Score entry that fits in a pocket.
Teachers mark, enter and submit from the phone they already carry.
Verified attendance · Real-time parent updates · Automated fees
Know the moment
she walks in.
A1School turns every school day into a live conversation between your school and every parent. Attendance proven at the gate by a card tap — not guessed on a paper register.
Setup, teacher training and card issuance included. Live in 30 days.
Main Gate · GateLink 01
07:41:52
No tap by 09:30 becomes a question for the teacher — never an “absent” message to a parent.
A1School · nowTunde tapped in at the Main Gate at 07:42.
< 60 secFrom card tap to a parent’s phone
< 45 secTo mark a full class register
72 hrsThe gate keeps working with no internet
1 actionTo promote an entire level
How it works
One tap starts everything.
A tick in a box records what someone believed. A card tap records what actually happened, at a specific second, at a specific gate.
01 · 07:42:03
She taps in.
Your student touches her TapPass card to the reader at the gate. Her photo appears on screen so your officer can see the card matches the child. Under a second.
02 · 07:42:04
The system works it out.
Present, or late by seven minutes — measured against your school’s own policy, not a generic default. No teacher had to decide anything.
03 · 07:42:41
Her mother knows.
A notification lands before your student reaches her classroom. And if a parent replies, that reply lands back inside your system — not in someone’s personal WhatsApp.
Presence hardware
Attendance shouldn’t be a matter of opinion.
This is the layer that makes everything else in A1School trustworthy. Most “RFID attendance” reads a serial number anyone can clone with a phone. Ours uses cryptographic challenge-and-response — the card proves it holds a key without ever sending it, and a copy simply fails.
TapPass
The card that proves she cameAn encrypted card or wristband, issued in about twenty seconds. It carries an opaque identifier and nothing else. A parent can kill a lost card from their own phone, and it dies everywhere in under a minute.
GateLink
The reader that sees the child, not just the cardAn industrial reader with a screen. Every tap shows the student’s photo and name, because no encryption stops two friends swapping cards — but a human glance does.
CampusHub
The reason your gate survives NEPAMakes access decisions locally, stores 72 hours of taps with no internet, runs on backup power through the morning rush and falls back to 4G. It syncs everything, in order, when the line comes back.
ZoneTag
For the five minutes that matter mostBattery tags and zone gateways showing which building a child was last seen in. Not for surveillance — for the fire drill, and the moment somebody asks “is everyone out?”
The internet is down
The gate carries on. Decisions are local, taps are stored, everything syncs in the right order later.
The power is out
Backup power carries the gateway and reader through the arrival window. Beyond that, your officer admits by name in Ops.
A reader fails
We’re alerted before you are — every device reports its health continuously. Replacement is covered by your plan.
A child forgets their card
Admitted by name and photo in seconds. The parent gets an identical notification.
Get to know A1School.
Terminal report · SS 2 Science A
| Mathematics | 97 | A1 |
| Biology | 93 | A1 |
| Chemistry | 86 | A1 |
| Further Maths | 81 | A1 |
89.1%Average
2ndof 48
Report cards that compute themselves.
Totals, grades, class average and position — derived, never re-typed.
One ledger, six ways to pay.
Transfer, card, USSD, virtual account or bank branch — matched automatically.
Parents told the same day.
Absence, conduct, fees and results — in the app and by SMS.
Admission to enrolment, in one flow.
Apply, screen, offer and enrol without a single paper form.
Fast to open, light on data.
Pages stay small, so checking a result never costs much of a bundle.
The difference
Everyone sends notifications.
We close the loop.
A message a parent can’t reply to isn’t communication — it’s a poster. In A1School every update carries an action, and every action changes something inside your school’s system.
The notificationOne tapWhat happens in your school
“Chidera wasn’t in class today”ExplainThe attendance record resolves. The teacher stops chasing.
“Term 2 fees are due Friday”Pay nowThe invoice closes and reconciles itself. No screenshot.
“Permission needed for the Lekki trip”SignYour trip manifest updates live. You chase only who’s left.
