The platform that keeps your school moving

One connected platform for admin, wellbeing, finance and engagement.
Sentral School Management System

Built for everyone today. Ready for tomorrow.

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.
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Sentral School Management System

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

Student profiles

View all student information from a student-centric or cohort perspective using data consolidated from across your school.
Demographics

Demographics*

Manage the full enrolment journey from initial enquiry to successful enrolment, communication, documentation, demographic reporting, planning and forecasting.

*Independent schools only
Health and medical

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 and co-curricular activities

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

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

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

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

Process and accept online payments

Enable secure online payments while reducing manual admin and improving visibility across school finances.
Best-in-class financial integrations

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

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

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”
St Maroun’s, Dulwich Hill, NSW
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.”
Chrysalis Steiner School
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.”
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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

Attendance

Automatically assign roll call classes to staff, making attendance more accurate and easier to manage.
Wellbeing

Wellbeing

Record and track student wellbeing with greater structure, offering a more complete view of each student for visibility and intervention.
Academic reports

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

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

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

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

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

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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Outgrown your school management system?

Our practical guide helps you assess whether your current setup is still fit for purpose, and what to look for in a system that can better support your school’s evolving needs.

The right solution for every type of school

Sentral provides the deep configurability needed to support your unique school requirements, seamlessly adapting to the way you operate.

 

 

 

 

 

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Independent schools

Speak with our experts to understand how Sentral can help your school.

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