School HR software is judged on payroll and decided by one question: does a staff absence reach the payslip without anyone retyping it? A comparison against vendors' own pages, with the ScolaOS column verified in source code.
Overdue fees are rarely one big miss. They are lots of small ones that never got chased in time. This guide is for accounts officers who have to recover outstanding dues without a spreadsheet full of half-remembered promises. It covers spotting arrears early with ageing reports, a fair staged way to remind families, handling partial payments and credit, rolling incidental charges into the next invoice, and keeping one clean ledger the auditor can follow.
