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The platform that keeps your school moving
One connected platform for admin, wellbeing, finance and engagement.
Sentral is built on a strong, central platform that makes everyday tasks easier. Everyone gets a personalised view showing exactly what they need for their specific role, while all your school's data stays connected in one place. Then, as your needs change, our powerful API lets you easily plug in new tools and grow your system without missing a beat.
Sentral for administration and finance
School and administration management
Manage the operational side of your school with connected tools that bring student data and activities together in one place.
Student profiles
View all student information from a student-centric or cohort perspective using data consolidated from across your school.
Demographics*
Manage the full enrolment journey from initial enquiry to successful enrolment, communication, documentation, demographic reporting, planning and forecasting.
*Independent schools only
Health & medical
Record and manage detailed medical information, including emergency care plans, medication schedules and sick bay visits – with clear visibility and notifications for relevant staff.
Excursions, co-curricular & extra-curricular activities
Enable the entire activity planning process from student selection to permissions, payments and attendance. Then automate management workflows to reduce paperwork and improve oversight.
Student data management
Capture and share student progress through built-in and customisable reporting templates that ensure staff have access to relevant data.
Transport management
Manage pick-up/drop-off details, assign students to bus routes, and view transport arrangements in one place. Easily update schedules and instantly notify parents if a bus is on time or running late.
Class creation
Use Class Creator to build balanced class groups from student data surveys, helping ensure academic, behavioural and support needs are evenly distributed.
Business and finance management
Manage payments and financial processes in one connected system.
Process and accept online payments
Enable secure online payments while reducing manual admin and improving visibility across school finances.
Best-in-class financial integrations
Integrate industry-standard accounting and finance partners, like Xero and Microsoft Dynamics, with a workflow designed for school environments.
Fees, contributions and discounts
Configure fee structures, apply discounts and tailor billing to reflect your school’s policies with clear visibility for staff and families.
Financial reporting
Turn financial data into actionable insights with up-to-date reporting across revenue, balances and overall financial performance.
“Despite enrolment growth, we haven’t needed to add admin staff. Sentral allows us to manage everything smoothly with the core team. That’s a real saving we can channel into teaching and learning”
Mary
St Maroun’s, Dulwich Hill, NSW
“It's been lovely to have a place where we can just put in information [This is what's on today]... setting that up in the dashboard in Sentral is wonderful.”
Paul Ryan
Chrysalis Steiner School
“Now having StudentPayPlus, it's great. We can see our previous orders, what size shirts we bought for our children, and know exactly what we need to do next.”
Claudine
Sydney North Shore Primary School
Sentral for educators and the school community
Education and wellbeing management
Keep learning, wellbeing and classroom operations at the forefront.
Attendance
Automatically assign roll call classes to staff, making attendance more accurate and easier to manage.
Wellbeing
Record and track student wellbeing with greater structure, offering a more complete view of each student for visibility and intervention.
Academic reports
Streamline year-round assessments with fully customisable academic reports. Easily combine grades, attendance and teacher commentary into clear digital reports that are instantly shareable with students and families.
Teacher app
Take essential tasks out of the classroom. Give teachers the freedom to mark rolls in the playground or on the go, including activity and co-curricular attendance such as sport, log wellbeing incidents, and complete evacuation roll calls straight from their phone.
Parent and community engagement
Keep families informed and engaged in their child’s learning and wellbeing with comprehensive access to the information they need.
Sentral for parents portal and app
Give parents a single app to manage school life for all their children, even across multiple schools. They can handle absences, view wellbeing info, provide permissions, and make payments from any device.
Student portal
Provide students with access to timetables, attendance, notices and learning tasks, along with tools to upload work, reflect on progress, message teachers and make sport selections.
Canteen, uniform and store
Enable hassle-free, self-service online ordering and payments for canteen, uniforms and other school services from one app.
Self-service kiosk
Complete student or parent-initiated sign-ins for early departures, late arrivals, and extra-curriculars, plus track external visitors and contractors – all with customisable permission controls.
The Sentral difference
Beyond software, we provide the proven foundation, world-class security and dedicated local support your school needs.
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Trusted across Australia for over 25 years
With decades of local experience, we know what it takes to future-proof a school. That’s why Sentral is the platform of choice for over 2,000 public, independent, specialised and multi-campus institutions.
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The support you need, when you need it
Get personalised help from our local Australian call centre and training consultants, or access instant, self-serve guidance through our AI chatbot and dedicated YouTube training channels.
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Uncompromising data security
Backed by encrypted cloud storage and a cloud-native infrastructure, Sentral is proudly ISO 27001 certified. We deliver enterprise-grade security and compliance that exceeds government standards.