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Sentral
What it is
Sentral is a cloud-based school management platform for administration, online learning and student management. It serves government, independent, specialised and multi-campus schools, bringing administrative, wellbeing, finance and engagement functions together. Schools can manage student profiles, enrolments, health records, activity permissions, transport, classes, attendance and wellbeing. Finance tools include online payments, configurable fees and discounts, financial reporting, and integrations such as Xero and Microsoft Dynamics. Teachers have an app for attendance and wellbeing tasks. Parents can use an app or web portal for notices, teacher messages, absence reports, payments and interview bookings, while student portals provide timetables, attendance, notices and learning tasks. Available functions may depend on the school. Sentral describes flexible APIs and open integrations, and says schools can configure more than 35 modules. It is available on Android, iOS, web and API. Sentral says it is ISO 27001 certified and uses encrypted cloud storage. Pricing is provided through demo and enquiry links, with no public subscription price stated.
For and against
For
- Supports student, attendance and wellbeing records
- Includes online payments and configurable fees
- Parent app and portal support school communication
- Flexible APIs and open integrations
- Available on Android, iOS and web
Against
- No public subscription price is stated
- Demographic management is for independent schools only
- Some parent and portal features depend on the school
The verdict
Sentral covers administrative, finance, wellbeing and communication needs in one school platform. Schools should review pricing through a demo or enquiry and note the stated limit on demographic management.
Who it suits
It suits government, independent, specialised and multi-campus schools seeking administration, student management and family engagement tools. Parents and students can use its app or portals for school information and tasks, subject to what their school makes available.
On the record
- Administration
- The platform includes student profiles, enrolment and demographic management, health records, activity permissions, transport management and class creation.sentral.com.au · read 10 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Sentral describes solutions for independent and government schools in Australia and says its platform serves public, independent, specialised and multi-campus institutions.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
- Company history
- Sentral says it began in 1998, founded by people from the education sector.sentral.com.au · read 10 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Sentral says schools can configure more than 35 modules and connect learning, timetabling and cloud accounting software.sentral.com.au · read 10 Oct 2026
- Education and wellbeing
- Features include attendance, student wellbeing records, customisable academic reports and a teacher app for attendance and wellbeing tasks.sentral.com.au · read 10 Oct 2026
- Finance
- Finance features include online payments, configurable fees and discounts, financial reporting, and integrations such as Xero and Microsoft Dynamics.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Sentral describes open integrations and flexible APIs for connecting learning, finance, HR, wellbeing and operational systems.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The demographics module is marked as available to independent schools only.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
- Parent and student access
- The parent app and portal support school notices, teacher messaging, absence reporting, payments and interview bookings, while the student portal provides timetables, attendance, notices and learning tasks.sentral.com.au · read 10 Oct 2026
- Parent app
- The Sentral for Parents app is available on iOS and Android, while the Parent Portal works in a web browser on desktop, tablet or phone.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
- Parent features
- Parents can use the app or portal for school notices, teacher messaging, absence reports, payments and interview bookings, subject to what their school makes available.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
- Pricing
- The main school management platform is presented through demo and enquiry links; its public page does not state a subscription price.sentral.com.au · read 10 Oct 2026
- Product
- Sentral is a cloud-based school management platform with web-based modules for school administration, online learning and student management.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Sentral says it is ISO 27001 certified and uses encrypted cloud storage and cloud-native infrastructure.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
- Student management
- Features include student profiles, health and medical records, activities, transport management, attendance and wellbeing tracking.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Sentral offers Australian-based support by phone on weekdays from 7:30am to 7:00pm AEST, and says it responds to support tickets within one business day.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
- What it covers
- The platform brings administration, wellbeing, finance and engagement tools together for school communities.sentral.com.au · read 11 Oct 2026
