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MagicBooking is an all-in-one SaaS platform for UK schools, clubs, after-school care providers, and children’s activity organisations. It brings online bookings, payments, parent communication, electronic registers, compliance records, and automated document generation into a single platform, aiming to reduce manual registration, payment tracking, and paper-based processes. The website states that it is used by 2,000+ schools and clubs in the UK.
For bookings, the system supports 24/7 parent self-service registration, real-time availability, waiting lists, age/class restrictions, admin-only bookings, approvals, cancellation rules, ad hoc bookings, and contract/recurring bookings. On the payment side, it covers card payments, Open Banking, Tax-Free Childcare, childcare vouchers, BACS, cash/cheques, instalments, discounts, deposits, and debt thresholds, with automatic reconciliation and reminders. The communication module supports email, SMS, scheduled sending, templates, and grouped recipients. For operations, it provides electronic registers, attendance records, accident/injury reports, sales/payment/debt reports, as well as automatically generated documents such as invoices, statements, and confirmation emails.
The product is clearly designed around UK education and childcare regulations. It states support for GDPR and provides records, audit trails, consent forms, and secure cloud storage aligned with standards from Ofsted, Care Inspectorate, Estyn, ETI, and others. Integrations mentioned include MIS, Wonde, HMRC TFC API, Open Banking, payment gateways, and branding/website integrations. The support system includes a UK-based team, 1-to-1 training, Magic Academy, a knowledge base, support tickets, live chat, and account management.
Schools Pro costs £82/month per active centre or venue, plus card transaction fees; Clubs Pro costs £59/month, plus transaction fees. School MIS integration has a one-off fee of £250, while the FAQ also mentions £12/month; branding integration has a one-off fee of £399. Prices exclude 20% VAT. Volume discounts are available, and OOSA member clubs can get the first month free. The website offers a Free Trial and a free Demo, but does not specify the trial duration.
Its strengths are comprehensive coverage of a vertical use case, strong adaptation to local payments and regulation, fairly transparent pricing, and no limits on the number of children or activities. Its drawbacks are limited internationalisation information and undisclosed details around transaction fees, open APIs, self-hosting, and trial limitations. It is best suited to UK schools, after-school care providers, children’s clubs, and multi-site education organisations. The main text provides no information on access from China, so this is assessed as unknown.
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