School transport management software with a live map, not a position log
Ask most school ERPs for transport tracking and you get a periodic position log: a table of coordinates, refreshed every few minutes, that nobody outside the office ever looks at. It technically satisfies the requirement and solves nothing for the parent standing at a stop in the rain.
SkoolBook's transport module is built around real hardware — GPS trackers streaming into a live map, with routes and stops defined as first-class records and geofences around them. It is the module most likely to be the reason a parent opens your app at all.
What you get
Routes and stops are real records
Define a route, add its stops in order, and change them as the year changes. The map reflects the route your school actually runs.
Live positions, streamed
Trackers report position continuously into a live view rather than into a log that someone has to go and read.
Geofencing around stops
Arrival and departure at a stop become events, not something the driver phones in.
Built for the parent, not just the transport in-charge
The same live view is available to the families on that route, in the portal and the mobile app.
Transport fees tie back to the fee structure
Transport is a modelled component of the fee structure, so a change of route is a billing change too — not a separate spreadsheet.
How it works
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Define routes and stops
Build each route with its stops in sequence, managed by your transport in-charge.
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Fit the trackers
GPS units on each vehicle stream position data into SkoolBook continuously.
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Watch it live
Office staff and parents on that route see the same live map.
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Bill it correctly
Transport charges sit in the fee structure alongside tuition, so route changes and billing stay in step.
Frequently asked
Is this real-time tracking or a periodic ping?
Real-time. Trackers stream position data into a live map with geofencing around stops, rather than writing a periodic position log that someone has to open a report to read.
Can parents see the bus themselves?
Yes — families on a route get the live view in the parent portal and the mobile app. That is the whole point; a tracking feature only the office can see doesn't reduce a single phone call.
What hardware is needed?
A GPS tracker per vehicle. SkoolBook ingests standard tracker telemetry, so you are not locked to a single supplier of hardware.