School-links
School-links is a communication platform for schools and early childhood centres connecting families, staff, and supporters.
What School-links is
School-links is a communication platform for schools and early childhood centres connecting families, staff, and supporters. Schools can send information by text, email, or Facebook, and issue emergency alerts to everyone or selected groups from a phone or desktop. Attendance tools notify caregivers about unexplained absences and route their replies into the student management system. Newsletter tools support HTML formatting, mobile-friendly layouts, and colour choices for school branding. Event messages can be sent by text or email, with recipients replying by text and responses collected online. The service describes automatic data syncing with edge, KAMAR, and APT Childcare. Emergency Alerts works through an app or browser on tablets, smartphones, and desktops. The listed School-links for Admins app supports iOS and Android. Its privacy policy says transmissions are encrypted in transit and personal information follows the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020, with necessary third-party sharing only. Schoolzine Limited is the provider. Pricing, bundled solutions, and discounts are available by enquiry.
Good
- Text, email, and Facebook communication channels
- Emergency alerts target all contacts or selected groups
- Absence replies return to the student system
- Newsletters support HTML and branded colours
- Integrates with edge, KAMAR, and APT Childcare
Watch out
- Numeric pricing is not published
- Pricing requires an enquiry
- Mobile app listed is for administrators
- Third-party sharing occurs when needed for services
Who it suits
It suits schools and early childhood centres needing multi-channel family communication, attendance follow-up, newsletters, and event responses. Staff can manage alerts through mobile devices or desktop browsers.
Verdict
School-links combines messaging, attendance responses, newsletters, events, and emergency alerts for education providers. Schools should request pricing and confirm which integrations and app roles fit their setup.
Plans and prices
From School-links's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| School-links | Priced on request | Pricing, bundled solutions, and discounts discussed on enquiry |
The facts
Each one read from School-links's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attendance management
- The system notifies caregivers about unexplained absences and routes their replies back into the student management system.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Communication channels
- Schools can share information by text, email, and Facebook.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Emergency alerts
- Emergency alerts can be sent to all contacts or selected groups from a mobile phone or desktop.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Event management
- Event messages can be sent by text and email, and recipients can RSVP by text with responses collated online.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site describes integrations with edge, KAMAR, and APT Childcare, including automatic data syncing for these systems.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Newsletters
- Newsletter tools support HTML formatting, mobile-friendly layouts, and colour options for school branding.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Pricing
- The plans page asks schools to enquire about pricing, bundled solutions, and discounts; it does not display numeric prices.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says personal information is handled in accordance with the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 and is shared with third parties only as necessary to provide the software services.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Provider
- The site identifies Schoolzine Limited as the provider of School-links.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- School-links provides communication tools for schools and early childhood centres to connect with families, staff, and supporters.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says transmissions between Solvam Apps, customers, service providers, message gateways, and recipients are encrypted in transit.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The support page offers a helpdesk through the in-app Get Help tab, email, and phone, plus user guides for several systems.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser access
- The Emergency Alerts system is app and browser based and can be used from a tablet, smartphone, or desktop.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- The privacy policy lists a School-links for Admins mobile app on iOS and Android.checked 9 Oct 2026
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