Less paperwork. More play.
Owly is the all-in-one nursery platform that takes care of registers, billing, learning journeys and parent updates, so your team can focus on the children.
A 2-week free trial after your demo. No commitment, free onboarding.
Trusted by leading childcare centres and nursery groups
Everything your nursery needs. Nothing it doesn't.
Seven modules, one login. No more juggling WhatsApp groups, spreadsheets and three different apps.
Parent partnerships
Instant messaging with live translation, so parents chat in their own language, plus photo and video sharing, daily updates and surveys.
Learn more →Learning journeys
Observations, EYFS-ready assessments and beautiful printable portfolios, created in minutes, not evenings.
Learn more →Daily logs
Meals, naps, nappies, medicine and accident forms logged in three taps and shared with parents as it happens.
Learn more →Attendance & registers
One-tap check-in, QR self check-in for parents, live headcounts and occupancy reports.
Learn more →Enquiries & bookings
Capture leads from your website, book viewings and turn an enquiry into an enrolled child in one click.
Learn more →Staffing & ratios
Always know you're in ratio. Plan rooms, track staff hours and export payroll in one sheet.
Learn more →Billing & payments
Automated invoices, one-click parent payments and gentle reminders that get you paid 5× faster.
Learn more →One platform, three happy audiences
Run every room from one dashboard
Occupancy, finances, staffing and compliance at a glance, for a single setting or a whole group.
- Live occupancy and revenue reporting across sites
- Automated invoicing with overdue reminders
- Records archived securely for 5 years for easy compliance
Give educators their evenings back
Observations in three taps, portfolios in minutes and registers that take care of themselves.
- Log daily activities in 3 clicks or less
- Graduation-ready portfolios generated in 5 minutes
- EYFS-aligned learning outcomes built in
Every parent's window into their child's day
Photos, milestones, meals and naps, shared safely as they happen, with instant messaging when it matters.
- A real-time feed of the day's special moments
- Secure chat that replaces WhatsApp and Facebook groups
- One-click payments straight from the app
Nurseries feel the difference in week one
Real results reported by settings running on Owly.
Source: Owly customer case studies from Wiggles'n Wriggles and Uniplural Group.
Don't take our word for it
“Owly has transformed how we communicate with parents, making it easier and more efficient to share updates about their children's day.”
“Owly has been a game-changer for us. The user-friendly interface and comprehensive features have streamlined our communication and record-keeping processes.”
Switch in days, not months
Our onboarding specialists migrate your data and train your team, free.
Book a 15-minute call
Tell us about your setting and see Owly live. No commitment, no credit card.
We move your data
Children, families, records and billing details, all migrated for you by our onboarding team.
Go live in days
Free training and a dedicated point of contact. Most settings are up and running within a week.
Every parent can chat in their own language
Owly translates the parent chat as it happens. Parents write in the language they are most comfortable with, your team reads it in theirs, and every reply arrives back in the parent's own language.
- Parents message the nursery in their own language, from more than 100 languages
- Your team reads and replies in theirs, translated live both ways
- Included for every family, at no extra cost
No more copying messages into translation apps, and no family left out of a conversation about their own child.
Everyone sees what they need. No more, no less.
Owly's device-level security policies let you control not just who can open a child's record, but which device they can open it on. Photos stay on the nursery tablet. Your carers still clock in from their own phones.
- Granular access levels for every role and every device
- Children's photos and records locked to nursery-owned devices
- Staff clock in from personal phones without seeing child data
Protecting a child's privacy is not just about passwords. It is about making sure sensitive data never reaches a device you don't control.
Built to be trusted with your most important records
Parents trust you with the most important person in their life. We treat your data with the same care.
GDPR & UK GDPR compliant
Lawful processing with full audit trails, consent controls and a signed data processing agreement.
Bank-level encryption
All data encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted on ISO and SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure (AWS and Laravel Cloud).
5-year secure archiving
Logs and records archived securely, so inspections and audits are stress-free.
Ready for your framework
Observations and assessments aligned to your own curriculum framework, with inspection-friendly reporting.
Questions? Answered.
Most settings go live within a week. Our onboarding specialist migrates your existing data and trains your team, free of charge.
Ready to give your team their time back?
See Owly live in a 15-minute demo, tailored to your setting.
A 2-week free trial after your demo. No commitment, free onboarding.