Open day one with everything running.
Attendance, gradebook, tuition, records, and a parent app families install before the first bell — set up in one weekend, $50/month for your first 20 students. No sales call, no implementation fee.
The weekend plan
From a folder of spreadsheets to a running school — here's the whole setup, hour by honest hour.
Bring your data in
Import rosters, guardians, transcripts, and even assignment-level gradebooks from CSV — every import has a dry-run preview, so nothing is written until you've checked the rows.
Shape the year
School calendar with breaks, grading terms, classes with students enrolled, and the weekly schedule — periods, rooms, teachers.
Set up the money
Tuition plans per family, sibling discounts, first invoices, and online payments through your own Stripe account. Invoice before day one — it's much easier than collecting in week three.
Invite everyone
Staff get roles and permissions; families sign themselves up from the email on the student record, install the app, and turn on notifications. Nothing to distribute, nothing to explain twice.
Ready by day one — the short list
Six things running before the first bell, and where Pearspark covers each.
Grab the printable launch checklist
Enrollment paperwork, records, money, academics, and parent communication — everything a new school should have ready, whether or not you use Pearspark.
Back-to-school questions
How long does setup actually take?
A weekend for most schools. The long pole is data entry, and the importers remove it: rosters, guardians, transcripts, and gradebooks come in from CSV with a dry-run preview. Configuration — calendar, terms, classes, schedule, tuition plans — is an afternoon.
We already started the year on spreadsheets. Is it too late to switch?
No — mid-year switches are normal. Import what you have (including assignment-level grades), and attendance, billing, and the parent portal pick up from today. Nothing already recorded is lost.
What does it cost?
$50/month covers your first 20 students, then per-student pricing from $2.50 (volume bands down to $1.00). A 30-student school pays about $75/month — every feature included, unlimited staff and family accounts, published pricing, no sales call.
Do parents need training?
No. Parents sign themselves up from the email on the student record, and the portal walks them through installing the app and turning on notifications. There's also a library of 60-second how-to videos for every role.