“Maths result published”View & replyThe subject teacher gets the question, in context.
“Emmanuel was collected by Aunty Ngozi at 15:12”AcknowledgeYour dismissal log is complete and signed off.
Everything your school runs on
Eighteen modules. One login.
Replaces the stack your team stitches together today — and keeps the things the big platforms never built.
Every day
Attendance & Presence
Verified at the gate. Confirmed by the teacher. Sent to the parent.
Parent Engagement
Announcements with read receipts, scoped chat, digital consent slips.
Report Cards
Branded, computed, published to parents in a single action.
Homework
Post once. Parents see it. Status tracks itself to graded.
Timetable
Clash-checked schedules that teachers and parents can actually see.
CBT Exams
Question banks, timed tests, auto-marking, scores straight into results.
Money
Fees & Invoicing
One structure, one invoice run, one term’s billing done.
Online Payments
Card, transfer or USSD — with a virtual account per student.
Accounts & Disbursement
Income, expenditure, approvals, and a trail for every naira.
Admissions
From online application to entrance exam to enrolled — no re-typing.
Analytics
The students who need attention this week, ranked before you ask.
Multi-campus
Run a group. Compare campuses. One login across all of them.
Safety
Verified Pickup
Nominate, scan, confirm. Your parent knows who collected, and when.
Visitor Management
Who’s on your campus right now — and who never signed out.
Emergency Muster
A live headcount and a list of the unaccounted, in under five minutes.
Transport
Boarding, drop-off, live trip view — and a child-left-behind alarm.
Boarding & Hostel
Beds, roll call, exeat approvals. Built for schools that never sleep.
Wellbeing & Clinic
Sick bay records, allergy flags, and a parent told within five minutes.
Running more than one campus? A school group manages every branch from one account, rolled up for the group and separate for each school. Moving from A1School Classic? Your data comes with you.
Assessment
Released, not compiled.
Teachers enter scores as they mark. Totals, grades, class averages and positions are derived the moment the last score lands. The last week of term stops being a compilation exercise and becomes a review.
Grace High SchoolTerminal report sheet · 2025/2026 session
| Subject | CA 40 | Exam 60 | Total | Grade |
|---|
—Total score
—Average
—Position of 48
Principal's remark
Published to parent portal & SMS ·
Sample terminal report — switch term to see the session build
The broadsheet, generated.
Every subject, every student, class average and position in one sheet — produced from the scores already entered, not assembled from seven teachers' notebooks.
Broadsheet · SS 2 Science A · Second term
| Student | Eng | Mth | Phy | Chm | Bio | Avg | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bello, F. | 88 | 95 | 90 | 87 | 94 | 90.8 | 1 |
| Okonkwo, A. | 92 | 97 | 88 | 86 | 93 | 89.1 | 2 |
| Adeyemi, T. | 84 | 81 | 79 | 83 | 88 | 83.0 | 3 |
| Musa, H. | 71 | 68 | 74 | 70 | 77 | 72.0 | 4 |
| Eze, C. | 65 | 58 | 61 | 54 | 66 | 60.8 | 5 |
Highlighted student
Class average 71.4
Attendance that reaches home.
Daily registers roll straight onto the report card and send a same-day message home, so a pattern is visible while there is still term left to act on it.
Attendance · SS 2 Science A · Second term
Present 57
Late 2
Absent 2
Guardian notified same day, both absences
Fees
Every naira, to a name.
Bills raised per class and term. Payments matched to a student, a fee head and a channel automatically. The bursar, the proprietor and the parent see the same figure, at the same moment.
The statement a parent understands.
Billed, paid and outstanding, itemised — payable from the phone, with the receipt issued the moment it clears.
Fee statementAdaeze N. Okonkwo · SS 2 · Second term
Tuition₦285,000
Boarding₦140,000
Examination & practicals₦42,500
PTA levy₦15,000
Uniform & books₦17,500
Total billed₦500,000
₦347,500 paid₦152,500 outstanding
Instalment 1 cleared Instalment 2 due 31 Jul
Reconciled while you sleep.
