Schooliy

School Transport Management System with Live School Bus Tracking and Automatic Route Planning

Schooliy (سكولي) is a school bus tracking and school transportation management software for schools, school chains and bus operators. Stop wasting hours planning bus routes: Schooliy assigns every student to a bus and builds optimised routes in seconds, tracks every school bus live on a GPS map, and keeps parents informed with a mobile app. From 4+ hours of manual route planning to under 60 seconds, with up to 30% fuel savings.

Built for private schools, international schools, school groups and student transport companies in Jordan (Amman), Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam), the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and the wider Middle East. Fully bilingual: Arabic (RTL) and English.

Everything you need to run school transport: what you get

Automatic student-to-bus distribution and route optimisation

One click assigns all students to buses and orders the stops for the shortest, fairest bus routes. Nearest-neighbour and 2-opt optimisation, real road distances (OSRM), max route distance, max rounds per bus, sibling grouping, outlier detection and merging of small tours.

Live GPS school bus tracking

A real-time fleet map for administrators and live bus location for parents, with the current stop and estimated time of arrival (ETA) for every school bus.

Parent app: track my child's school bus

Parents see pickup and drop-off in real time and receive push notifications when the bus is 500 m away, when the child boards and when the child is dropped off. Available on Android and iOS.

Driver and escort (bus attendant) app

Daily tours, turn-by-turn navigation, student stop lists, stop-by-stop attendance and live GPS sharing with the school and parents.

SOS emergency alerts and student safety

One-tap SOS from the driver or escort sends a live location to the school administration, with full follow-up until the incident is closed.

Stop-by-stop student attendance

Every boarding, drop-off and absence is recorded digitally, building a complete daily audit trail of school bus attendance.

Absence management

Parents report absences in the app and the driver's route is updated instantly so the bus skips the stop.

Geofencing notifications

Automatic bus-approaching alerts when the school bus enters the area around the student's stop, so nobody waits in the street.

Gender-segregated tours and sibling grouping

Native support for mixed, boys-only or girls-only school buses according to school policy, with siblings kept on the same bus.

Fleet, bus, driver and escort management

Manage buses, capacities, drivers, escorts, home locations and depot policies (school depot, driver's home or escort's home) from one dashboard.

Reports and analytics

Attendance, completion rates, fleet utilisation and route performance across any date range, exportable for records.

Multi-school, multi-tenant SaaS

Transport companies and school chains run every school from one platform with complete data isolation per school, plus CSV/Excel student import.

How automatic school bus route planning works

  1. Add student locations. Enter addresses or coordinates, paste Google Maps links, or import students from Excel or CSV.
  2. The engine builds optimal routes. Students are assigned to buses and stops are ordered for the shortest, fairest routes while respecting capacity, distance and gender rules.
  3. Review and go live. Adjust on the drag-and-drop map, assign driver and escort, and start the daily tours in minutes.

Before and after Schooliy

Without SchooliyWith Schooliy
Manual bus routing takes 2–3 hours every dayAutomatic distribution in under 60 seconds
Driver and escort assignment by guessworkProximity-based optimal pairing
Parents phone the school to ask where the bus isLive school bus tracking in the parent app
Paper or spreadsheet attendanceDigital stop-by-stop attendance record
No visibility during an incidentInstant SOS alert with GPS location
Broken workflow when a driver is absentReassign and redistribute in minutes

Who Schooliy is for

Schools and transport coordinators

Private, international and public schools that run their own school buses and want end-to-end control with daily audit trails.

School bus operators and transport companies

Fleet managers serving several schools who need automatic route planning, staff management and client-level reporting.

School groups and chains

Manage all campuses from one multi-tenant dashboard with complete data isolation.

Parents

Families who want to see the school bus location, pickup and drop-off in real time and report absences from their phone.

School bus tracking mobile apps for parents, drivers and escorts

Parent app

Live bus tracking, pickup and drop-off notifications, bus-approaching alerts, absence reporting and trip history in one app.

Driver and escort app

Manage tours, navigate the route, mark student stops and share real-time GPS location with parents and the school.

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Frequently asked questions about school bus tracking and transport management

What is Schooliy?

Schooliy is a school transport management system and school bus tracking platform. It automatically assigns students to buses and plans routes, tracks every bus live on a GPS map, and keeps parents informed through a mobile app with pickup, drop-off and bus-approaching notifications. It also includes a driver and escort app, SOS emergency alerts, stop-by-stop attendance and reports.

How can parents track the school bus from their phone?

Parents install the Schooliy app from Google Play or the App Store, log in with the account provided by the school, and open the live tracking map to see exactly where their child's bus is, the current stop and the estimated arrival time. Push notifications arrive when the child is picked up, dropped off, and when the bus is about 500 metres away.

How does automatic bus route planning work?

You add student home locations, then Schooliy's auto-distribution engine assigns students to buses and orders the stops for the shortest, fairest routes using nearest-neighbour and 2-opt optimisation with real road distances from OSRM. It respects maximum route distance, maximum rounds per bus, bus capacity, sibling grouping and gender rules. Most school fleets are distributed in under 60 seconds.

Is Schooliy available in Arabic?

Yes. The web dashboard, the parent app and the driver and escort app are fully bilingual with a complete Arabic right-to-left interface and English. Users switch language from their account settings. النسخة العربية.

Which countries does Schooliy serve?

Schooliy is used by schools and school bus operators in Jordan and Saudi Arabia and supports any country in the Middle East and the Gulf, including the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, with local phone formats, time zones and grade systems.

How much does a school transport management system cost?

Schooliy pricing depends on the number of schools, buses and students. You can start a free 14-day trial yourself from the website with no sales call, or contact us on WhatsApp for a quote and a live demo.

Can one platform manage several schools?

Yes. Schooliy is a multi-tenant SaaS platform. Transport companies and school chains manage every school from one dashboard while each school's settings, staff, students and tours stay completely isolated.

What happens when a driver is absent or a bus breaks down?

Administrators reassign another driver or redistribute the route across available buses in minutes, and parents are notified automatically. Drivers and escorts can also trigger a one-tap SOS alert that sends their live GPS location to the school.

How does school bus attendance work?

The escort or driver marks each student as picked up, dropped off or absent at every stop in the app. This creates a complete daily digital attendance record and audit trail for the school, and parents receive a notification for each event.

Can we import students from Excel?

Yes. Students can be added one by one or imported from CSV and Excel files using a visual column-mapping wizard, and Google Maps links can be pasted to resolve home locations automatically.

Does Schooliy support gender-segregated school buses?

Yes. Tours can be mixed, boys-only or girls-only, and the auto-distribution engine respects the school's gender policy while grouping siblings on the same bus.

How much time and fuel does Schooliy save?

Schools typically cut route planning time by about 90 percent, from hours of manual work to seconds, and save roughly 10 to 30 percent of annual transport cost through optimised routes and fewer buses.

Contact Schooliy: book a demo or start your free trial

Ready to cut school bus route planning from hours to seconds? Talk to our team in English or Arabic.