Children & families
Profiles, family records, guardians, emergency contacts, enrolments, permissions and notes — connected, not scattered.
Australian childcare management
Run your centre with calm, not chaos.
Acorn brings children, families, staff, rooms, ratios, attendance, incidents and EYLF programming into one connected platform — built for the way Australian early learning centres actually run.
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All rooms compliantRatios in real time
1 incident loggedFollow-up assigned
Built around the Australian early learning framework
NQF National Quality Framework
EYLF programming & observations
CCS billing foundations
WWC checks tracked
QIP & policies
One system for the whole centre
Everything a centre needs to manage the day.
From the morning sign-in rush to end-of-quarter compliance, Acorn keeps the floor and the filing cabinet in the same place.
Attendance & ratios
Child and staff check-in, expected attendance, room presence and live ratio visibility so you always know who's on the floor.
Rooms & occupancy
Rooms, capacity, assignments and occupancy with room-level operations for nursery, toddler and kindy spaces.
Staff & compliance
Rosters, qualifications, Working With Children checks, documents and emergency contacts — with renewal visibility.
Incidents & medication
Incident records, medication logs, health information, follow-ups and a clear compliance history you can stand behind.
Programs & documentation
Weekly programs, observations, critical reflections, QIPs, policies, forms and centre documents in one library.
A closer look
See the whole centre at a glance.
A dashboard that answers the morning's questions.
Who's on site, which rooms are compliant, what incidents are open, what's due — surfaced the moment you log in, not buried in tabs.
- Live room ratios with a single compliance read-out
- Incidents, compliance and enrolment pipeline together
- Work anniversaries and the little things that matter
Rooms with real context — not just a list.
Photo-led room cards show capacity, enrolled children, assigned educators and ages, so the floor plan in your head matches the system.
- Nursery, toddler and kindy spaces at a glance
- Capacity and enrolment counts on every card
- Educators and children assigned in seconds
Every child's story, in one calm place.
Routine status, guardians, room, weekly schedule and health notes — the full picture an educator needs, without the paperwork shuffle.
- Guardians, contacts and permissions in view
- Weekly schedule and routine at a glance
- Health and medication notes where they belong
Beyond the basics
The parts that feel like the future.
Acorn AI assistant
Ask your centre a question.
An assistant that understands your rooms, ratios, children and records — so you can find answers and draft documentation in plain language.
You
Which rooms are over ratio right now?Acorn AI
All three rooms are compliant. Toddlers has 1 spare place; Kindy has 2 educators rostered from 3pm.
iPhone & iPad companion
Made for the floor, not the office.
A native app for iPhone and iPad — check-ins, room moves and quick notes, designed for educators with their hands full and a room to watch.
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Up and running
From sign-up to your first sign-in.
Create your account
Sign up online and you're in — no installs, no setup calls, no IT project to manage. Acorn runs in your browser.
Set up your centre
Add rooms, educators and children, or import what you have. Onboarding walks you through the essentials.
Run the day
Check children in, track ratios, log incidents and build programs — with everyone working from the same picture.
Educators should spend their day with children — not buried in spreadsheets and paperwork. Acorn exists to give that time back.— The Acorn CCMS team
Bring your centre online today.
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