Veracross

Admissions from first inquiry to enrollment

Veracross is a student information system for private and independent schools, from kindergarten through the final years of secondary school. Its admissions tools are described as covering the whole path from a first inquiry to enrollment, so that a person's record carries on from application into the school's ordinary student records. The company says the admissions experience can be made to reflect each school's own identity, and the same single record is then used by every team that follows the pupil.

Academics, student life and health records

At its core the product is a student information system for academic management and student life, meant to be the record that every other department reads from. Health information about students is tracked online, a feature the vendor says supports physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, with records kept in one place. Because each department works from one database, a change made in one area, such as an address or a guardian's details, is intended to appear everywhere else without being typed in again.

Fundraising, billing and school accounting

For development offices, Veracross offers data-driven tools and communication features meant to help a school raise more money. The business office has accounting software designed for schools, which the company says can be run without manual reconciliation. Families and staff can pay bills and fees through the system, and the vendor describes billing and payment as simplified for both parents and administrative staff.

Portals, website and mobile access

Every member of a school community, including staff, students and parents, is offered a portal with the information relevant to them. A school website and a mobile experience are part of the same offering, and the product is delivered entirely through the web, so there is nothing to install. The company cites more than 150 third-party integrations on its product pages and more than 200 integration partners on its website, so a school can keep the tools it already runs alongside the core record.

Who uses it

Veracross is aimed at private and independent schools teaching children from about five to eighteen years old. The company says schools in several countries use it, and it describes the platform as one system that connects administrators, teachers, students and parents without separate tools for each group.