Less routine administration
Teams describe fewer hours spent manually booking, invoicing and reconciling childcare activity.
Customer experiences
Childcare Software Testimonials from UK Providers
Hear from schools, nurseries, breakfast clubs and after-school providers using CoB to reduce administration and give parents a more flexible booking experience.
Real feedback from childcare teams using CoB day to day, from independent clubs to schools and multi-setting providers.
Since using our COB system we have drastically reduced admin time and made parents happy! Two things you need to achieve when working with children!
Primary schoolsBreakfast clubsAfter-school clubsNurseries
Built around real childcare administration
What using CoB means in the working day
CoB began with a bespoke online booking system for a Devon wraparound-care provider in 2011. The platform has since supported organisations providing before-school, after-school and holiday childcare across the UK.
The feedback below describes outcomes in the providers’ own words: less time spent on repetitive administration, easier payment collection, more flexibility for parents and responsive support when questions arise.
Themes in the feedback
The improvements providers mention most often
Individual results depend on each organisation’s previous processes and implementation, but four practical themes recur across the published comments.
Clearer payment collection
Online bookings and payments can reduce the need to chase outstanding family balances manually.
Greater parent flexibility
Parents value being able to review bookings, make changes and see relevant account activity online.
Approachable support
Providers highlight prompt replies and help finding practical solutions to unusual situations.
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What CoB customers say
Read how childcare teams use CoB to save time, simplify payments and give families more flexibility.
Administration & parents
Since using our COB system we have drastically reduced admin time and made parents happy! Two things you need to achieve when working with children! Would highly recommend.
Time & flexibility
The Childcare Online Booking System has been a valued addition for our Breakfast and After School Club. It has dramatically cut down on our admin and given our parents much more flexibility, they love it!
Online payments
Parents are now able to make booking on-line and make payments at the same time, which stops us having to chase outstanding payments. They are able to see what they have booked at any time and update their personal details as things change.
Time & growth
Not only has it [CoB] saved time in reducing administration hours, it has also provided the opportunity to increase business and therefore increase our turnover.
Time saved
Saved 58 hours back office administration!
Bookings, payments & support
We simply love Childcare Online Booking System. Helped us streamline the after school club bookings & payments saving us time spent on admin work. Parents like it as it’s easy to use and looks professional. COB staff are friendly and very approachable. Great product for a reasonable and affordable price. Having looked at many systems, we feel we have made the correct choice of online booking system for our requirements.
Administration, debt & support
We launched COB in an attempt to save on back office administration processing and reduce the amount of bad debt. Despite the initial teething problems (not caused by the software [Cob] but parents not doing as asked) it has saved time, money and reduced the amount of bad payers. Parents love the flexibility the system offers and the fact they can see what they have booked and paid for. The support from Ayrmer Software has been amazing. They are always happy to help and find a solution to our unusual situations. I would recommend the system.
Weekly workload
CoB reduced the workload by approximately 5 hours per week – we employed someone to book, invoice and collect income, which has now reduced to reconciling childcare vouchers only against COB which takes about 20 minutes. This has saved us about 150 per month in salary.
Parent experience & support
Parents love the system, as it is so quick to book children into clubs with a few clicks. Ayrmer Software are very good at prompt replies to technical queries.
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