A Surrey daycare posts one opening and the enquiries do not stop, a waitlist that was already a hundred families long grows again overnight, most of them with more than one child, many dealing with the centre in Punjabi or Hindi. Managing that on a binder is impossible: who is next, which room has room, whose fees are due, whose subsidy paperwork is in. Surrey has some of the highest childcare demand in the province, and a centre here is buried in it. We set Surrey daycares up with one system that holds the waitlist, the enrolment, the ratios and the fees together.
Techalyst builds and sets up management software for daycares and childcare centres across Surrey and the Lower Mainland.
Childcare in Surrey
Surrey is young, family-heavy and growing fast, so demand for childcare far outstrips supply and waitlists run long. Families often have two or three children to place, and a great many deal with the centre in a language other than English. That shapes what the software must do: manage a big waitlist fairly, hold licensed ratios as rooms fill, bill fees across siblings with subsidies handled, and keep parents informed in the language they actually use. A binder cannot; a real system can.
From waitlist to paid
- Families join a waitlist online, and you move them into enrolment as spots open.
- Enrolment respects licensed ratios by age group, so no room ever goes over.
- Monthly fees bill automatically, across siblings, full-time or part-time, with subsidies accounted for.
- Attendance, sign-in and sign-out are tracked, so you always know who is in the building.
- One family account holds every child, their room, schedule and invoices.
A single centre or several, each with its own rooms, ratios and enrolment.
What you can add on top
Because we build the software, the core is only the start. When you are ready, we grow it, under your own brand:
- Your own website, with programs, waitlist and enquiry built in.
- A parent portal and app for updates, photos and payments, in the languages families use.
- Digital forms for enrolment, consent and emergency information.
- Reports on enrolment, ratios, revenue and the waitlist.
Start with waitlist and enrolment, add the rest as you grow.
Your centre, your data
Childcare platforms charge monthly, often per child, and hold your family and child records. The setup we build keeps your families, their records and your revenue on your own system, with no per-child fees, and where your centre has specific privacy obligations, we build with them in mind.
Built for Surrey
Surrey childcare runs on overwhelming demand, long waitlists and big families, many served in more than one language. A waitlist families can join and follow online, enrolment that protects your ratios, fees that bill across siblings with subsidies handled, and a parent app in their own language are what keep a Surrey centre full, compliant and calm under the pressure of that demand. We build that for you.
Common questions
Can it manage a long waitlist fairly?
Yes. Families join and follow the waitlist online, and you enrol them as spots open.
Can the parent portal work in Punjabi or Hindi?
Yes. The parent-facing pages and app can be built for the languages your families use.
Does it hold licensed ratios by room?
Yes. Enrolment respects ratios by age group so no room goes over.
Do fees bill across siblings with subsidies?
Yes. Fees bill automatically across siblings, with subsidies accounted for.