Blossom Educational

Additional features

All-in-One Nursery Management

Consolidates finance, learning journeys, operations, and occupancy into one streamlined system for comprehensive control.

User-Friendly Interface

Designed to be intuitive, bold, and easy to navigate, ensuring quick adoption by all staff members.

Paperwork Reduction

Aims to significantly cut down on physical paperwork, minimizing costs and administrative burden.

Digital Invoicing (BE Paid)

Enables nurseries to create and send invoices digitally, simplifying the billing process.

In-App Payments

Allows parents to make instant payments directly through the Blossom Parent App for convenience.

Automated Payment Reminders

Automatically sends reminders for outstanding invoices, reducing the need for manual chasing by staff.

Financial Reports & Forecasting

Provides various financial reports, including insights into outstanding invoices, payment forecasts, and revenue projections.

Bulk Invoicing

Allows management teams to generate multiple invoices simultaneously, saving considerable time.

HR & Staff Management

Offers tools to manage staff profiles, worklogs, and leave, supporting a nurturing work environment.

Automated Payroll Calculation

Simplifies payroll by automatically calculating staff work hours from their worklogs.

Real-time Staff Ratios

Provides immediate visibility of staff-to-child ratios, helping nurseries maintain compliance and optimize occupancy.

Staff Leave Management

Logs staff sickness and leave, ensuring managers always know who is available.

Parent App (iOS & Android)

A dedicated mobile application for parents to stay connected and receive updates about their child.

Instant Parent Updates

Delivers regular updates to parents instantly via the app, providing peace of mind.

Golden Moments Sharing

Highlights special events and shares "golden moments" with parents through photos and videos.

Instant Diary Updates

Provides real-time updates on children's daily activities, food, sleep, nappy changes, and development.

Two-Way Parent Communication

Facilitates direct and instant messaging between parents and nursery staff, fostering collaboration.

Parent Collaboration at Home

Allows parents to share special moments from home with nursery staff, contributing to a child's learning journey.

Online Child Registration

Streamlines the process of registering new children digitally.

Occupancy Planner

Helps manage and visualize the occupancy levels of classrooms and the nursery as a whole.

Observations

Enables staff to easily record and organize detailed observations of children's learning and development.

Child Development Tracking

Supports assessing and tracking children's learning and progress against various frameworks.

Multiple Frameworks Loaded

Includes instant access to popular early years learning frameworks like Birth to 5 Matters, Development Matters, and Montessori.

Record Key Moments

Maintains a useful log of child development, including pictures and videos.

Formative Reports

Supports the creation of detailed formative reports to monitor child learning and provide feedback to parents.

Accidents and Incidents Logging

Provides a systematic way to log accidents and incidents with all necessary details, keeping parents informed.

Medication Forms

Allows for logging, tracking, and administering medication with ease and precision.

Enquiry System

Manages all incoming nursery enquiries in one place, helping to convert prospective families.

Online Registers

All staff and children registers are available digitally, reducing paperwork.

Group Nursery Functionality

Works effectively for multi-site nursery groups, offering centralized management and reporting.

Nursery Website Builder

A brand-new feature to help settings create and enhance their online visibility.

Excellent Customer Service

Highly praised for responsive support, active listening to feedback, and providing clear instructions.

Seamless Onboarding & Transition

Ensures an easy and smooth transition process for new users from initial enquiry to daily use.

Support Help Centre

Provides a comprehensive online help center to answer user questions.

Notifications System

In-app notification feature for real-time alerts on staff activities, accidents, and incidents.

Security & Data Privacy

Prioritizes GDPR compliance and user privacy, ensuring secure communication and data storage.

Flexible Settings

Customizable to suit various opening hours, term dates, room moves, and billing settings.

Unlimited Accounts

Allows for unlimited staff and children accounts on the platform, with no limitations.

Custom Staff Permissions

Enables setting custom permissions for practitioners and managers.

Meal & Snack Logging

Allows setting and logging of meal and snack times for children, with easy editing and comments.

Nappies, Bottles, Sleeps Logging

Quick and easy input for basic daily care records, with options to send updates to the parent app.

Request Extra Sessions

Parents can request additional sessions at any time directly from the Parent App.

Cross-site Reporting (for groups)

Offers cross-site financial forecasts, revenue analysis, and attendance tracking for multi-site operations.

AI Writing Assistant

Provides AI-enhanced suggestions for observations and daily diary activities, with choices of writing styles and improvements.