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Our story
I wished I could clone my best friend. So I did.
Every school has a Debs. This is the story of ours, and why everyone should have one.
Debs is my best friend. She’s also the school hero.
Debs knows it’s non-uniform day before the school does. She’s read the newsletter, the PDF attached to the newsletter, and the letter that came home at the bottom of the book bag. She knows which week is PE, which Friday needs £1 for charity, and exactly when the trip form is due.
At the end of every term, it’s Debs who organises the teacher’s present. She collects everyone’s fiver, chooses something lovely, and somehow gets the card signed by the whole class. She never forgets a birthday, and she always has a card ready. She is one of those annoyingly organised people, and we all adore her for it.
Our mums’ WhatsApp group runs on Debs. “Debs, is it tomorrow?” “Debs, what time is football?” “Debs, what’s an INSET day?” Everything relies on her.
I, meanwhile, sent mine in full uniform on non-uniform day. I found the trip form in the book bag the day after it was due. And every time, there was Debs, looking calm, with everything sorted, showing me up without even trying.
I used to think: I wish I could just clone her. So I did.
So I built Debs, your own school admin assistant, and named it after her. It reads the school emails and the letters attached to them, keeps track of the dates, forms, money and kit, and tells me the night before what’s needed for tomorrow. It answers my questions without sighing. And now you can have your own Debs too, without the guilt, and without the smug look at the school gate.
Debs, if you’re reading this: thank you. I’ll sort the next teacher’s present. (I won’t. You will.)
What your Debs does
So you can stop keeping it all in your head.
Debs reads it all and keeps the list for you. The school emails, the letters attached to them, the Arbor messages: it pulls out the dates, forms, money and kit, and tells you the night before what matters for tomorrow.
Independent
Not run by any school, academy trust or council.
Consent-first
You choose what it reads and what it keeps, and you can change your mind at any time.
Try it free
Your first month free. Then from £3.49 a month, cancel any time.
Your family’s data
Careful with it, by design
It only reads what you choose
Just the senders you pick. Everything else in your inbox stays unopened.
It forgets the email
The dates and to-dos are kept. The email and its attachments aren't.
You stay in charge
Download your data or delete your account whenever you like.
- 29,500+
- UK schools, state and private, with their dates kept up to date
- 7
- email services, including Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and iCloud
- 0
- emails stored
What it keeps track of
Your family, not a template
Schools
Term dates, INSET days and contacts
Activities
Clubs, PE days and what to pack
Money and forms
Trips, payments and consent slips
Where it works
Every school in the UK
Every state and private school in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is in Debs, from the official lists. When the first family at a school joins, Debs reads the school’s own website for its term dates, INSET days, teachers, uniform and clubs, then checks it every week for changes. Schools in and around these towns were first:
- Hastings
- St Leonards-on-Sea
- Bexhill-on-Sea
- Battle
- Rye
- Westfield
- Robertsbridge
- Ninfield
The practical bits
- Email checks
- Through the day: Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, BT, Sky and AOL
- Evening list
- 7pm, or when you choose
- Consent check-in
- Once a month
- Support
- By email
- Price
- Your first month free. Then from £3.49 a month, cancel any time.
- Works on
- Phone, tablet or computer
- App store download
- Not needed: it runs in the browser
Get your own Debs.
Link your email, pick the school, and get your first evening list tonight.
Try it free Your first month free. Then from £3.49 a month, cancel any time.