookings

Manage access to school resources such as laptops, ensuring nothing is ever double booked.

Time Card

Manage staff arrivals and departures through your school Kiosk.

Calendar

Track and manage in bulk all current class sessions and rolls.

Schedule Builder

A simple but powerful school timetabling module for schools of all sizes.

Explore our Wellbeing Modules

Monitor and act on the wellbeing of your students.

Chronicle

Improve student wellbeing by effectively monitoring student behaviour.

Chronicle Sickbay

Record and monitor student health incidents (e.g. illness or injury) and treatments at school.

Chronicle Meetings

Create meetings in Chronicle with students, automatically generating attendance data for the students attending the meeting.

Custom Flags

Assign coloured indicators to student records, highlighting vital information.

Digest

Stay up-to-date with selected students’ wellbeing from your Compass homepage.

Explore our School Community Modules

Connect and engage with parents and guardians.

News Feed

Efficient communication with your school community with a centralised space for announcements.

Mobile App

All the functionality of the Compass Portal no matter where you are, for both Android and iPhones.

Parent Portal

Allow parents and carers to stay in the loop with school news, enter absence details and make payments.

SMS Communication

Effectively communicate with staff, parents and carers, and students via bulk SMS, email and push notifications.

Parent Teacher Conferences

Set up online bookings for parent-teacher conferences.

Professional Development

Organise and manage staff development and training, ensuring all staff are able to access PD opportunities.

Insights & Surveys

Release surveys, track progress against individual learning plans and allow students to set goals.

Explore our Learning Management​ Modules

Set learning tasks and capture reporting. Engage parents with transparent reporting and closely monitor student progress.

Semester Reports

A fully integrated reporting system to write and publish your end of semester reports through Compass.

Learning Tasks

Centralised management of assessment tasks through Compass, allowing the provision of tasks to students.

Progress Reports

Provide a complete view of student performance over time, ensuring that progress never goes unnoticed.

Not all modules are included in the core package and will incur an additional cost

Interested in seeing more?

Book a 1:1 demo with one of our team today. In your demo, they’ll ask a few questions to understand your needs, then show the Compass modules which will be most valuable to you.

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