SumUp: Making School Life Seamless
Small Devices, Big Difference: Making School Life Seamless
Running a school or university today means managing more than lessons. There are canteens, uniform shops, cafés, sports carnivals, fundraisers, research departments, alumni events, and excursions – all requiring transactions, tracking, and accountability.
For many institutions, payments are still handled manually, scattered across systems, or tied to fixed hardware that slows things down. A Deloitte study found the average Australian school could save over 2,000 staff hours and $84,000 a year by streamlining payments through digital tools. It’s a striking reminder that every minute spent counting cash or chasing receipts is time taken away from teaching, planning, or student support.
The Pressure Behind the Process
The demands on educators and administrators have never been higher. Staff are stretched thin, budgets are tight, and expectations for efficiency continue to rise. Yet the systems behind day-to-day operations often haven’t kept pace with the rest of education’s digital evolution.
Across schools and universities, we’ve heard of some common pain points:
- Administrative overload where teachers and teams spend hours collecting and reconciling small payments from excursion fees to fundraiser proceeds
- Fragmented systems with payments run through multiple platforms or spreadsheets, creating errors and extra manual work
- Security and compliance risks from low transparency and visibility to inconsistent reporting that can easily become a compliance headache
- Changing expectations from parents, students, and visitors who increasingly expect simple, tap-and-go experiences
When processes don’t reflect these realities, they drain energy and erode focus.
SumUp’s mission has always been simple: make payments simple and effortless. For educational institutions, that means technology that doesn’t just process transactions – it fits into the way you already work:
- Simple, intuitive usability: Staff and volunteer teams can take payments instantly with no technical training
- Honest, transparent fees & pricing: 1.4% (or better) flat transaction rate, no lock-in contracts, and free POS software, always
- Flexible solutions: From pocket-sized card readers to portable point-of-sale featuring FREE 4G so you can take payments anywhere anytime and Tap to Pay on iPhone
- Local, friendly support: with our HQ located on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Trusted globally: SumUp are proud to support over 4 million businesses in 36 countries
A Smarter Future for Education
Education leaders are already rethinking how to lighten administrative loads and improve the daily experience for their teams. Whether digitising lunch orders, simplifying campus retail, or enabling departments to operate more independently, one truth is clear: small changes in operations can make a big difference to efficiency and wellbeing.
As a Platinum Partner of Education Australia, SumUp is proud to support that change. Our solutions empower schools, universities, and training institutions to modernise without complexity – because the easier it is to handle the operational side of education, the more time and focus remain for the heart of it: learning.
Small device. Big difference. Made for education.
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