Daycare Management Software in Bathurst
Bathurst serves the Chaleur region in the north-east of the province, where a daycare is often the only service of its kind for miles. When a family depends on you, the daily link with them matters as much as the spot itself.
KidSecure maintains that link: daily report, photos, communication log and messaging are available to parents from their phone, without having to stop by the daycare to learn how the day went.
Regional context
In the Chaleur region, families sometimes come from several communities around Bathurst, and the drives are long. A parent driving thirty minutes wants to know before leaving whether their child ate, slept and how they are doing. The KidSecure mobile app gives them that in real time rather than at the door at the end of the day.
Language of service
Bathurst and its region are predominantly francophone. A daycare here naturally works in French, and so does KidSecure: this is not a translated English product — French is the design language. For English-speaking families in the region, everything switches to English at the parent level, with no separate setup.
On the ground
A regional daycare often runs on a small team: one educator absence puts a ratio at risk the same day. KidSecure shows each room ratio continuously and alerts management as soon as a room drops below the threshold, which leaves time to reorganise rather than finding out afterwards.
What governs a daycare in Bathurst
Designated Early Learning and Child Care Centre
A designated centre applies a base rate of $25.50 per day, from which an income-tested subsidy is deducted. A parent invoice therefore depends on two amounts: the base rate and the subsidised share, which varies from one family to the next.
Source : Government of New Brunswick — early learning and child care
Source : Open data: licensed early learning and child care facilities in New Brunswick
Taxes on your invoices
A daycare in Bathurst bills parents with 15 % HST, the New Brunswick rate. KidSecure sets it when the account is created, from the province you pick, and shows it on every invoice and tax receipt — you never think about it at entry time.
Timezone
In Bathurst, your days, daily reports and invoice due dates follow Atlantic time. The daycare timezone is what counts — not the server’s, and not a travelling parent’s.
Educator-to-child ratios
These are the ratios KidSecure proposes by default to a daycare in Bathurst, following the New Brunswick framework. They stay editable room by room: your daycare keeps control of its own rules.
| Age group | Children per educator |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 3 |
| 2 to 3 years | 5 |
| 3 to 4 years | 7 |
| 4 to 5 years | 10 |
KidSecure recalculates each room ratio on every arrival and departure, and warns management as soon as a room in Bathurst goes over the threshold — during the day, not in a month-end report.
What KidSecure changes for a daycare in Bathurst
The link with families, at a distance
Daily report, photos and communication log reach the parent’s phone during the day.
An alert before the problem
If an educator absence drops a room below the threshold, management is warned the same day.
French first
The software is designed in French; English stays available family by family.
Automatic monthly billing
Invoices go out on their own, with HST and subsidy applied, without monthly re-entry.
Our pricing
The same price for a daycare in Bathurst as anywhere else: it follows your capacity, not your enrolment count. Free 14-day trial.
Home daycare
Up to 9 children
Pour les services de garde en milieu familial, jusqu'à 9 enfants.
Up to 9 children
2 staff accounts
Attendance, activities, photos and daily report
Real-time messaging and push notifications
Full billing, online payments and tax receipts
iOS and Android apps, FR/EN
Daycare
Up to 40 children
Pour les garderies jusqu'à 40 enfants : personnel, nutrition, kiosque et communications.
Up to 40 children
10 staff accounts, 6 rooms
Everything in Home daycare
Staff: schedules, timesheets, certifications, ratios
Nutrition, meal tracking and kiosk mode
Announcements, events, newsfeed, lesson plans
Centre
Up to 80 children
Pour les centres jusqu'à 80 enfants : tableau de bord financier, site web et facturation avancée.
Up to 80 children
25 staff accounts, 15 rooms
Everything in Daycare
Financial dashboard and aging report
Daycare mini-website
Multi-line invoices
Network
Custom capacity
Pour les réseaux de garderies : plusieurs sites, limites et contrat sur mesure, support prioritaire.
On quote
Unlimited daycares
Custom capacity, accounts and storage
Everything in Centre
Negotiated contract and pricing
Priority support
14-day free trial. Card required, no charge before the trial ends. Cancel in one click.
Let’s talk about your daycare in Bathurst
A demo takes thirty minutes, in French or in English, at a time that suits you.
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