Directors who can't see who has paid
When fee payments are unclear, cashflow decisions stall — reminders get awkward, budgets slip, and leadership flies blind.
For private school directors & independent teachers
School Sphere
Run your school. Or teach on your own.
One platform for both. Directors see who paid, who's enrolled, and what parents received — without WhatsApp threads and fee spreadsheets. Independent teachers get a private workspace for syllabus, lesson plans, worksheets, and exams.
Free · No card required · Built for private schools and independent teachers
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Why schools & teachers switch
Built around the pains directors, head teachers, and independent teachers actually name
Fee visibility, enrollment tracking, report load, parent communication, payroll and budgets — plus planning, worksheets, and past-paper prep for teachers who work on their own. Solved in one calm platform.
Enrollments that are hard to track
Applications, seats, and class lists scatter across notebooks and inboxes — so directors and head teachers never have a clean intake picture.
Reports that arrive late for parents
Teachers burn nights preparing exams and term reports — while parents wait, chase updates, and struggle to reach the right teacher.
Payroll and budget nightmares for directors
Salaries, collections, and term spending don't sit in one view — so payroll week and budget planning become constant stress.
Lesson plans that eat your evenings
Independent teachers write schemes of work, lesson plans, and worksheets from scratch, night after night — because nothing keeps them in one place.
Past papers and notes scattered everywhere
Notes, resources, and old exam papers live across phones, laptops, and chat threads. Building a fresh practice paper means hunting, then copy-pasting.
Is this for your school — or for you?
If you keep answering no to the questions here — School Sphere is built for you
Online visibility, fees, payroll, budgets, reports, and parent messages for schools. Planning, worksheets, and exam papers for teachers who work on their own. If these answers are no — School Sphere is built for you.
Check 01 · Online school visibility
Can people find your school, apply, and see jobs online?
- NoDoes your school have its own web page parents can find?
- NoCan parents start an application from that page?
- NoDo applications land in one list your office can review?
- NoAre your job openings listed on your school’s website?
- NoCan candidates apply online with a form?
- NoDo job applications arrive in one place to review?
0/6
Your fit score
0 of 6 — your school is still hard to find and apply to online
You need School Sphere
Get my school page & jobs listingCheck 02 · Fees, payroll, reports & parents
Can you run money, reports, and parent messages without chaos?
- NoDo you know who has paid school fees this week — without spreadsheets?
- NoCan you see fee money and staff salaries side by side?
- NoDo you have a clear school budget you can check mid-term?
- NoCan you forecast next term’s money from fees and salaries?
- NoDo teachers send term reports on time as parent-ready PDFs?
- NoCan parents message the right teacher without a WhatsApp group guess?
- NoCan parents check fees or results without calling the office?
0/7
Your fit score
0 of 7 — fees, payroll, reports, and parents still run on chase mode
You need School Sphere
Start my school freeCheck 03 · Independent teacher planning load
Do you spend your evenings building plans and papers by hand?
- NoDo you write lesson plans, schemes of work, and worksheets from scratch each week?
- NoAre your notes and past papers scattered across phones, laptops, and chats?
- NoDo you rebuild exam papers and marking guides term after term?
- NoDo you work without a school system to store your subjects and packs?
- NoDo you want similar practice papers — without copying the real exam verbatim?
- NoWould ready-to-use PDF or Word downloads save your evenings?
0/6
Your fit score
0 of 6 — your planning still runs on late nights and copy-paste
You need School Sphere
Start my teacher workspace freeYour free school ops readiness score
See what your school should fix first.
Short yes/no questions about how your school runs today — web page, jobs, fees, payroll, and budgets. You get a clear score and one next step — free.
- Spot where admissions still depends on chats and paper
- See fee, payroll, and budget gaps before they hit cashflow
- Check if parents can get answers without calling the office
- Leave with one clear next step for your school
Teaching on your own? Explore the independent teacher workspace
Inside the operating system
The work directors and independent teachers actually open every week
Real product surfaces — fees, reports, and admissions for schools; lesson plans, worksheets, and exam papers for teachers. Shown as you use them, not as decorative mockups.
01Leadership
Know who paid — and what you owe staff — without spreadsheets
See fee collections, outstanding balances, and payroll in one place. Act this week instead of waiting on end-of-term spreadsheet hunts.
Create your school →
02Academics
Send term reports home on time — before parents start calling
Teachers build report cards with your grading scale and remarks, then publish PDFs parents can open the same day.
Create your school →03Families
Parents reach the right teacher — not a WhatsApp group guess
Parents message their child’s class teacher and subject teachers directly to talk about how to help. The system matches each parent to the right teachers from the student’s enrollments — no wrong chats, no office middleman.
Create your school →
04Independent teachers
A private workspace for your own syllabus, plans, and papers
Teach without a school. Upload your notes and past papers to generate a syllabus, scheme of work, lesson plans, worksheets, and exams with answer keys — then download ready-to-use PDF or Word.
Create your school →
On the same platform · Directors & school management
Revenue Authority, association membership, and teacher licences — without leaving School Sphere
Fees and reports are only half the job. Directors also register with the tax authority, keep the school in the independent-schools association, and prove teachers hold a valid practising licence. Sphere hosts those workflows for Malawi campuses and points other SADC schools to their own bodies.
