Designed with a deep understanding of the operational and local needs of Australian schools, Compass continues to evolve with new tools and functionality to support all areas of school life.
Trusted by over 3,000 schools across Australia, Compass enables leadership teams and educators to work more efficiently, keeps communities engaged, and supports student outcomes. The platform connects every part of the school community by bringing them all together into a single system, helping schools operate with greater clarity and confidence.
As demands on schools continue to grow, many are navigating increased administrative complexity, high expectations from families, and a mix of digital tools that don’t always work well together. Backed by ongoing product investment of over $20 million each year, Compass offers more than 50 modules that support deeply layered attendance, teaching and learning, wellbeing/pastoral care, jurisdictional reporting, general finance, communications, enrolments, alumni and much more. Modules are designed to work together, creating a highly flexible system that can be tailored to the specific structure and evolving needs of the school.
School leaders use Compass to surface real-time insights into academic performance, student wellbeing, enrolment demographics and more. As a single source of truth across all school data, Compass helps support evidence-based decision-making. Teachers enjoy simplified administration tasks, easily managing workflows and gaining time back to focus on students.
More than two million parents in Australia use Compass to stay informed and involved in their child’s education. Families can access updates, communications, academic reports, manage payment and consent for events and excursions, and obtain attendance data easily via the portal and native mobile app. Students also benefit from direct access to their schedules, assignments, assessments, homework, and teacher feedback, as well as receive communications at a personal, cohort or class level.
Attendance rolls can be marked from smartphones or tablet devices using Compass’ native Android and iOS apps. Schools can choose the roll marking method that best suits their timetable and structure – including period-by-period, cross-period, half-day, or full day roll marking – and apply attendance rules based on the type of class or activity.
Compass’ wellbeing module, Chronicle, not only records and tracks behaviour, pastoral care, sick bay visits, NCCD and individual learning plans. But also tracks tiered academic recognition via a points system and manages workflows to automatically notify relevant staff to an observation or incident, communicate with parents, add a student to a school activity automatically and reflect this in the student’s schedule. Schools can customise forms and workflows to reflect their own wellbeing and behavioural frameworks.
Bringing together attendance data, wellbeing, academic analytics and more, Compass’ data visualisation platform, Pulse, centralises key school data into customisable dashboards with hundreds of configurable widgets contextualised to various users across the school based on role or desired content.
With a robust API library, Compass offers schools the flexibility to further utilise the platform based on their specific needs, including integrating with other best-of-breed software or existing ecosystems.
New modules
Compass’ latest module developments streamline administration across general financial management, enrolments, and alumni engagement and fundraising.
CompassFMS is a fully incorporated financial management solution. Schools can manage budgeting, invoicing, purchasing, assets and debtor communication from within the platform. Live financial data is available across a range of reporting views, including cash flow, general ledger accounts, and balance sheets. With simple filtering, financial reports can be tailored, eliminating the need for external systems or manual reconciliations.
Enrolments Pro provides a modern experience for prospective families across both mobile and desktop. The platform supports self-service expressions of interest, applications, online payments and digital signature collection, making the enrolment process simpler for families and more efficient for staff. The module recognises where a family has students at the school and pre-populates data for new enrolments, saving parents time. Admissions teams can quickly track applications, arrange interviews, handle waitlists and ranking and send automatic communications, streamlining the enrolment process.
Compass Alumni and Donations enables schools to maintain engagement with former students. Students can be seamlessly transitioned to alumni profiles, allowing continued communication and long-term relationship building through the same platform that supported their learning. This module also provides a way to manage donations and fundraising with the school’s alumni community.
Compass offers schools a complete digital ecosystem that adapts to changing needs and supports every individual in the school community. From first enquiry through to life beyond graduation, the platform provides clarity, consistency and connection.
Built and supported in Australia, Compass provides fast local help from experts who understand schools and keep things running smoothly.
Empower your school’s future with Compass:
- All-in-One Platform: Compass connects all areas of school, student and community management in one system.
- Dynamic Insights: Powerful analytics give schools the confidence to make informed, clear decisions.
- Future-Proof: Compass’ commitment to innovation and continuous enhancement positions schools for lasting success.
For more information or to book a demo, contact the Compass team.
