Product Information

EY-Essential is one of the leading pre-school/ nursery software applications available on the market

Developed alongside the Pre-school Learning Alliance, EY Essential provides low cost yet  effective nursery management system for a one off fee.

However, EY-Essential does not compromise in the features it provides.

Key features of EY-Essential:

  • Detailed family information
  • Quick and easy booking/enquiry process
  • Waiting list manager
  • Flexible sessions and session pricing
  • Child/staff ratios
  • Staff bookings and work rota
  • Detailed invoicing
  • Comprehensive reporting
  • Unlimited use for a one off fee
  • Unlimited number of children
  • Telephone support

Recently EY-Essential has seen a complete update to improve the usability of the software, and bring it in line with Single Funding Formula requirements.

  • Automatic Single Funding Formula calculation including spreading
  • Sessions defined to a quarter of an hour
  • Single Funding Formula reporting
  • disadvantaged two-year (2 Year) old funding capability
  • Overide funding facility
  • Ability to archive old sessions
  • Ability to fund core hours
  • Easily defined closure weeks
  • Preview before generating invoice
  • Invoice now supports standard window envelopes
  • Address reported issues
  • Updated user manual

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EY-Essential is a PC Based application. The minimum system requirements are :
Pentium 3 processor or higher, with at least 1.0 gigahertz processor speed, 128 mb of ram, and 30mb of hard disk space.

We recommend a machine of Pentium 4 specification, with at least 2.0 Ghz processor speed, & 512mb of Ram, & 30 mb of
hard disk space.

Ey-Essential will work with the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

IMPORTANT

Please note that we offer a full functional trial of EY-Essential which will work for 30 days, and we recommend that you assess the suitability of our software for your Early Years Setting before you make a purchase. Our policy on refunds is that we will only provide a refund within the first 30 days of purchase, for reasons of non suitability.

Please contact us via the contact page and ask for the EY-Essential Sales Team to arrange for your trial software to be sent to you. There is no obligation to make a purchase after the trial period.

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