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Signing up for the trial, and subscribing

How the free week works, what it costs, and how to pay when you're ready.

Step by step

  1. Start your free trial

    Choose 'Start Free Trial' on the home page and set your school up. You get a week of full access — no card needed.

  2. Use everything during the week

    Add classes, add pupils, invite teachers and run daily check-ins exactly as you would on a paid account. Your dashboard shows how many days are left.

  3. Subscribe when you're ready

    Open the Billing page from your dashboard and enter how many classes you need.

  4. The price updates as you type

    £30 per class per academic year. Enter five or more classes and it drops to £25 per class automatically — there's no code to ask us for.

  5. Pay by card

    The card form opens on the same page. Once the payment goes through, your school is subscribed for the academic year.

  6. Changing the number of classes

    If you need to correct the class number while the card form is open, choose 'Change number of classes' first — that creates a fresh payment for the right amount.

Free trial, then subscribing
  1. Start Free Trial

    no card needed

  2. 7 days of full access

  3. Billing page

  4. Enter your number of classes

    £30 each, or £25 each at 5 or more

  5. Pay by card

  6. Subscribed for the academic year

Signing up straight onto a subscription
  1. 'Sign up here' on the home page

  2. School details, email and password

  3. Payment page opens automatically

    no trial

  4. Choose classes and pay

  5. Subscribed for the academic year

If the trial ends before you subscribe
  1. Trial week ends

  2. Everything you've entered is kept safely

  3. New check-ins pause until you subscribe

  4. Subscribe on the Billing page — everything picks up where it left off

Good to know

  • The academic year runs from 1 September to 31 July.
  • If a school doesn't come back after a trial, pupil information is removed after 90 days.

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