From "another email"
to "done".
A short list of jobs, each with the child, the date the letter gives and the letter itself one tap away.
01 / Jobs · In the pilot
For the parent keeping it all together
Know what's needed before the school run.
School Buddy reads the school's emails, the PDF letters and ClassCharts, and turns them into a short list of jobs, each one linked to the letter it came from.
Born in a real family. Now in a small private pilot.
school buddy.Example
Good evening.
3 jobs need you this week.
To do3 to do
See the letter
"Please return the consent form by Friday 9 October." The date is in the letter, so it stays.
Why the warning?
The reader suggested a closing date the letter never gave, so it was removed. School Buddy never makes up a date.
One decision per job, with the letter one tap away. Try ticking one.
Tuesday, Week B0 of 3 packed
Kit days come from your school's own letters, used only once you tap "Use it".
Coming upExample
Science Museum trip
Wed 14 Oct, from a school letter
Half term
26 to 30 Oct, from the term dates you confirmed
A date the letter doesn't give stays missing. It is never guessed.
Example only · Nothing is saved
Jobs, Bag and Dates are all live in the pilot.
One decision per job
Never makes up a date
Read-only, school senders only
Small things. A big mental load.
School life has a lot
of moving parts.
Three simple views, built around what you actually need to do, for every child and every school.
From "another email"
Less "where's my
PE kit?"
The kit for each day, from your school's own routine, Week A or Week B, clubs included.
02 / Bag · In the pilot
A little view of
what's ahead.
Term dates, half terms and INSET days found in the school's letters, plus the dates from your jobs.
03 / Dates · In the pilot
Tried another app?
Built to be trusted
with the details.
An AI that reads school mail is easy to build. One you can rely on at 7:40 in the morning is not. This is what we do differently.
It never makes up a date
Every date, amount and link in a job must appear in the school's letter. Anything else is removed, and the job says "check this against the letter".
It reads the PDFs
Trip letters, term booklets, club lists. If a PDF is a scan it cannot read, it says so instead of pretending the letter was empty.
Built against fraud
Mail that claims to be from your school but isn't signed by it is set aside. Jobs never carry bank details: pay through the school's usual system.
Your school's rhythm
Week A and Week B, kit days and term dates, in your school's own words. Found in the letters, used only when you tap "Use it".
ClassCharts too
Homework becomes a job for your child, and closes when it's ticked off in ClassCharts. Optional, and off until you connect it.
The least access it needs
Gmail is read-only and searched only for your schools. Disconnect in one tap. Your children's names are never sent to the AI.
Nothing to move across: School Buddy works alongside your school's own app and ClassCharts, and you can leave and delete your family at any time.
How it works
A calmer school day.
In four steps.
It began as a tool for one household. We're now opening it, carefully, to a few more families.
01
Make it your family's IN THE PILOT
Sign in with an email link. Add your children by first name or nickname, their schools and year groups.
02
Connect your school mail IN THE PILOT
Connect Gmail with read-only access, and ClassCharts if your school uses it.
03
Jobs appear within minutes IN THE PILOT
Each letter is read on its own, checked against the original, and turned into jobs you can act on.
04
The bag and the dates IN THE PILOT
Tomorrow's kit and the term ahead, built from the routine and term dates you confirm.
Security and privacy
A helpful buddy.
A thoughtful guest.
School life is personal. School Buddy is built around limited access, a lock for each family and plain explanations.
School mail, read-only
School Buddy only searches for your schools' senders, and never sends, changes or deletes mail. Mail that only pretends to be from a school is set aside.
Your family's own lock
Names, school letters, timetables and your Gmail access are encrypted with a key for your family alone, and families are kept apart by design and by tests.
AI that reads, but never acts
Each letter is read on its own, without your children's names. Every date, amount and link is checked against the letter, and bank details never get through.
No passwords to steal
Sign in with a one-time email link, or Face ID or a fingerprint that never leaves your phone. See every device signed in, and sign any of them out.
Only the details we need
A first name or a nickname is enough. No surnames, birth dates, photos or health information. No adverts, no trackers, and nobody at School Buddy reads your family's mail.
Good questions
A few things
you might wonder.
Can I use School Buddy today?
School Buddy is in a small private pilot. Join the waiting list and we'll email you when there's a place for your family.
Does it work with my school?
The pilot supports a short list of schools. Tell us yours on the waiting list: that's how we choose which schools come next.
Which email can I use?
Gmail today, with read-only access: one parent's Gmail per family, usually the one the schools write to first. Outlook and forwarding your school mail to us are planned.
I already use another app. Why switch?
Because the details have to be right. School Buddy never invents a date, reads the PDF letters, sets aside forged mail and keeps your school's own week A and B. There's nothing to move across, and you can try it alongside what you use now.
Can another parent join my family?
Yes. The parent who sets up the family invites the other by email, and you share one list. Each child can have their own simple view on their phone too.
Will it guess missing information?
No. If a letter doesn't give a date, the job says so and asks you to check the letter. If it couldn't read an attachment, it tells you to open it.
Small private pilot
A little less on your mind.
A little more in your day.
Join the waiting list and tell us your school. We're opening School Buddy a few families at a time.