Xplor Education | Streamline childcare management with automation

A missed direct debit doesn't stay a $200 problem for long. It turns into a reminder call, then a follow-up email, then a manual arrangement that slips and needs chasing all over again. A handful of families a month, and that's a real chunk of someone's w

Paper-based enrolment forms may be familiar, but over the past decade, an increasing number of ECEC providers have opted for digital enrolment forms. Paper-based enrolment forms Are more time consuming. Require more admin. Take longer to process. Are much

Moving Forward in a Time of Change The early childhood education and care sector has rarely stood still, but the past few years have tested even the most adaptable services. New funding models, evolving regulatory requirements, ongoing workforce pressures

For a long time, Outside School Hours Care has been treated as an add-on. An extra module. A feature you switch on inside a platform that was really built for long day care. It's easy to see how that happened. Many providers run both OSHC and centre-based

Big changes are coming to payment surcharging rules in Australia, and we want to make sure you have everything you need to prepare with confidence. From 1 October 2026, new Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) requirements will prohibit surcharging on payments

In an industry built on nurturing growth in others, it can be easy for early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals to overlook their own development. Yet the services that consistently deliver outstanding outcomes for children and families are

Australian ECEC services rely on Child Care Subsidy funding and steady enrolments, which makes accurate financial benchmarks critical. Staffing typically accounts for 65 to 75 per cent of gross revenue, so occupancy and rostering drive sustainability. Mos

As cyber threats to the education sector grow more sophisticated, Xplor's Chief Security Officer Kevin Kanji explains why we consider robust technology safety as a fundamental obligation to families and educators alike. In early childhood education, trust

Xplor Education has announced the return of Xplor Horizons, its national early education conference, set to take place on Thursday 3 September 2026 at Evoque Events in Melbourne's CBD. Designed to bring together service leaders, operators and educators fr

For years, technology adoption in early childhood education was framed as a matter of competitive advantage. Services who digitised their enrolments, communications, and compliance documentation were ahead of the curve. Those who hadn't were slower - but