Platform | Hero for NZ Schools

NZ Curriculum Toolkit

Capture learning, analyse data and drive student progress.

Features include:

Goal Setting & Pathways
Support progress with goal setting, digital badging, and customisable curriculum pathways.

Assessment & Insights
Track achievement with assessments, milestones, and expectations, supported by powerful data triangulation, insights and analysis.

Comet AI
Generate goal-aligned activities for learners.

Content Integration
Access integrated external provider content.

Student App
Empower students with a secure app for posting, goal setting, self-assessment, and communication.

Reporting Tools

Structured, MoE-aligned, and easy to share reports that make learning visible.

Features include:

Formal Reporting
MoE-aligned reporting in one seamless workflow.

Flexible Templates
Templates built to meet MoE requirements, easily customised by your school.

Rich Learning Evidence
Auto-generate and tailor clear, structured reports from captured learning, including progress over time, teacher narrative, next steps, attendance, and key assessment data (e.g. SMART, PAT, e-asTTle).

Real-Time Updates
Share and celebrate learning with families, through quick posting.

Parent App
Caregivers can view reports and updates in the Hero Parent App.

Administration Tools

Complete School Management System and two-way Te Rito integration.

Features include:

Streamlined Admin
Save time with online enrolments, attendance, billing and student management in one place.

Centralised Information
Access comprehensive student, caregiver, and staff information in one secure system.

Attendance Management
Simplify attendance with real-time tracking, absence reporting via the Parent App, and automated interventions.

Student Wellbeing & Health
Support wellbeing with tools for behaviour tracking, PB4L, sickbay, and medical management.

Learning Support
Facilitate and track learning support, including ELL and students with additional needs.

Class & Group Management
Easily manage drag and drop class placements, groups, teams, and more.

Compliance & Reporting
Stay compliant with built-in reporting, including MoE Roll Returns.

Finance Tools

Effortlessly manage student & family billing & payments.

Communication Tools

Connecting schools and families, with one easy app to stay informed and engaged.

Features include:

Parent App
Streamline family communications, share learning and school notices - reducing admin with absence reporting, payments, bookings, and reports all in the same place.

Two-Way Messaging
Enable seamless communication between families and the school.

Surveys, Insights & Permissions
Quickly gather student voice, parent preferences and trip permissions using simple surveys and Hero's Calendar & Excursions.

Staff Communication
Dedicated staff feed for internal communication.

School Reporting
School pages and tools for ERO and Board reporting.

Interviews

School Bookings for parent-teacher interviews and student-led conferences.

Calendar & Excursions

Plan and manage trips, events, communication, and payments.

Features include:

Shared Calendar
Bring excursions, events, and daily activities together in one clear calendar for staff and caregivers.

Risk & Permissions
Keep students safe and reduce admin with built-in risk assessments and digital caregiver permissions.

Targeted Notifications
Send timely, targeted reminders to the right caregivers without overwhelming families.

Excursion Payments
Caregivers can make secure online payments, powered by Stripe (via credit or debit card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay) - all within the Hero App.

NZ Curriculum Toolkit

Capture learning, analyse data & drive progress.

Reporting Tools

Structured, MoE-aligned, and easy to share reports that make learning visible.

Administration Tools

Complete School Management System and two-way Te Rito integration.

Finance Tools

Student & family billing & payments.

Communication Tools

One app - connecting schools and families.

Interviews

School Bookings for parent-teacher interviews and student-led conferences.

Calendar & Excursions

Plan and manage trips, events, communication, and payments.

For Caregivers

Real-time Updates on Learning

With a user-friendly interface, caregivers can easily keep up to date on the progress of their child and key school information - anywhere, anytime. Channelled through one app, caregivers can view notices, the school calendar and term dates, as well as provide permissions, book school interviews, report an absence, make payments, and more!

For Administrators

Comprehensive Medical Management

Every learner receives informed care with Hero's comprehensive medical management toolset. Record multiple medical conditions and specialists for individual learners, school-wide, and track the administering of medications via a dedicated medications register!

For Whole School

School Bookings

The tool to solve your school booking needs! Quickly and easily create events, school-wide or for specific groups, using Hero's comprehensive School Bookings functionality. Engage caregivers in meaningful learning conversations, to support their child’s growth and progress.

For Whole School

Super Simple Surveys

Gather valuable information from your caregiver community and students, with Hero's multi-purpose Super Simple Surveys tool! Responses are automatically saved into the app for easy planning, making it simple to gather trip permissions, student voice, and other insights.

For Caregivers & Learners

Learning Portfolios

Students share learning through posting media, documents, images and videos, making learning stories visible for teachers and caregivers. This builds a rich, digital portfolio of feedback, reporting, and celebration that moves with them through their primary years.

For Teachers & Learners

Personalised Goal Setting and Digital Badging

Hero empowers students to take charge of their learning with the ability to set individualised goals and identify next steps, in collaboration with teachers. To recognise key milestones in the learning journey, schools can choose to award Digital Badges which display on a student's profile, for teachers, caregivers and the student themselves to celebrate.

For Leaders

Powerful Insights

Whether it be a target group of 3 students or the whole school, all groups in Hero include the powerful Insights page. Insights include analysis of demographics, content, tags, assessments, progress and attendance. Insights are designed as the starting point for making informed data-driven decisions that make a difference.

For Leaders

Targeted, Aggregated Data Analysis Tools

Hero's data analysis tools have been built to ensure that data can drive key decision making. Powerful tools provide access to whole school or targeted data, that is highly visual, online and in real time. Smart data analytic reports remove the need for manual manipulation and present information in a clear, learner-centred format.

For Administrators

List Builder with Powerful Filtering and Sorting

Generate lists on the fly or using an extensive selection of pre-made lists. Lists can be bookmarked for quick access, saving valuable administrative time. Filtering and sorting tools allow you to build the exact list that you need, while printing and export options take your lists to where you need them.

For Leaders & Teachers

Flexible Assessment and Reporting Options

Hero seamlessly integrates any combination of curricula, syllabuses, and assessment structures, to meet the varied reporting needs of schools. Schools can adapt and extend these for teachers and learners to benefit from, with data able to be analysed through our powerful Insights tool. Visual graphs and content descriptions support caregivers to understand progress, as it unfolds!

All-In-One School Management

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NZ Curriculum Toolkit

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Reporting Tools

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Administration Tools

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Finance Tools

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Communication Tools

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Interviews

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Calendar & Excursions

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NZ Curriculum Toolkit

Reporting Tools

What's Included?

Administration Tools

What's Included?

Finance Tools

What's Included?

Communication Tools

What's Included?

Interviews

What's Included?

Calendar & Excursions

What's Included?

Real-time Updates on Learning

Comprehensive Medical Management

School Bookings

Super Simple Surveys

Learning Portfolios

Personalised Goal Setting and Digital Badging

Powerful Insights

Targeted, Aggregated Data Analysis Tools

List Builder with Powerful Filtering and Sorting

Flexible Assessment and Reporting Options

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