Updated 20 August 2026
Quick Answer
An after school club booking system lets parents book and pay for after school and breakfast club places online, while the club manages registers, capacity, waitlists, and collection details in one place. Bizzly provides this for a flat £19–£49 per month with no per-booking platform fees.
What is After School Club Booking System?
An after school club booking system moves the whole club operation online — the paper register, the collection list, the cash envelopes, and the "any spaces on Thursday?" texts — so parents book and pay from their phones and your register updates itself.
- ✓ Parents book after school and breakfast club sessions online and pay by Stripe at checkout
- ✓ Per-child profiles hold collection arrangements, medical notes, and consents
- ✓ Attendance registers with Present, Late, and Absent marks — printable, on every plan
- ✓ Waitlists auto-offer places in first-come, first-served order when a session fills
- ✓ Flat monthly pricing with no per-booking or percentage platform fees
For school-based clubs and wraparound care providers, that means a register that is always paid, always current, and always shows who is collecting each child.
The problems after school club booking system solves
Manual workarounds that cost kids clubs businesses hours every week.
Per-booking fees that grow faster than the club
Platforms charging a percentage of every booking cost more every time the club grows — a busy club can pay more in booking fees than in software. Bizzly's flat monthly price is the same at 30 bookings or 300.
Collection details buried in old emails
Who is collecting Maya on Thursdays this week? Per-child profiles keep collection arrangements, emergency contacts, and consents where authorised staff can see them at every session — not in an inbox.
Full sessions managed through a waiting-list spreadsheet
When Tuesday fills up, the fair thing is first-come, first-served. Bizzly's waitlist offers the next place automatically with a claim link — no manual phone-round, no queue disputes.
Paper registers at pickup time
A digital register with Present, Late, and Absent marks — plus a printable sheet for the wall — replaces the clipboard, and every mark is stored against the child's record.
Chasing payment for booked places
Bookings are paid through Stripe at the point of booking, so a child on the register is a child whose place is paid for. No invoice run, no chasing at the school gate.
How Bizzly works
From sign-up to your first paid booking in under 15 minutes.
Choose your industry Launch Pack
Pick the pre-configured template for your industry. Subscription plans, booking calendar, and Stripe payments are already set up, just add your services and rates.
Customer pays first, then books
A customer subscribes or buys a session pack. Stripe processes the payment. Bizzly creates their quota. They can now book sessions up to their limit.
Calendar enforces quota automatically
The booking calendar only shows slots to customers who have available quota. No double-bookings, no unpaid slots, no manual checking, the system handles it.
How Bizzly handles after school club booking system
Purpose-built features for kids clubs businesses — not bolted-on workarounds.
Online parent booking with payment
Parents book after school sessions from a branded portal and pay by Stripe at checkout — cards and wallets, per your own Stripe settings. A place appears on the register only once it is paid.
Paid-at-booking placesFlat pricing, no per-booking fees
Bizzly costs £19–£49/month depending on plan. There is no per-booking platform fee and no percentage taken on top, so a busy week never raises your software bill.
No per-booking feesAttendance registers on every plan
Mark each child Present, Late, or Absent with an optional note, and print a paper sheet for the session when you need one. Printable registers and per-child records also help when preparing for inspections.
Printable registersPer-child profiles with pickup details
Custom profile fields hold collection arrangements, medical notes, allergies, and consents per child — collected at registration and visible to authorised staff at every session.
Collection & medical detailsWaitlists for full sessions
When a session is full, families join a first-come, first-served waitlist. The next family is offered the place automatically with a claim link when a space opens (Standard plan and above).
Auto-offer waitlistsEmail and SMS reminders
Automated booking confirmations and reminders by email, with SMS reminders on Standard and Pro plans — fewer no-shows and fewer "is club on today?" messages.
Automated remindersReal-world use cases
How after school club booking system works in practice.
After school club paid per session
Sessions at £6.50, booked and paid online. Parents book the exact days they need each week, and the register only ever shows paid places.
Breakfast and after school wraparound
Breakfast club at £4.50 and after school at £7 run as separate bookable sessions on the same day. One parent account books both for the same child, in one checkout.
Holiday club for school breaks
A £28/day holiday club over the summer. Parents pick individual days or a whole week, daily capacity caps bookings, and the waitlist handles overflow.
Season place with pro-rated joining
A 12-week after school season at £78 per child. A family joining in week 5 pays a pro-rated price for the remaining weeks, computed automatically at checkout.
After School Club Booking System — how Bizzly compares
| Feature | Wix | WordPress + plugins | Eventbrite | Class Manager | Bizzly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subscription / term billing | Plugins needed | Automated | |||
| Quota-enforced booking | Limited | Built-in | |||
| Custom website included | Build yourself | Included | |||
| WhatsApp AI agent | Included | ||||
| Parent / child CRM | Basic | Plugins needed | Basic | Full CRM | |
| Waitlist management | Built-in | ||||
| Setup time | Days | Weeks | Hours | Days | 15 minutes |
What Bizzly costs
Flat monthly pricing for the whole platform — website, bookings, payments, and client management included. No per-booking fees from Bizzly; only standard Stripe processing.
core booking calendar, Stripe payments, unified basket and assisted checkout, term enrolment, attendance registers, 1 staff calendar
WhatsApp AI assistant, free trial sessions, waitlists, recurring appointments, SMS notifications, 3 staff calendars
unlimited bookings and calendars, custom domain, merch store, per-venue pricing, priority support with live chat
14-day free trial · no card required · full pricing details at bizzly.net/pricing
After School Club Booking System — FAQs
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Bizzly is kids clubs software for service businesses in the UK and worldwide — an all-in-one, multi-currency platform covering subscriptions, bookings, payments, scheduling, and client management. Often used as an alternative to Wix, WordPress + plugins, Eventbrite, Class Manager.
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