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Spec score 8.4 #22 of 86 in Early Childhood Education Software

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Product
Pigeonhole is nursery management software for early years settings in England.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Free plan
NoRead 22 Sep 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Support
Customers can email support, and the maker offers onboarding help; terms say support is available during standard business hours.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Company
The maker is Pigeonhole Early Years Ltd, registered in England and Wales under company number 16263323.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Accounting integrations
Invoices sync with Xero or QuickBooks, and payments can flow back to mark invoices paid.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
AI assistance
AI can draft observation write-ups, summarize forms and documents, and answer questions about a setting, with generated content subject to human review before sharing.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Attendance
The live register tracks check-ins and attendance counts across rooms.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Attendance and check-in
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Billing and payments
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Browser extension
A Chrome extension fills recognized fields in council provider portals and makes other claim figures available to copy.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Data protection
The site says Pigeonhole is built for UK GDPR, hosted on Microsoft Azure in the UK, encrypted in transit and at rest, and permissioned by staff role.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Enrollment management
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Family communication
YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Funding
It generates digital parental declarations and funding claims from setting records, with council forms configured council by council.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Learning journals
Staff can capture photos, tag children and learning areas, dictate notes, and share approved observations with families.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Notable limits
Funding forms are configured council by council, and the Chrome extension fills only the portal fields it recognizes.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Other features
Features include safeguarding records, occupancy and staff rotas, custom forms, parent portal, announcements, and finance reporting.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk
Trial and billing
The 30-day trial requires no card; subscriptions are paid yearly, do not renew automatically, and prices exclude VAT.Read 12 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk

Plans and prices

Pigeonhole £49.56 a year Annual subscription; page lists £55/month plus 20p/month per extra child More than 200 children · all features included price by number of children, billed annually: up to £660 a year (181–200); above 200, £55 a month plus 20p per extra child Read 20 Oct 2026 · pigeonholeapp.co.uk

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