Parents compare results and fees. Yours are buried in a PDF.
Your teachers are good, your families stay, and word of mouth has carried you for years. But new parents now compare schools on a map, in parent groups and through an assistant — on results, fees and transport. This playbook shows where those families go, and what to publish first.
The short versionMost schools lose admissions enquiries because their map listing is thin, fees, results and admission criteria are hard to find or missing, and parent enquiries wait days for a reply in the busiest weeks. Clear published answers, a fuller profile and a tour-booking flow fix this, not more advertising.
Newer school · 1.2 km★★★★☆ 38 reviews · SchoolOpen now · Closes 7 pm
Established school · 2.4 km★★★★☆ 210 reviews · SchoolOpen now · Closes 7 pm
Your school · 0.9 km★★★★★ 164 reviews · SchoolHours not set for today
AI answer“For admissions this year nearby, Newer school lists fees, bus routes and tour dates online…”
Leak 1Thin profileNo classroom photos, no tour dates, unanswered questions.
Leak 2No fees or resultsFees, results and admission criteria not on the site.
Leak 3Slow replyParent enquiry answered after the tour week ended.
Start here
Tick anything that sounds like your week.
Eight things school leaders and admissions offices commonly describe. Select the ones that apply and we'll show what usually causes them, in the order we'd tackle it. Nothing is submitted.
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Why a good school still loses the family
Parents can't sit in your classrooms. They compare what you publish.
Parents can't watch your teaching before they apply, so they compare what they can see. They search nearby, check the map and reviews, ask in parent groups, then look for fees, results, transport and the admission process. The school that answered those plainly gets the tour booking. A school that keeps results in a newsletter and fees behind a phone call drops off the shortlist before anyone meets the head.
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The map result parents start from
schools near me
1Newer school, 1.2 km★★★★☆ · 46 reviews
2Established school★★★★☆ · 180 reviews
3Your school★★★★★ · 122 reviewsThin profile
Why don't parents find our school on Google Maps?
Admissions searches start local — “primary school near me”, “school with bus service in [area]”. A profile with the wrong category, no age range, no classroom photos and no tour dates loses to a newer school that filled those in, even when your reputation is stronger.
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The fees and results nobody can find
school fees near me with transport
Your page“Contact the office for fee details.”Tab closed
Answered pageFees and what they include · transport · verified results with sourceQuoted by AI
Should a school publish its fees and exam results online?
Parents compare the total cost and the outcomes, and most school sites hide both. Admission charges, annual fees, transport and meals, plus verified results with the cohort stated, answer the two questions parents bring to every tour — and they are the answers assistants quote.
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The parent enquiry answered too late
Hi, any places for my 8-year-old in September? Fees and bus?WhatsApp · 8:52 pm
Hello, please visit the office to collect a form.Two days later · 10:15 am
Thanks, we have a tour booked elsewhere.10:31 am
Why do school admission enquiries go cold?
Parents enquire in the evening, after work, and often message three schools at once in admission season. An answer two days later, once the office catches up, usually finds a family that has already booked a tour elsewhere. One queue, a named owner and a tour-booking link sent straight away fix it.
What we'd do about it
Five moves, in the order that pays.
Fix the leaks first, then grow. Scaling a funnel that loses enquiries just spends more to lose more.
Move
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01Fix the shop windowGoogle Business Profile rebuilt — category, age range, curriculum, classroom and campus photos, transport, tour dates, Q&A. Map position measured across the areas your families come from.Local SEO
Weeks 1–3
02Publish fees and outcomesFees and what they include, admission criteria and process, transport and catchment, and verified results with cohort and source. No claims you can't back up.Content Marketing
Weeks 2–6
03Close the admission-season gapOne queue for calls, forms, WhatsApp and DMs, a named owner, tour-booking links sent at once and missed-call text-back through admission season.Marketing Automation
Weeks 3–7
04Follow up from tour to applicationReminders before tours, next steps after, deadline nudges and waitlist updates, plus review requests at sensible points in the school year.Marketing Automation
Weeks 5–10
05Then answer the wider searchPages for curriculum, sport, arts, boarding or learning support, and the areas you want to draw from — only once the basics work, so effort isn't wasted.SEO Services
Month 3 onward
Social presence · where parents check you
Parents scroll your school's feed before they ask the group chat.
Parents look for everyday school life, fees and transport, then ask other parents. Your feed shows what a brochure can't. Six things decide whether they book a tour.
