Industries · Schools
Schools &education
Concerts, sports days, formals, fundraisers. School events without the spreadsheets, paper forms, or reply-all emails.
Trusted by organisations across New Zealand
Built locally, priced fairly, supported by humans
Why organisations choose us
Local team, local servers, local support – and pricing that works for community-sized budgets.
Events we help schools run
From 10 guests to 10,000, TryBooking stays in the background so you can focus on what matters. Quietly doing its thing while you do yours.
Multiple show dates, parent ticket sales, seating – one event page. Parents pick their performance and seats.
Time slots with set durations and teachers. Parents book online – no paper sign-up sheets.
Password-protected bookings, dietary collection and guest details, all captured during booking.
ExploreFree events are free. Track registrations, house teams, session capacity.
Tickets, raffle entries, food vouchers online. Card payments at stalls with Box Office App.
What matters to schools
Easy to use on your own, with real, local support on hand.
Explore featuresNo accounts for parents
No login, no password, no app download. Parents book, pay, get tickets. Fewer barriers means fewer calls to the front office.
Privacy you can stand behind
TryBooking doesn’t share data with third parties or promote other events to your parents. Security and privacy you can put in front of your leadership team.
Committees change. Your events don’t.
Duplicate from previous years – same setup, same seating plan, same custom questions. When the new coordinator takes over, they don’t start from scratch.
Local support
New Zealand-based support via phone, email, and live chat. Real people who understand school events.
Features for schools
On the day
Sell at the gate and validate at the door
Box Office App
Sell at the gate, the canteen, the sausage sizzle. Card payments on your phone.
Scanning App
Validate at the door. Works offline if the school wi-fi’s patchy.
A real time saver for our school
"I love TryBooking and recommend it to other schools, theatre companies, clubs, etc. Our school even uses it for fundraising and non-ticketed functions where we want guest lists."
Frequently asked questions
No. Parents can purchase tickets without logging in or signing up. Their data is not shared with any third parties, and TryBooking never promotes other events to your audience.
Yes. TryBooking is PCI compliant and HTTPS secure, we don’t share data with third parties, and all data is held on secure, encrypted servers.
Absolutely. Use multiple session times to create interview slots for each teacher. Parents choose their preferred time, and you can limit bookings per slot to manage the schedule.
50c per ticket (or 15c for tickets under $5) plus 2.5% processing. Free events are completely free. No setup fees, no subscriptions, no hidden costs.
Yes. Use password protection to restrict access. Share the password through your school newsletter or app. You can also make events private so they don’t appear in public search.
Sell out the school production
Create your first event, or our team can walk you through the setup.