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Revenue Authority
Register the school, remit PAYE, and bill levies from one desk
Directors apply for a taxpayer ID (TPIN), switch on Revenue Authority reporting, and run Pay As You Earn on every salary. Education levies sit in the same fee structures parents already pay.
- TPIN application from Director HQ — no separate tax portal hunt
- Country PAYE tables (Malawi Revenue Authority first) on staff salaries
- Levy, tuition, and exam fees in one billing list
- Authority officers review registrations and collections on the same platform
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Independent schools association
Apply, verify membership, and hold the certificate on Sphere
School management applies to the national independent-schools body, submits proof of payment, and downloads the membership certificate. Visitors can verify a number a school presents.
- Malawi campuses use ISAMA — apply, pay, and download the certificate here
- Verify a membership number before you trust a school page
- Other SADC countries are pointed to their association (ISASA, ISAB, ATS, and others)
- Association officers run the register on the same School Sphere platform
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Teachers council
Licence teachers and check whether a practising card is still valid
Apply for a teacher’s practising licence, complete payment when the council issues requirements, and download the PDF. Check a card a candidate presents by council ID.
- Malawi campuses use TCM — TCM ID, Old ID, or Registration Number, as TMIS does
- Validity is the outcome: issued, active, and not expired
- Other SADC countries see their council (SACE, TCZ, TSC, and others)
- Council officers keep the practising-licence register on Sphere
Also on mobile · School Sphere app
More problems solved in your pocket
The same platform reaches directors, teachers, independent teachers, parents, and the public on phone and tablet — run school operations, plan and generate lessons and papers, apply, message, and check fees and reports without WhatsApp chaos.
Find schoolsApply onlineMessagesFee balancesTerm reportsLesson plansPush alertsReferral agents
School directors
Fewer office calls. Clearer admissions from anywhere.
- Parents check fees and reports on the app — less phone chasing for the office
- Public school page + online enrollment from a phone, not a WhatsApp thread
- Teachers and parents message in one place you can trust
- Push alerts when fee, message, or enrollment activity needs attention
- Referral agents can enroll students with your school code in the field
- Revenue Authority TPIN, PAYE, association membership, and teacher licences from the same desk
Teachers & head teachers
Reach the right parent — without group-chat noise.
- Message a child’s parent or guardian without guessing WhatsApp numbers
- Parents open published term reports themselves — fewer “where is my report?” pings
- Stay notified when a message or school update lands
- Keep school tools close when you are off campus (tablet-friendly layout)
Independent teachers
Plan, generate, and download — even without a school.
- Private workspace — no school required, only you see your content
- Generate syllabus, scheme of work, lesson plans, and worksheets
- Turn past papers into similar practice sets with answer keys
- Download ready-to-use PDF and Word files to print or share
- Start free with 2 subjects; upgrade to Pro (US$10/mo) when you need more
Parents & students
Fees, reports, and teachers — clear in one login.
- See fee balances and payment history without calling the office
- Open term reports as PDF and share them when you need to
- Message the right class or subject teacher about how to help
- Follow more than one child under the same parent account
- Get push notifications instead of missed WhatsApp broadcasts
General public
Find a school. Apply. Or help enroll others.
- Browse independent schools and School of the Month picks
- Open a school’s public page with classes and contact details
- Start a full enrollment application online — no paper form first
- Use a referral link or code so an agent gets credit for the enroll
- Sign up as a referral agent and track applications and earnings
Full payroll, budgets, curriculum AI, and exam bank stay on the web dashboard. The app carries the day-to-day loops families and field teams need.
On the same platform · Curriculum AI for every teacher
Plans from notes — practice papers from your past exams
Whether you're a classroom teacher at a private school or an independent (private) teacher working on your own, upload your subject notes and national board past papers. School Sphere drafts what to teach next and similar practice — never copies questions, never marks scripts.
- 01Syllabus, scheme of work, unit & lesson plans from uploaded notes
- 02Worksheets, quizzes, and exam papers with answer keys
- 03Exam bank: store MANEB, Cambridge, WAEC, and other past papers by subject
- 04Similar (not exact) practice sets & mocks — download as PDF or Word
Teachers stay in control. No AI auto-marking. No verbatim past-paper copies.
Start as an independent teacher — freeFor independent & private teachers
Plan faster, teach smarter — without the paperwork overload
Many teachers spend hours after class writing lesson plans, schemes of work, worksheets and exam papers. With School Sphere, you get a private workspace that does the heavy lifting while you stay in control.
The challenges
- Too much time spent planning instead of teaching or resting.
- Scattered notes, past papers and resources across devices and chats.
- Pressure to prepare exams and mark schemes on tight deadlines.
- Limited tools — you need syllabus, scheme of work, lessons, worksheets and exams in one place.
What you get
- Private workspace — no school required, only you see your content.
- Generate syllabus, scheme of work, unit and lesson plans in seconds.
- Create worksheets, quizzes, homework, exit tickets and exams with answer keys.
- Upload your notes and past papers to get results grounded in what you teach.
- Download ready-to-use PDFs and Word files — print or share as-is.
The outcome
More time for teaching and rest. Less late-night paperwork. Everything you need for planning and assessment — organised, private and ready when you are.
Run your school — or your own classroom — without the paperwork
Start a free school workspace, or a free private workspace as an independent teacher. Take the 3-minute readiness check first if you are not sure.
Free plan · No card required · Built for private school directors & independent teachers