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YSYour SchoolSchool · K-12
Nursery to Grade 12 · your cityFees & bus routes, published ↓Book a school tour ↓
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FeesTransportAdmissionCampus
Science lab, in actionTeacher spotlight: AshaBus routes explainedSports dayAdmissions timelineCampus tourA day in Grade 3Fees, line by lineParent Q&A
InstagramEveryday school life, filmed with consent, tour link in bio.Discover
FacebookParents check events, notices and local parent groups.Check
WhatsAppAdmissions questions answered fast, with the tour link.Ask
YouTubeFull campus tours and the principal's welcome.Check
Google Business ProfilePhotos, hours and answered questions on the map.Check
A week that books, not just posts
Social Media Marketing Included in Zero to Hero (2 platforms) and Own The Answer (4 platforms).
MONClassroom momentOne lesson or project, grade named.
WEDTeacher spotlightWho teaches what, and how.
FRIAdmissions updateOpen days and deadlines, with link.
SATSports or event recapThe week's event, consent checked.
DAILYRepliesParent messages answered the same day.
What we'd watch
Your dashboard, minus the vanity metrics.
Six numbers that show whether the work is turning into enrolments — each pulled from a system you already own. The audit fills in your baseline; every sprint after shows the trend.
Admissions · weeklyYour dashboard after the free audit
Calls from your profileGoogle Business Profile
Baseline—
Map position by areaLocal grid tracking
Baseline—
Time to first replyYour inbox and phone system
Baseline—
Tours booked and attendedBooking or admissions system
Baseline—
Tour to applicationAdmissions system
Baseline—
Review velocityGoogle Business Profile
Baseline—
Your numbers, not ours
What is the slow reply actually costing you?
Three inputs only you know. We don't know your business yet — so nothing here is a benchmark, just your own arithmetic.
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What you may be losing
$51,960a month in parents who book somewhere else — worked out from your three numbers above.
6 × 4.33 weeks× 1 in 2× $4,000
The fix is routing in admission season, not budget. One queue, one owner, tour links sent at once — weeks 3 to 7 of the plan.
Your map listing sends people to a website. Make it one that answers their question and takes the booking — not a page that sends them back to the map.
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Free with any monthly plan from $499. Domain, hosting and paid tools are bought by you and stay in your name; shops and booking systems are quoted separately. The 48-hour clock starts once your plan is active and the launch checklist is done.
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Questions school leaders ask
Straight answers, no sales script.
Straight answers. If yours isn't here, a 30-minute call is the fastest route — no pitch, no deck.
Yes, or at least the structure: what's charged at admission, each year and for transport, meals and uniform, with any sibling or instalment options. Parents who can't see the total tend to assume it's higher, and many never ask.
We're full most years. Why do we need marketing?
Full this year can hide a thinner applicant pool for the year groups that matter next. A clear profile, published answers and fast replies keep the waiting list healthy and let you choose the right families, not just enough of them.
What can we say about results?
Publish verified results with the year, cohort and source stated, and avoid comparisons you can't back up. We don't write outcome promises, and content stays within the rules on school advertising and information that apply in your country.
Most of our families come through word of mouth. Does search matter?
Recommended parents still search your name, look at the map listing and read reviews before calling. A thin profile or missing fees can undo a good recommendation.
How long before a school notices a difference?
Profile and reply-time fixes can show in enquiries within weeks of admission season opening. Ranking across wider areas takes a few months. Admissions are seasonal, so we compare against the same weeks last year. We don't guarantee enrolments.
We have a junior and a senior campus. Do they need separate listings?
Usually yes, if they are at different addresses. Each campus needs its own profile, tour booking and pages, so parents of younger and older children each find the right one.
Which social platforms matter most for a school?
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. Parents look for everyday school life on Instagram, check notices and ask other parents on Facebook, and expect admissions questions answered on WhatsApp. Add a YouTube campus tour. Only show children whose parents have given consent, and never publish results you can't verify.
Do we get a free website for our school?
Yes. Every monthly plan includes a free 5-page website for your school — fast, AI-readable and yours to keep. It goes live within 48 hours once your plan is active and the launch checklist is done. Your domain, hosting and any paid tools sit outside the offer and stay in your name; online shops and booking systems are quoted separately. What's included
Free · one business day
Tell us about your school. Get a plan back.
A strategist reads your brief and replies within one business day with what we'd fix first for your school, a timeline and the real cost.
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We'll check your map visibility across the areas families come from, how clearly fees, results and admissions are answered, and how fast a parent enquiry gets a reply. You keep the findings either way.
Social presence · where parents check you
Parents scroll your school's feed before they ask the group chat.
Parents look for everyday school life, fees and transport, then ask other parents. Your feed shows what a brochure can't. Six things decide whether they book a tour.
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Is your profile ready to sell?
Tap what's already true.
Where your parents look
A week that books, not just posts
Social Media Marketing Included in Zero to Hero (2 platforms) and Own The Answer (4 platforms).