Reduce risk
Screen parents to confirm affordability before admission
Improve cash flow
Collect outstanding fees faster and more effectively
Ensure compliance
Verify teacher qualifications and criminal background
Rethink the way your school manages cash flow and compliance
70% of schools list collections as their biggest challenge. Even more challenging is the limited solutions available to schools to motivate non-paying parents and minimise bad debt. Every year, more attempts are made to defraud schools out of school fees. As a school administrator, it is becoming increasingly difficult to accurately validate an exemption or vet parents for affordability.
Schools are further burdened with the responsibility of verifying staff to keep learners safe and the school compliant with the latest in legislation – a difficult task that takes up hours of school time and precious resources.
Partner with the only credit bureau to specialise in education. Assess the financial health of parents to minimise admission risk, significantly improve cash flow and remain complaint with all legislation to protect your school environment.
Safeguard your reputation and your learning environment
Screen applicants before admission to reduce risk
TPN EduCheck offers a 7-in-1 credit check that scores data from three different credit bureaus to provide a comprehensive affordability assessment. Verify ID against an applicant’s name, marital status, and photo through a real-time link with the Department of Home Affairs. Access up to 6 months of verified bank statements directly from the applicant’s bank to combat documentation fraud and to validate identity.
Comply with the Sexual Offences Act
Sexual abuse in schools has risen by 230% in the last 5 years. In terms of section 45 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) 32 of 2007, employers have an obligation to screen employees against the National Register for Sex Offenders. This includes all staff in a position to work with, supervise, care for, or gain access to a child.
Check against all types of criminal offences
TPN CrimCheck provides a fast and affordable way for schools to capture biometric fingerprints on-site at school, screen for all convictions and cases awaiting trial against the SAPS database, meet legislative requirements to check school staff against the Sexual Offences and Child Protection Register and receive a Certificate of Legal Compliance. Any employer who fails to comply with the Sexual Offences Act will be guilty of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment.
TPN EduCheck®
TPN school fee check
TransUnion check
Verified employment check
Credit repayment check
Deeds check
Affordability check
Directorship check
Qualifications on file
Collect fees faster and smarter
- TPN welcome letters
- TPN payment profile SMS
- Payment profile
- Letters of Demand
- Negative listings
- Parent monitoring
- Legal advice
TPN welcome letters
TPN welcome letters
Notify parents that your school is affiliated with TPN Credit Bureau from the outset, this is a powerful motivator for positive payment behaviour in the future.
TPN payment profile SMS
TPN payment profile SMS
Condition parents to pay promptly with a personal alert on how their payment profile has been updated on the credit bureau with each payment. Parents have proven to pay school fees immediately if they know that they are at risk of adversely affecting their credit profile. “Credit Record Alert: Your July fees have NOT yet been paid and your TPN record adversely affected.”
Payment profile
Payment profile
A month-by-month indication of how a parent’s account is paid. There are Five Rental Payment Profile flags:
- POT: Paid on time and in full.
- GP: Paid in full but slightly later than required.
- PL: Paid late but in full before the end of the period.
- PP: Partially paid, there is an outstanding balance at end of the period.
- DNP: Did not pay, an invoice was raised but no payment was made by the end of the period.
Letters of Demand
Letters of Demand
Send legally compliant registered letters directly from the TPN System via post, email, and SMS. Letters can be generated in bulk.
Negative listings
Negative listings
Load a negative listing on TransUnion and TPN Credit Bureau at no cost for a 12-month period.
Parent monitoring
Parent monitoring
Receive a free monitoring report monthly indicating any positive or negative changes in a parent’s credit score over the school year.
Legal advice
Legal advice
Get free advice from TPN’s in-house legal team who specialise in education and consumer law.
Key facts
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Users
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Schools
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