From first enquiry to final payment.
One intelligent platform for school admissions and finance.
Knit helps schools streamline admissions, assist staff with financial risk assessment, collect payments digitally, recover outstanding fees and gain complete operational visibility — while keeping your team firmly in control.
Trusted by schools across South Africa
- SOC 2
- POPIA Ready
- 256-bit Encryption
- Built on Google Cloud
Amara Ndlovu · Application APP-4821
On track01. Enquiry
Ms N. Dlamini · Grade 8, 2027
02. Application Submitted
Reference APP-4821
03. Documents Verified
6 of 6 documents checked
04. Application Review
With admissions committee
05. Affordability & Risk Insights
Insight ready for the school to review
06. Registration Fee Paid
R 3 500 received · 12 Feb
07. Offer Accepted
Signed by parent · 14 Feb
08. Enrolled
Grade 8 · Alpha class
09. Fee Collection
Debit order · 1st monthly
10. Account Healthy
No outstanding balance
Affordability insight
Financial picture assembled from declared income, payment history and account behaviour.
- Payment historyConsistent
- Declared affordabilityWithin range
- Prior account statusReview note
Insights support your team. The final admissions decision always remains with the school.
Fee account
R 0.00
Collection rate trending up over 12 months
Trusted by independent and public schools nationwide
Run a calm, organised admissions season.
From the first enquiry to a signed offer, every application moves through a workflow your school designs — with the repetitive administration quietly handled.
Illustrative admissions flow: enquiry → application → documents → review → offer → registration payment. Discuss your school’s process and requirements with our team.
- Online applications parents can finish on a phone
- Document collection with clear outstanding lists
- Automatic document verification and flagging
- Application workflows matched to your admissions policy
- Internal reviews, notes and committee decisions
- Communication timelines per family
- Calendar booking for interviews and open days
- Offer management and registration fee collection
The admissions team stays in control. Knit simply removes the repetitive administration around each application — your criteria, your workflow, your decision.
Sample admissions board · 2027 intake
25 applicationsIllustrative content with fictional applicants and example counts. This preview does not submit applications or process payments.
New applications
12T. Mokoena
Grade 1 · 2027
NewS. Petersen
Grade 8 · 2027
NewDocuments outstanding
5A. Naidoo
Proof of residence
2 missingK. van Wyk
Latest report
1 missingReady for review
8L. Dube
All documents verified
ReadyM. Adams
Interview booked
14 MarCollected this month
R 4.82m
+6.4%
Outstanding
R 612k
94 accounts
Reconciled EFTs
98%
Automatic
Outstanding accounts
Suggested next action
- Payment plan
Khumalo family
R 12 400 outstanding
- Reminder sent
Botha family
R 3 100 outstanding
- Up to date
Sithole family
R 0 outstanding
- Needs attention
Fourie family
R 28 900 outstanding
Collect more, chase less, and always know where you stand.
Fee collection, reconciliation and reporting in one ledger — so your bursar spends the month understanding the numbers rather than assembling them.
- Digital payment collection across common methods
- Automatic reconciliation of EFTs and debit orders
- Outstanding account tracking by family and grade
- Payment plans agreed and monitored in one place
- Automated, well-timed payment reminders
- Revenue forecasting across terms and intakes
- Operational reporting for leadership and governors
- Financial risk insights on accounts, where appropriate
Financial Aid
- Exemptions
- Scholarships
- Bursaries
The finance team remains in control. Knit recommends the next best action and prepares the work — approving, sending and deciding stays with your people.
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One continuous record, from enquiry through to enrolment and beyond.
Each stage hands cleanly to the next. Nothing is re-keyed, nothing is lost between departments, and everyone can see exactly where a family is.
- 01
Parent Enquiry
Captured from the website, a call or a walk-in.
- 02
Application
Guided online form with progress saved for parents.
- 03
Document Verification
Uploads checked and flagged automatically.
- 04
Financial Risk Insights
Affordability context prepared for the school.
- 05
Admissions Review
Committee reviews, comments and decides.
- 06
Registration Payment
Fee collected digitally with instant confirmation.
- 07
Enrolment
Learner record created and shared with the school.
- 08
Fee Collection
Debit orders, plans and reconciliation in one ledger.
- 09
Ongoing Parent Engagement
Statements, reminders and updates in one thread.
One intelligent workspace for your entire school.
Admissions, families, finance, documents and communication in one place — with your school's AI co-pilot quietly pointing out what deserves attention next.
Admissions pipeline · 2027
25 applicationsNew
12
Documents
5
Review
8
Ndlovu family · Amara, Grade 8
One record: application, documents, account and history
Documents
6 of 6 verified
Fee account
R 0.00 outstanding
- Offer accepted · signed by parent14 Feb
- Registration fee received12 Feb
- Interview confirmed by admissions04 Feb
Suggested for review today
4 applications waiting more than 5 days
SuggestionGrade 8 intake. Committee review not yet started.
9 families missing one document
SuggestionA single reminder would close most of these.
3 accounts trending toward arrears
SuggestionBased on payment behaviour over two terms.
Every suggestion shows the information behind it. The AI assists. The school decides.
Today's tasks
- Approve 3 offer letters
- Send February statements
- Confirm 2 interviews
Knit assists schools by providing affordability and financial risk insights during admissions, helping your team build a clearer financial picture. Knit does not credit score applicants, credit check parents, or make admissions decisions.
Knit works with the systems you already use.
Knit Platform
Admissions · Finance · Communication
Knit integrates with your existing school management, accounting and payment systems, allowing your team to continue using the tools they know while bringing everything together in one intelligent workspace.
- No duplicate capturing
- Works alongside your existing systems
- Built to fit your school's workflow
Exemptions
The practical answers, before you book a demo.
Security, integrations and implementation — covered plainly.
Yes. Family and learner information is handled in line with South African privacy law, with role-based access so staff only see what their role requires, and an audit trail of every action.
On enterprise Google Cloud infrastructure with managed backups. Documents such as certificates and reports are stored securely in the learner record rather than in email threads.
Data is encrypted in transit and at rest with 256-bit encryption, access is controlled per role, and every recommendation or change is recorded and reviewable by your school.
School management systems such as d6 and Ed-admin, accounting tools including Sage, Pastel and Xero, payment and debit order providers such as PayFast, Peach Payments and Netcash, plus Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
Most schools go live within about four weeks: discovery in week one, configuration and data migration in weeks two and three, practical training for admissions and finance, then launch with your next intake. A named customer success contact stays with your school afterwards.
No. Knit works alongside the systems you already run, becoming the layer that connects admissions, finance and communication so nothing has to be captured twice.
Yes. Application stages, review steps, fee structures and communication templates are configured to match your school's policy — not the other way around.
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