Pupil collection for schools

Going home takes two ticks.

Ticked Off replaces the walkie-talkies, paper lists and corridor shouting at the end of the day. The room confirms the child, reception checks the code, and every handover is on record.

Book a demo See how it works

Runs in the browser on any phone or tablet. Nothing for parents or staff to install.

The end-of-day problem

The busiest ten minutes of the day run on trust and memory.

Most schools know exactly where every child is at 3pm. By 5.30pm, after clubs, prep and late pick ups, that picture often lives in a teacher's head.

Who asked for them?

A child is sent down because someone at reception said a name. Nobody can prove who it was.

Did they actually leave?

A tick on a paper list is the only record, and the list goes in the recycling.

What about the late ones?

When prep ends, the last few children move between staff with no formal handover at all.

How it works

Pick a service. See it run.

Every Ticked Off service uses the same idea: no child moves on a guess. Choose one to see how it works, step by step.

After-school prep, clubs and activities. Four steps, two of them are ticks.

1
Teacher

Take the register

The teacher ticks each child into prep, club or activity on screen, so the school knows exactly who is in the room.

Room 8 · 14 of 14 present · confirmed 16:02
2
Parent

Ask for your child

At reception, the parent types their child's name and the family password on their own phone. No app to install.

Grace H. · family password accepted
✓
Tick one · the room

The room confirms

The teacher's screen pings. They check the child is ready and release them, and the parent receives a three-letter code for today only.

Code for Grace today
KMR
✓
Tick two · reception

The code must match

Reception sees the child arrive and the code on the parent's phone. Only when the two match does the child go home.

KMR matched · Grace H. collected 17:04
Your words, not ours

Whatever you call prep.

Every school has its own name for the end of the day. Ticked Off uses yours on every screen parents and staff see, so nobody has to learn new words.

PrepAfter school clubHomework timeLate staySupervised studyDetentionActivitiesYour name here
Trusted adults

Grandma's picking up today.

Parents add the people they trust to collect, and say exactly when. The school sees it on the day's list, so nobody is left phoning round.

  • Grandparents, family and friendsEach with a name, relationship and mobile number.
  • Just for one day"Grandma collects on Friday." It shows on that day only.
  • Every week"Sarah's mum takes them to swimming every Wednesday until Easter."
  • Party pick-upsOne parent collecting four friends? Each child's own parent approves it in their account.
Post prep pick up

Running late stays just as safe.

When the room closes, the children still waiting are handed over formally, not just walked down the corridor.

Close the room

The teacher closes prep and chooses where the remaining children are going: reception, the front gate or the car pick-up point.

Sign them over

All waiting children are signed over to the late duty device in one step, with a name and time against the handover.

One final check

Late parents are checked by code, or on sight by the member of staff on duty, and that choice is recorded too.

Every step on record

If anyone ever asks, you have the answer.

Every request, release, code match and handover is time-stamped with the member of staff involved. Your safeguarding lead can look back at any afternoon in seconds.

Register confirmed · Room 8 · 14 present
Grace H. requested by father at reception
Released by room · code issued
Code KMR matched · collected
Prep closed · 3 signed over to late duty
Arjun P. collected · on sight by late duty
Safeguarding

Designed to sit inside your safeguarding policy.

Ticked Off follows the way schools already manage collection under KCSIE and the EYFS framework, and gives your DSL a record to prove it.

A model policy, ready to adapt

Every school gets a "Collection of Pupils" section to drop into its safeguarding and child protection policy: authorised adults, the two-tick check, late and non-collection, and what to do if the system is down.

Your data, your rules

Your school is the data controller and we act as your processor under a written data processing agreement. Records are kept for as long as your policy says, and no more.

Suppliers who know the rules

We never have unsupervised contact with pupils. Any visit for training or set-up follows your visitor procedure.

Why schools choose it

Built with a working prep school, for the way schools actually run.

Nothing to install

Parents, teachers and reception use the phones and tablets they already have, in the browser.

No photos of children

Identity is proved with a family password and a daily code, not by taking pictures of pupils.

Data kept in the UK

Records are stored in a London data centre and handled in line with UK GDPR.

Parents choose their alerts

Parents can set alerts for the afternoon, so nobody is left waiting at reception.

Works for every setting

Prep, clubs, activities and late stay all use the same two-tick flow.

Quick to learn

If a teacher can take a register on a phone, they can run Ticked Off on day one.

Beyond the school gate

The same system, wherever children go.

Coming soonMinibus runs

Morning runs into school and the evening return journey, with each child ticked on and off the bus and parents told when they have arrived.

Coming soonAway fixtures

Know who travelled, who came back on the coach and who went home with a parent from the away ground.

Book a demo

See Ticked Off running in 20 minutes.

We will walk you through a real afternoon, from register to the last late pick up, using three phones on the table.

  • A live walkthrough for your head, business manager or DSL
  • How it would fit your prep, clubs and late stay
  • No obligation, and no sales follow-up you didn't ask for