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7 alarming ways paper is hurting your boarding processes

Paper is everywhere in boarding but is it really the best way to be managing your boarding processes in 2017?If you take a closer look, you’ll find that paper is static, ever-growing, storage heavy, difficult to update and ultimately holdin

Leave Types: Can there be a global standard?

Recently we worked with a school that was setting up for their first year in boarding and they were in the process of creating their school rules and procedures. Naturally they asked us for advice on a range of subjects, but the area of ...

Show me the money! The ROI of Boardingware

Boardingware isn’t something that schools purchase purely for economic benefits, however the ‘money people’ at each school demand to see this outlined… I mean, I guess that is their job.Unfortunately, this can often mean that the boarding s

Get all the transport details you need for your student leave requests

When processing off-campus leave requests, one of the most important details you need to know is how your students will be getting from A to B.If they’re departing by car, you might need to know the name of the person driving and the car's

Be a Master of Your Student Data with Smart Groups

The key to mastering your student data is organisation, and one of the best ways to organise your students is with groups.However, organising your student data into different groups can be a manual and timely process, especially if it requi

The Best Features And Improvements We Delivered This Year

2016 has been a huge year for us...We expanded our team internationally, setting up offices in the US and UK, exceeded a total of more than 100 boarding schools using Boardingware worldwide, and more importantly, we launched a boat load of

3 Reasons Why You Need Simpler Software At Your Boarding School

Simplicity is often referred to as one of the fundamental principles in software development. So why then is school software notoriously complicated and difficult-to-use?Over the years technology has slowly evolved with a focus towards e...

Performing Roll Checks As A Team With "Live Rolls" [New Feature]

Filling out attendance sheet's and taking roll calls are incredibly repetitive and tedious, yet we all know how important they are in boarding.They're important because: They allows you to account for each of your students (a growing se...

Top 3 Security Concerns In Boarding and How To Improve Them

In Boarding, your attitude towards school security will often depend on a distinct point in time.If nothing bad has happened recently, you feel safe and pretty secure. That is until something bad does happen, exposing your vulnerabilitie...

Manage Leave For Any Scenario With More Advanced Leave Options

This week we celebrated more than 100 boarding schools using our Leave Management System across 10 countries, and we couldn’t have come this far without the cooperation and feedback from our fantastic customers.At Boardingware, we place ...

Manage Your Staff With Greater Flexibility And Control

Whilst managing your students is a big responsibility, managing your staff is just as important.At Boardingware we understand how important it is for boarding staff to work together as a team and that’s why we wanted to give you greater ...

How Our New Universal iOS App Will Help Simplify Your Boarding Management

In our product roadmap, we have a number of features coming up to improve the mobile experience for your boarding staff, and the first of these involves our new Universal iOS App.A couple of months ago we released our brand new iPhone Ap...

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