Why BoardPro

Board governance that fits around the school day

Built for business managers wearing too many hats and the external review cycles your board has to be ready for.

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Built for school boards

School boards run on lean back-office support – usually one business manager wearing five other hats. They face external review cycles staff turnover doesn't pause for. Enterprise board software wasn't built for any of that. BoardPro is – simple enough that a new parent rep picks it up at their first meeting, structured enough that the business manager isn't starting from scratch each time the board meets.

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Save the business manager hours every meeting cycle

Business managers carry HR, payroll, property, finance and board secretariat – usually on a team of two or three. Board admin sits on top of an already-stretched role. Minutes, automatic pack assembly and action tracking save 4–8 hours per cycle. That's hours back to running the school, the parent meetings, the property issues, the kids in front of you, not chasing minute revisions on a Sunday night.

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Keep a transparent record for external review and audit

External review and audit cycles examine the board's record. BoardPro keeps signed minutes, decisions and interests in one searchable place – built up meeting by meeting, ready when the reviewer asks. When a business manager or principal moves on, the next person picks up where the last one left off.

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Resolve urgent decisions without waiting for the next meeting

Staffing matters, property issues, statutory deadlines, response to incidents – they don't pause until the next meeting. Flying minutes let your board propose, vote and record a between-meeting decision in one place, straight into the Decision register. No reply-all email chain to reconstruct later, no informal calls between the chair and principal that never make it into the record, no scramble to backdate the paperwork before the auditor visits.

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With BoardPro, preparing and managing minutes and meeting papers has never been easier. It’s transformed our governance administration and audit process.

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The full governance lifecycle, in one workflow

From agenda to minutes to decisions, BoardPro covers the full meeting cycle and the governance lifecycle around it. No more stitching things together from Word, email and a shared drive that half the board can't access. One platform, every record, every meeting – accessible to your whole board, wherever they are.
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Better school governance, sized to your roll

Every school qualifies for a discount, and smaller schools save the most:

40% off for schools with fewer than 350 students
20% off for schools with more than 350 students
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is BoardPro really built for school boards, or is it scaled-down corporate software?

BoardPro was built from the ground up for boards in the SMB and education space – schools and education providers are one of our largest customer segments across NZ and Australia. The platform supports state schools, integrated and private schools, and education providers from preschool to tertiary, and it works for boards of trustees, school boards, school councils, boards of governors, and their sub-committees. It's the simplicity, the price point, and the fit for school-board realities (termly cadence, business manager workload, mixed-experience boards) that distinguish us from enterprise platforms built for listed companies.

What does it cost?

 BoardPro is priced per board, not per board member – so adding new parent reps or rotating in a new principal doesn't change the cost. Schools and education providers receive up to 40% off the BoardPro subscription. See the Schools Pricing page for current plan details. 

Our parent reps aren't governance experts. Will they actually use it?

Yes. BoardPro is designed so that board members can read packs, annotate them, vote and sign minutes without training. Most parent reps run their first BoardPro meeting at the next scheduled board meeting after sign-up – the business manager handles the configuration, board members just log in.

Will the board record hold up to an external review or audit?

Yes. Signed minutes are protected from further editing once confirmed, the Decision Register provides a complete trail of board resolutions, and the Interest Register captures conflicts as they're disclosed. When the reviewer or auditor asks to see the record, it's ready – no scramble to reconstruct history from email and a shared drive.

What happens when our business manager or principal moves on?

The record stays with the school, not the person. Signed minutes, decisions, interests, the governance repository – all of it sits in BoardPro and transfers cleanly to whoever picks up the seat next. No reconstructing the board's history from someone else's email inbox.

How does BoardPro handle urgent decisions between meetings?

Flying minutes – also known as circular resolutions – let your board propose, vote on, and record a between-meeting decision in one place, with the result flowing straight into the Decision register. Useful when staffing matters, property issues, statutory deadlines or incident responses can't wait for the next scheduled meeting.

Is BoardPro secure enough for confidential school-board matters?

Yes. Documents stay inside BoardPro rather than being sent as email attachments – board members log in to access them. Permissions are configurable at the board, sub-committee and folder level, and signed minutes are protected from further editing once confirmed.

For school boards

Less board admin, more time for the school

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