Switching to Brim
Off the spreadsheets. Out of the group chats.
Most schools run on a patchwork of spreadsheets, exercise books, WhatsApp groups and a cash tin — each one fine alone, none of them talking to the others. Here is what Brim replaces, and how the move actually works.
Today → with Brim
The same work, without the cracks.
Today
Fees in a spreadsheet, receipts in a book, and a balance no one fully trusts
With Brim
One double-entry ledger — fees, payments and payroll that always reconcile
Today
Marks copied between exercise books, mark sheets and a report-card template
With Brim
Marks entered once, flowing through the UNEB/NCDC pipeline onto the report card
Today
A hundred parents in WhatsApp groups, and teachers giving out personal numbers
With Brim
Governed messaging on the school’s own channel — private, and on the record
Today
A paper gate book, and a phone call to find out if a child got home
With Brim
Biometric check-in at the gate and a live “my child’s ride” for the bus
Today
A sick-bay notebook and an allergy you hope someone remembered
With Brim
A real health record — allergies verified, medication cross-checked, parents told
Today
Last year overwritten when a class is promoted, history quietly lost
With Brim
Every student’s journey kept as history — admission to graduation, intact
The move
The change is the part we carry for you.
The fear isn’t the software — it’s the switch. So we make the switch the easy part.
We bring your data in
Hand us your spreadsheets — students, staff, fees. We import them for you and check the numbers against your own totals before you rely on a thing.
We train your people
In person and on call, for the roles that matter — bursar, DOS, class teachers, front desk — so the system is being used properly, not just installed.
Your first term is free
Settle in for a full term before a single shilling is due. If it isn’t earning its place, you’ve lost nothing.
Your data stays yours
Export your records whenever you want, in formats you can keep. Brim is where your data lives, never where it’s trapped.
Make this term the last one on spreadsheets.
Start a pilot and we’ll bring your data in, train your team, and stay close for a full free term — before anything is due.