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ECD management, simplified

Run your ECD.
We'll handle the complexity.

Cooco brings children, parents, staff, finance, operations, compliance and communication together in one beautifully simple platform — built for South African early learning centres.

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Built for the people who keep little learners moving forward.

  • Secure
  • Cloud-based
  • Multi-branch ready
  • Role-based access
  • Audit-ready
The reality

Your ECD is a business too.

Between the children, the parents and the paperwork, centre operators are running everything at once — across tools that were never built to talk to each other.

ChildrenParentsFeesStaffAttendanceDocumentsComplianceCommunicationSuppliersTransportReports
WhatsAppSpreadsheetsPaperDifferent appsManual processes→ Cooco brings it together.
One platform

One place for your entire ECD.

Every part of running a centre, connected — so information is entered once and works everywhere.

Children

Profiles, records and timelines for every child in one organised place.

Parents

Guardians, consent and communication, all linked to the right child.

Daily Operations

Attendance, check-in/out and the day's flow, handled calmly.

Finance

Fees, invoices, payments and arrears — know where your money is.

People

Staff records, rostering, leave and payroll in one place.

Learning

Curriculum, lesson plans, observations and progress reports.

Compliance

Registers, checklists, inspections and policies, audit-ready.

Transport

Vehicles, routes, drivers and trips with expiry tracking.

Inventory

Supplies, meals and assets tracked with low-stock alerts.

Reports

Clear reporting across every module, ready when you need it.

See Cooco in action

Built around how your day actually runs.

Know what's happening today.

Open Cooco to a live view of your centre — who's in, who's expected, what needs attention and where the day stands, on one calm principal dashboard.

  • Live 07:00–18:00 day ribbon with a now-marker
  • Attendance, arrears and staffing at a glance
  • Jump straight to whatever needs you
Cooco principal dashboard showing today's children, attendance and recent activity

Take control of your finances.

Know what's paid, what's outstanding and where your money is going — without rebuilding a spreadsheet every month.

  • Fees, invoices and payments in one ledger
  • Arrears with aging and automatic reminders
  • Clear financial reporting you can trust
Cooco finance dashboard showing income, expenses, outstanding fees and recent transactions

Keep parents connected.

Give parents a better experience too — the information they care about, shared securely, with access controlled by permissions.

  • Child updates, statements and invoices
  • Announcements with a familiar WhatsApp-style feel
  • Notifications and documents, permission-controlled
The Cooco parent app showing a child's daily progress and messages
Why it matters

Less admin. More time for what matters.

Save time

Stop repeating yourself

Reduce repetitive administration. Enter information once and let Cooco carry it everywhere it's needed.

Stay organised

One source of truth

Keep children, parents, staff and finances in one place — not scattered across apps and paper.

Get control

Understand your centre

See how your centre is really performing, with numbers you can act on today.

Grow confidently

Ready for more

Built to scale from one centre to multiple branches, without losing visibility.

For growing organisations

Growing from one centre to many?

Cooco gives growing ECD organisations the structure they need to manage multiple branches without losing visibility.

  • Switch between branches in a click
  • Consolidated reporting across the group
  • Branch-level permissions and central administration
Trust & privacy

Your data matters.

Cooco is built for the realities of South African ECD data — with privacy and control designed in, not bolted on.

Tenant isolation
Every organisation's data is kept separate at the database level.
Role-based permissions
Give every team member exactly the access they need — no more.
Audit trails
Sensitive actions are logged to an append-only record.
Secure authentication
Access is protected with modern, session-based sign-in.
Backups
Your centre's records are backed up so they're not tied to one device.
Controlled access
Parents and staff only ever see what their role allows.
Pricing

Simple plans that grow with you.

All plans are billed monthly. Prices in South African Rand.

Starter

For a single small ECD centre getting started.

R499 / month
  • Up to 100 children
  • 1 branch
  • 5 GB document storage
  • Email support
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Professional

For growing centres and small multi-branch operators.

R1,499 / month
  • Up to 500 children
  • Up to 5 branches
  • 50 GB document storage
  • Multi-branch, WhatsApp & online payments
  • Priority support
Start with Professional
Premium

For established groups that want automation and their own brand.

R2,999 / month
  • Up to 1,500 children
  • Up to 15 branches
  • 200 GB document storage
  • Custom branding & automation
  • Priority support
Choose Premium

Enterprise

For large multi-branch operators needing scale, SLAs and integrations.

Talk to Cooco

Not sure which plan is right for you? Talk to Cooco — we'll help you choose.

A happy child at a Cooco early learning centre
Designed for modern ECD operators.

“Better management. Happier children. Stronger communities.”

Real customer stories will appear here as Cooco grows.

Questions

Everything you might ask.

Cooco is a management platform for Early Childhood Development centres — one place to run children, parents, staff, finance, operations, compliance and communication.

Ready to run your ECD differently?

Join the growing community of ECD operators using technology to spend less time on administration and more time running great learning environments.

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