The first three columns describe what that kind of system usually does. Yours may do more, and we will happily go through it with you row by row.
| Feature | Paper and ExcelRegisters, receipt books | Local school softwareRecords and report cards | Global platformsBuilt around UK or US schools | SIMS Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupil records, class lists and attendance registers | ||||
| Parent and pupil apps | ||||
| A national curriculum alongside IB, Cambridge or American, each graded its own way | ||||
| Cash, bank and mobile money payments matched to each bill | ||||
| Meals and transport money collected daily, and balanced | ||||
| Report cards and fee balances sent home by SMS | ||||
| A general ledger your auditor can work from |
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Most schools go live in one to two weeks, and a small school can be running in one. We bring your student list, fee structure and opening balances across, usually within 72 hours of receiving your files.
Pupils, guardians and staff from Excel or CSV. Each pupil gets a new ID and keeps the old one on record.
Arrears come across as brought-forward balances, clearly marked.
Classes, fees and assessment configured with you.
Guides and hands-on sessions for the office, teachers and parents.
Encrypted, backed up daily and walled off from every other school.
Row-level security walls every school off from every other. Each school lives at its own address.
AES-256 at rest for the database and files, TLS 1.2 or better in transit, Argon2id for passwords.
Optional authenticator-app MFA, and a 30-minute lockout after five wrong passwords.
Each person signs in as themselves and sees what their role allows.
We target 99.5% uptime, as set out in our terms.
Daily automated backups, encrypted like the rest of your data and kept for 30 days.
See who changed a mark, a receipt or a write-off, when, and why. Write-offs need a second person to approve.
Score changed · End of term · Mathematics · JHS 2A
Kwabena Ofori 62 → 68
“Section B re-marked after moderation”
Mrs A. Mensah · 14/10/2026 09:12
Receipt voided · RCP202600418 · GHS 450.00
“Entered twice at the desk”
Mr K. Asante · 13/10/2026 15:40
Write-off approved · INV202600233 · GHS 120.00
Asked by Mrs E. Owusu, Bursar · 12/10/2026 10:31
Approved by Mr J. Darko, Headteacher · 12/10/2026 11:05 Second person
More answers in the full FAQ, or ask us on a call.
You pay per pupil on your roll, each term, at a rate that depends on your plan and modules. Contact us with your roll and the modules you need, and we send you a written quote. On Professional, boarding, transport, library, stores, IB PYP, IB MYP and IB Diploma are add-ons; Enterprise includes them. The Plans page has the full comparison.
Start with a free 90-day evaluation, with the whole system open on your own school. SMS, email and AI credits are not included during the free trial. No card is needed and nothing is charged automatically. At the end you choose a plan, or leave and take your data with you. If you do nothing, the account stays open read-only for 7 days, then it is paused. We can work out which plan fits your school with you on a call.
We import your pupils, guardians, staff and outstanding balances, note each pupil's old ID beside the new one, and switch with you at a term boundary, or mid-term if you need to.
The work that cannot wait carries on. In the Hodari SIMS Plus app (Professional and Enterprise), teachers can mark the register offline: the app keeps the marks on the phone and sends them when the connection returns. The school shop till keeps selling offline too, and sends each sale once it is back online. Pages you open in a browser need a connection, but they are light enough for a mobile data bundle.
Yes, on the Professional and Enterprise plans. Parents use the Hodari SIMS Plus app on Android and iPhone, or the parent portal in a browser, to see report cards and attendance, pay fees, get absence alerts and message teachers. They sign in with their email address, or with their phone number if the school has no email for them. Your school’s name and logo appear throughout. Families without the app still get report cards, statements and alerts by SMS.
Yes. Each campus keeps its own records and SMS sender, and the group sees reports across all of them.
Half an hour on a call, with the demo set up around your own classes and fees.
