The operating system for early learning

For long day care, family day care & OSHC

Run a compliant centre without living in spreadsheets

One Australian-built platform for enrolments, daily sign in/out, medication administration, educator-to-child ratios and incident reports — with rostering, HR, food safety and policies all in the same login. So you can focus on the children, not the paperwork.

Free to start — your admin seat is always free. No card required.

The NQF doesn't care how busy the room was. SureHarbor keeps your ratios, medication records and incident notifications watertight — automatically, as you work.

Why owners switch

What actually changes for your business

Stay NQF-ready every day

Ratio checks, medication records and incident notifications build themselves as you work — so an assessment visit is just a printout, not a panic.

Every child's details at your fingertips

Allergies, medical notes, authorised pickups and parent contacts on one record the whole team can see in seconds.

Faster days for educators

Tap to sign children in and out, log a medication or an incident in seconds, and get back to the room.

One login for the whole centre

Enrolments, rosters, HR, food safety and policies in one place — no juggling five systems.

Sound familiar?

  • Enrolment forms, allergy lists and authorised-pickup details live in three different places
  • Ratios are tracked on paper and you can't prove compliance after the fact
  • Medication is given without a clean record of parent authorisation and who witnessed it
  • Incident and injury reports are slow, and notifying families falls through the cracks
  • You're paying for a childcare app, a roster tool and an HR system that don't talk to each other

SureHarbor pulls it all into one place — here's what that looks like for childcare centres.

Built for childcare centres

Enrolments & child records

Full enrolment record — dates, room, days attending, parents, emergency contacts, authorised pickups, allergies and medical notes.

Daily attendance

Tap-to-sign children in and out with who signed, an absent flag and a live 'present now' count for evacuations.

Medication administration

Record every dose with the medication, route, parent authorisation, who gave it and who witnessed it — the evidence regulators expect.

Educator:child ratios

Log children and educators per room and auto-check against NQF ratios (1:4, 1:5, 1:11) — breaches flagged instantly.

Incident & injury reports

Capture injuries, illness and incidents with action taken and a family-notified flag, so nothing slips.

Your starting setup: Enrolments, attendance, medication administration, ratio checks and incidents — plus rostering, timesheets, HR, food safety, policies and documents.

One login instead of six tools

Stop paying for — and stitching together — a pile of disconnected systems. SureHarbor replaces the lot, and because it's one platform, your roster, claims, HR and compliance finally share the same data.

A separate childcare app Paper attendance sheets Medication folders A roster spreadsheet A standalone HR system Scattered incident forms

→ all of it, in SureHarbor.app

Everything in the box

The whole business, not just compliance

Compliance is the floor. The reason owners stay is that SureHarbor runs the day-to-day too — HR, safety, money and the road.

Rostering & timesheets

Roster educators to rooms, track hours and export a Xero-ready payroll file.

HR & people

Staff records, qualifications, WWCC and first-aid expiries, onboarding and leave.

Food safety

Temperature, cleaning and allergen records for the kitchen — council-ready.

Documents & policies

Controlled policy library with read-and-sign and e-signature for enrolment agreements.

Get your setup, tailored to childcare centres

Pop in your details — we'll send your recommended setup and get you started. Takes about a minute.

Free to start — your admin seat is always free, no card required. Switch on Childcare first, add rostering, HR and food safety as you grow.

Build my setup

Answer a few quick questions and we'll tailor SureHarbor to your organisation, then give you a call to get you set up. Pop in your email and mobile to start.

Questions owners ask us

Does it handle medication authorisation properly?+

Yes — a dose can't be recorded without capturing the parent/guardian authorisation, plus who administered and who witnessed it, with a timestamp. That's exactly what an assessor looks for.

Can it prove our ratios?+

Every ratio check logs children and educators per room and auto-evaluates against the NQF ratio for that age group, with breaches flagged — a time-stamped record you can produce on demand.

Is it just for long day care?+

No — long day care, family day care and OSHC all use it, and schools/RTOs use the same enrolment & attendance engine via the School/RTO pack.

What does it cost?+

Simple per-seat pricing — your first admin seat is free, then $15/month per staff seat. Switch on only what you need.

Ready to run your business on one platform?

Start free today. Switch on what you need, import your people, and be operating — and audit-ready — the same day.

Want a hand setting it up?

Beyond the software, we offer hands-on consulting from a qualified WHS, quality and compliance practitioner — set up right, audit-ready, without the big-firm price tag.