Settlement files match themselves against the ledger overnight. Only the exceptions reach a human — usually a handful, not a morning.
Payments · 17 August · all channels
| Reference | Student | Channel | Amount | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1P-77413 | Okonkwo A. | Transfer | ₦152,500 | Matched |
| A1P-77412 | Bello F. | USSD | ₦85,000 | Matched |
| A1P-77411 | Adeyemi T. | Card | ₦250,000 | Matched |
| A1P-77410 | — | Branch | ₦60,000 | Review |
| A1P-77409 | Musa H. | Virtual acct | ₦120,000 | Matched |
214 of 215 credits matched automatically · 1 awaiting review
Parents
Parents hear it from you first.
Results, attendance, conduct and fee balances reach every parent the day they change — by SMS and in the portal, so staying informed never depends on downloading anything or making a trip to the school.
Fri 27 Mar
9:41
Tunde tapped in at the Main Gatenow
07:42 · Year 9 Amber. Two minutes before the bell.
Instalment due 31 July2d ago
₦152,500 outstanding. Pay by transfer, card or USSD.
Second term result released1w ago
Average 89.1%, 2nd of 48. Tap to open the report.
Timetable updated1w ago
SS 2 Science A, week beginning 30 March.
Admissions & records
One child, one record.
From the application form to the school leaving certificate, a student exists once. They move up a class and nothing is re-typed — biodata, siblings, medicals, results, attendance and fees all travel with them.
Apply from any phone.
Application, entrance screening, offer and enrolment run end to end online. Documents upload once and stay attached to the record.
Promotion, applied by rule.
Promote, repeat or trial-promote against criteria you set — and the whole class moves up in one action at the end of the session.
Every role. One source of truth.
Four apps that feel like one.
A school you can actually see.
One dashboard. Today's attendance rate, this term's collection rate, which teachers haven't marked yet, and who's on campus right now. The answers you currently get by walking down the corridor and asking.
- Enrolment, collection rate and outstanding fees on one screen, per branch
- Term-on-term comparison, so a shortfall surfaces while you can still act
- Every waiver and discount carries who approved it, and why
- Academic performance broken down by class, arm and subject teacher
Close the term without the scramble.
Score deadlines, broadsheets, positions, remarks and promotion decisions — tracked and computed instead of chased by hand.
- See at a glance which teachers still owe scores, by subject and arm
- Broadsheets and class positions generated, not typed
- Report cards held until you approve, then released together
- Promotion, repeat and trial promotion applied to rules you set
Close the books, not the office.
Bills raised per class and term, payments matched to students automatically, and only the exceptions come to you.
- Transfer, card, USSD, virtual account and branch payments in one ledger
- Automatic reconciliation, with unmatched credits flagged for review
- Live debtor list per class, ready for reminders before term ends
- Receipts issued instantly — no receipt book to reconcile
Faster than paper. Calmer than a WhatsApp group.
Your register opens already filled in from the gate. You confirm the two exceptions and you're teaching. And when a parent needs to reach you, they reach you inside the app — your personal number stays personal.
- A register that's mostly done before you open it
- Score entry with your CA weighting; totals and grades computed for you
- Works with no signal, syncs when you're back
- Parent chat scoped to your own students only
In the loop, without standing at the gate.
One timeline for each child. Arrival, grades, homework, fees, the clinic, the bus — as it happens, not at term end. And every update you get is something you can act on in one tap.
- A notification the moment your child arrives — and when they leave
- Explain an absence, sign a slip, pay a fee, without a trip to school
- Message your child's teacher directly, inside the app
- Choose what you're told, on which channel, and when
The gate, the bus, the boarding house.
One app for the people who work standing up. It keeps running when the line drops and syncs in the right order when it returns.
- Every tap shows the student’s photo, so the card is checked against the child
- Admit by name and photo when a card is forgotten — the parent gets the same alert
- Verified pickup: only an authorised adult leaves with a child
- Emergency muster — who is out, and who is still unaccounted for
Security & privacy
This is children’s data.
