An integrated Administration, Financial, Curriculum and Communication system with a two-way authenticated communication platform between a school and parents.

Fully integrated with
G-Suite for Education

    Secure and Reliable

    The system uses a certified SSL certificate to encrypt the data to your browser with 256-bit encryption, which means that any information sent between you and the server will be safe and secure!

    Tasks and Reporting

    All Administration, Financial, Communication, and Curriculum management tasks are facilitated within the system. Direct reporting to the Department of Education, LURITS, and the School Governing Body. Direct quality SA-SAMS data exports

    Multi-lingual

    Supports both Afrikaans and English. Language preference can be set per user.

    Fully Integrated System

    Fully integrated Administration, Financial, Communication and Curriculum system. 100% cloud-based. No server required.

    Service Status & Availability

    MonitorStatusTypeLast 24H7 days30 daysLast year
    d6+ Web ServicesOnlineHTTP(s)100%100%100%100%
    d6+ Database ServicesOnlinePORT (3306)100%99.994%99.999%99.998%

    d6+ Modules

    Administration+

    Task-Driven Workflow
    • User rights specific tasks
    • Tasks grouped per module
    • Urgent matter warning signal
    General School Admin
    • Custom school setup
    • Process-driven year-ends
    • Google Application integration
    Learner l Parent l Staff
    • Process-driven administration
    • Absenteeism for learners/staff
    • Defined user rights for staff
    Code of Conduct
    • Customisable setup
    • Automated discipline letters
    • Roll-call for detention
    Compliance
    • Workshops
    • Complete SA-SAMS export
    • Import LURITS feedback files
    Communication
    • Integrated SMS & e-mail solution
    • Google Calendar integration
    • Mobile app integration:
      • d6 Connect • d6 School Communicator

    Finance+

    General Ledger
    • Customisable chart of accounts
    • Detailed sub-ledger reconciliations
    • Audit-friendly reporting
    Budget
    • Capture units or amounts
    • Analysis of the previous spend
    • Real time view of budget vs. actual reporting
    Debtors
    • Print or email statements
    • Integrated debit order system
    • Bulk billing and receipting
    • Handover account management with debt collector integration
    Creditors
    • Manage supplier accounts
    • Approve transactions
    • Authorise payments
    Cash Book
    • Import of bank statements
    • Automatic reference allocation
    • Colour-coded reconciliations
    Projects
    • Easy setup and management
    • Track payments

    Curriculum+

    Curriculum Setup
    • CAPS or own customisable curriculum
    • Subject & task-level formulas
    Promotion Criteria
    • Custom pass requirements
    • Automatic verdict calculation
    • Custom verdicts with history
    Marks Capturing
    • Real-time & online capturing
    • Subject / Task / Assessment level
    • Capture raw marks and/or scale marks
    Report Cards
    • Setup custom templates
    • Single or comparative terms
    • Printing of signatures
    Certificates
    • Once-off setup & design
    • Design your own templates
    • Auto academic achievements
    Report Card Remarks
    • Setup own remarks
    • Allocate per remark or per learner
    • Custom remarks

    Communication+

    Multi-Platform Communication
    • Send communication through different communication mediums (Integrated Email, SMS, d6 Connect & d6 School Communicator)
    • Ensure all parents receive the message through the preferred medium
    • Avoid duplication of communication methods – The system can track communication views
    • Decrease costs through LCR (Least Cost Routing) selection of communication mediums
    Communication Channels
    • Create own channel, or
    • Select from a data driven list of channels (grades, subjects, language, committees, etc)
    Communication Categories
    Categorise information that is shared with users
    SMS
    • Two-way school-parent communication
    Email
    Cost-effective school-parent communication

    Additional Products and Services

    • Timetable
    • Excel Application Framework: Audit Tool, Debtor Tool, Finance Tool and Management Tool

    Benefits

    • Parents are always informed with up-to-date info
    • Facilitates direct update of parent information
    • Save on printing expenses by using the online notice functionality
    • Integrated with the d6+ modules

    • Principal Primary is a comprehensive, user friendly, bilingual education administration software system that addressed all the elements in our complex education system. It is innovative and will take us into the future. Thank you PP team. I recommend you with confidence. –Paul Swart, Laerskool Rietfontein Noord

    • Principal Primary is a comprehensive, user friendly, bilingual education administration software system that addressed all the elements in our complex education system. It is innovative and will take us into the future. Thank you PP team. I recommend you with confidence. –Paul Swart, Laerskool Rietfontein Noord

    • It is a great privilege to be first user of Principal Primary Software (from 2006) for schools administration and finance. After struggling for many years with various other models, Principal Primary was conceived at Laerskool Die Poort. Thank you to Daan and Lianda Pretorius who grasped the needs in a school and produced such an excellent, user friendly system. –Peet Pienaar, Laerskool Die Poort

    • Thank you, your system is excellent and your willingness to accommodate your clients is awesome! PS: I think your new debtors management system is unique and unsurpassed by any other software – well done! –Nita Nell, Laerskool Dr Annecke