ClassNest

For madrassahs and maktabs across the UK

Run your madrassah from one simple app

ClassNest brings registers, parent messages, rewards, results, fees and reports together in one place for your headmaster, teachers and parents. On iPhone, Android and the web.

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No card needed. Your data stays in the UK.

The headmaster's dashboard in a web browser: today's attendance, the registers not yet taken in each class, the staff register and the week's reward points and incidents.
A parent's home screen on a phone: each of their children with reward points, behaviour points and attendance this term.

Less paperwork, fewer WhatsApp groups, more time for teaching

Most madrassahs run on goodwill: paper registers, a fees notebook and a WhatsApp group for every class. It works, until a teacher leaves, a parent says they never got the message, or the committee asks who is behind with fees.

  • Messages that stay with the madrassah

    Parents and teachers talk in the app, not on personal phone numbers. Every conversation is kept, and the headmaster can read any of them.

  • Registers in seconds

    Teachers mark the register on their phone, parents hear quickly when a child is absent, and you can see which classes haven't taken one.

  • Fees you can account for

    Fee plans, receipts and arrears in one place, so the treasurer isn't chasing paper and parents get a receipt for every payment.

  • Progress the committee can see

    Curriculum targets, test results and class scorecards show how every class is doing against the term, without a spreadsheet.

Everything your madrassah needs, in one place

Headmasters, teachers and parents use the same app. Each of them sees what they need, and nothing they shouldn't.

Office

The whole madrassah at a glance

For the headmaster, the treasurer and the committee: pupils, registers, fees and reports in one place, on the office computer or a phone.

  • See which classes haven't taken a register, and spot persistent absence
  • Weekly, monthly, termly or one-off fees, with a receipt every time, arrears and collection rates
  • Payments are never deleted, only cancelled with a reason
  • A daily staff register, with approved leave never counted against anyone
  • Class scorecards against the pace of the term, and lesson observations against five criteria
  • Read any conversation between parents and teachers, with every read written to the audit log
The fees screen in a web browser: money collected this week and this month, total arrears, the collection rate, pupils in arrears and this month's payments by method.

Classroom

Registers, points and marks from a phone

Teachers see their own classes and do the day-to-day in the lesson, without a clipboard or a spreadsheet.

  • Present, late, absent or excused, with notes, and the rest marked present in one tap
  • Reward and behaviour points for one child, a group or the whole class, kept side by side and never netted off
  • Marks in a grid that works out percentages and grades as you go, and report cards to print
  • Curriculum targets for the term, such as Qur'an 3 juz or 15 du'as
  • Homework with due dates, marked for each pupil
A teacher taking a class register on a phone: each pupil marked present, late, absent or excused, with a button to mark the rest present.

Parents

Parents know how their children are doing

Parents see their own children, and nothing else. Messaging between parents and teachers is included in every plan.

  • Message every teacher of every child, and the office, with photos, files and read receipts
  • Teachers never give out their personal number, and every conversation is kept
  • Told quickly when a child is absent
  • Reward points, attendance, homework and published results for each child
  • Announcements and events, with notifications straight to their phone
A conversation between a parent and her son's teacher on a phone, under a note that messages can't be edited or deleted and may be seen by the headmaster.

Also included: sign-in with an email address or mobile number, joining codes for staff and parents, your madrassah's own logo and colour in the app, and an activity log. Some features come with the bigger plans: see what's in each plan.

More modules, when you need them

Hifz, events, admissions, giving and texts to parents each have their own place in the app, and eight new modules join the bigger plans. Some come with a plan and some are add-ons.

  • Hifz

    Standard plan and above

    Each pupil's sabaq, sabqi and manzil by surah and ayah, with quality and mistakes, and a certificate to print for every juz completed.

  • Events

    Every plan

    Events for a class or the whole madrassah, with replies from parents.

  • Admissions

    Complete, or £9 a month

    An enquiry form and waiting list for new families, and enrolling a child in one step.

  • Donations

    Complete, or £9 a month

    A giving page for your appeals, with Gift Aid declarations and the claim file for HMRC.

  • Texts to parents

    From your own phone: included on every plan

    Texts to a class or every parent for urgent news, and to the parents of absent pupils after the register, sent one at a time from your phone. Automatic texts sent by ClassNest: add-on, cost plus 20%.

  • New

    Recitation recordings

    Complete plan and above

    Children record their recitation for the teacher to hear and comment on.

  • New

    Certificates

    Complete plan and above

    Certificates for achievements, ready to print or send home.

  • New

    Parents' meetings

    Complete plan and above

    Parents book a time to meet their child's teacher, in the app.

  • New

    Safe collection

    Complete plan and above

    Who may collect each child, checked at home time.

  • New

    Forms and consent

    Complete plan and above

    Consent and forms that parents sign in the app, instead of on paper.

  • New

    Timetable and cover

    Large and On-site, or £12 a month on Complete

    Your weekly timetable, and cover arranged when a teacher is away.

  • New

    Check-in kiosk

    Large and On-site, or £12 a month on Complete

    Pupils and staff check in at the door with a QR card, and the register marks itself.

  • New

    Reports for trustees

    Large and On-site, or £12 a month on Complete

    Termly figures for your trustees and committee, ready to share.

On every device

The same ClassNest on iPhone, Android and the web, so nobody has to learn two systems. Headmasters see the whole madrassah, teachers see their classes, and parents see their own children.

  • iPhone

    For teachers taking the register in class, and parents keeping up on the go.

  • Android

    The same app, with every feature, for Android phones and tablets.

  • Web

    For the office computer: run the madrassah on a big screen in any web browser, with nothing to install.

Your data stays in the UK, and stays yours

A madrassah holds information about children and families. We treat it that way.

  • Records, accounts and uploaded files are stored in London; only the encrypted copy of the nightly backup is kept in the EU.
  • Each madrassah is kept apart by the database itself, not just by the app.
  • We only look inside your madrassah to help you: with a recorded reason, for a limited time, and your headmaster is told.
  • No adverts, no analytics and no AI training on your data.

Try ClassNest free for 30 days

Set up your madrassah, add your classes and take your first register. No card needed. If you decide not to carry on, your madrassah is simply paused and your data is kept.

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Plans from £19 a month for up to 50 pupils. Founding madrassahs: the first 10 to join get 50% off their first year, in return for honest feedback and a testimonial. See the offers.