We treat it that way.
Every school’s records are fully isolated — one school can never see another’s. Sensitive actions are logged with who did them and what changed. Cards carry no personal information at all. And no child’s data is ever sold, shared with advertisers, or used to train anybody’s AI.
Isolated, encrypted, logged
Records separated per school and verified by automated testing. Encrypted in transit and at rest. Every sensitive action carries who did it, when, and what changed.
Nothing personal on the card
No name, no class, no photo — only an opaque identifier. A card found on the street tells a stranger nothing, and a parent can kill it from their own phone in under a minute.
Built for Nigerian schools
Built in Lagos, for schools across Nigeria.
WAEC entries, naira fee structures, continuous assessment and class positions are part of the design — not settings you have to bend a foreign system into.
Examinations
WAEC, NECO, NABTEB and BECE
Registration lists and candidate data prepared from records the school already holds, in the format each body asks for.
Assessment
Continuous assessment, your weighting
40/60, 30/70, two CAs plus a project — set per subject and per section, and applied everywhere it counts.
Grading
The scale your school already uses
Nine-point WAEC-style grading, primary letter bands, or a scale of your own with your own remark against each band.
Report cards
Position, class average and conduct
The things a Nigerian report card carries — including affective and psychomotor records — laid out the way parents expect to read them.
Payments
Every way a parent pays
Transfer, card, USSD, virtual accounts and bank branch collection — through A1Pay or the gateway you already use.
Structure
Crèche through senior secondary
Nursery, primary, JSS and SSS under one school, each with its own subject offering and its own report card format.
Groups
Every branch, one account
Figures rolled up for the group and kept separate for each school, with staff roles scoped to their own campus.
Data
Your records stay yours
Role-based access, full audit logging and export on request, handled in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act.
Rollout
Live within one term.
Sequenced around your school calendar, so the switch happens between terms rather than in the middle of one.
01
Setup and records
We load your classes, arms, subjects, fee structure and grading scheme, then bring your student list across — from a spreadsheet, another system or paper files — and check the totals against your own register.
From you: your current student list, fee schedule and last term's report card format.
02
Configuration and training
We configure your CA weighting, grade bands, promotion rules and payment channels, then train each group separately — a bursar and a class teacher need entirely different half-hours.
From you: staff for two short sessions, and one internal champion per section.
03
Go live and first report cards
You open the term on A1School, with our team on call through your first score entry and first report card run — the two moments that decide whether staff trust the system.
From you: a start date, and a letter to parents introducing the portal. We'll draft it.
Questions? Answers.
What exactly does A1School cover?
Admissions and enrolment, student records, attendance, classes and subjects, assessment and report cards, computer-based testing, fees and payments, a parent portal, messaging, timetabling, boarding, and analytics — all sharing one student record, one set of permissions and one database.
Can it match our grading and report card format?
Yes. CA weighting, grade bands and remarks are configured per section, so a nursery report card, a primary one and a senior secondary one can each look and calculate differently within the same school.
What happens to our existing records?
They come across during setup, whether they currently live in a spreadsheet, another system or a filing cabinet. Historical results stay attached to each student, so a transcript covers their whole time in the school.
Do parents need to install an app?
No. Everything essential reaches them by SMS, and the portal works in any phone browser. The app is there for parents who prefer it — it's never a condition of being kept informed.
Can we run more than one campus?
Yes. A school group manages every branch from one account, with figures rolled up for the group and kept separate per school, and staff roles scoped to their own campus.
How does it perform on mobile data?
Pages are designed mobile-first at 360 px and kept deliberately small, so they open quickly and use very little data. That matters wherever your users are — on campus wifi, on 4G or 5G, or somewhere with patchy coverage.
How long does it take to go live?
Usually within a single term, and often between two. The three phases above are sequenced around your school calendar so nothing changes mid-term.
Let's walk through your next term.
Tell us your enrolment and how you produce report cards today. We'll show you A1School running on data that looks like yours, and give you an honest view of what moving across would take.