Now live for schools across Ireland

Cover sorted in minutes. Not 39 phone calls.

ClassCover is a booking platform for substitute teachers and SNAs, already trusted by 1 in 2 Australian schools. Every school in Ireland gets ClassCover Lite free.

Create your school account Lite or the pilot? See which is yours
For schools

Don't post and wait. Book and be done.

Right now, Irish schools are stuck with WhatsApp groups, phone calls, spreadsheets and message boards. ClassCover replaces all of that with a single app.

Start with the subs and SNAs you already trust, send one request to the people you choose, and see who accepts.

ClassCover on a laptop and phone: a school's invite list of Irish substitute teachers, ready to send a booking request
How it works

Cover sorted in three steps

  1. 01

    Post your absence in seconds

    Add the details, shortlist available subs, and send. Your network is notified instantly.

  2. 02

    Subs respond through the app

    Subs get an instant notification, and respond directly through the app.

  3. 03

    Booking confirmed. You're covered.

    Get back to your day. Most bookings in Australia are confirmed in under three minutes.

For the school office

Your OLCS returns, without the guesswork.

Every booking lands in one OLCS report. Export any date range to Excel, with nothing left to piece together from notes and texts.

  • The absence reason is recorded with every booking, ready for your returns.
  • Absence reasons stay private to your school. Subs never see them.
  • Agreed a booking over the phone? Add it as confirmed and it still lands on the report.
  • Give your secretary their own login, and rename the columns to suit your office.
Once you're in

The things schools love most

See who's free before you send

Subs and SNAs keep their availability up to date, so your request goes to people who can actually take it.

Know who's walking in

Photo, qualifications, subjects and levels sit on every profile, so you know who to expect at the door.

Your deputy and secretary can book too

Give your team their own logins, so bookings carry on when you're out of the building.

Plan leave weeks ahead

Courses, weddings and operations. Book as soon as you know, and set up repeating days in one go.

Subs and SNAs ask to join you

People near you can ask to join your list. You choose who gets on.

Need a sub but don't know the class yet?

Use flexi booking. Send the request now, and add the class and teacher once the day takes shape.

Every kind of school

Works the way your school is run.

Irish schools are run in different ways, with different people signing off on who teaches. ClassCover fits around yours.

  • Primary and post-primary schools

    You vet subs and SNAs through your own vetting body, the way you do now. New people wait on a holding list until you confirm in the app that you've vetted them.

  • ETB schools

    Head office approves each sub once, and every school in your ETB books from the same approved list.

    How it works for ETBs

  • Special schools and special classes

    Book SNAs as well as substitute teachers, and add notes to a booking so they know the children's needs before they arrive.

  • DEIS schools

    Save 20% on ClassCover Standard. ClassCover Lite stays free.

    See pricing
Lite or the pilot?

Two ways to start. Your county decides which.

Every school in Ireland gets ClassCover Lite, free forever. Nine counties are also running the pilot: ClassCover Standard, free until 1 December 2026.

Every county

ClassCover Lite

Free. Forever.

Book the subs and SNAs already on your list.

  • Book your own list
  • Track absences and bookings
  • Unlimited bookings Launch special
  • Accept join requests Launch special

Standard opens in your county as local subs and SNAs join. Why county by county ↓

The pilot · nine counties

ClassCover Standard

Free until 1 December 2026

Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Louth, Meath, Tipperary and Wicklow

  • Everything in Lite
  • Search your county for new subs and SNAs
  • Invite them onto your list
  • Unlimited bookings, always
  • Accept join requests, always

After 1 December: from €350 a year, or stay on Lite free. See pricing →

How the pilot runs

  1. Today Create your school account and bring your list across. Lite is on for every school from day one.
  2. Pilot counties Schools in the nine counties get Standard switched on, free, for the whole pilot. No card needed.
  3. 1 December 2026 The pilot ends. Pilot schools choose Standard from €350 a year, or stay on Lite free.
Create your school account
What you get

ClassCover Lite vs ClassCover Standard

Feature ClassCover Lite ClassCover Standard
Cost Free. Permanently. Free until 1 December 2026 in the nine pilot counties, then from €350 a year. See pricing →
Where Every county in Ireland Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Louth, Meath, Tipperary and Wicklow. Other counties as local numbers grow.
Bookings Unlimited during launch period. Booking caps may apply later. Unlimited
Book your own subs Yes. Upload your existing list and send bookings with one tap. Yes
Manage absences Yes. Track absences and bookings from your phone. Yes
Connect with new subs and SNAs in your area Accept requests to join from subs and SNAs near you Launch special
Lite cannot search the network.		 Yes. Search your county, invite subs and SNAs onto your list, and accept requests to join. Always.
Why county by county

ClassCover works best when schools and subs are in the same area.

A booking platform only works when there are enough substitute teachers and SNAs nearby to fill the gaps. That is why Standard opens county by county, once the local network is strong enough for schools to find people in it.

Every school that signs up shows us where demand is strongest. The counties with the most schools on ClassCover are the next to open Standard.

Local substitute teachers and SNAs on a school's ClassCover list, each with their vetting status
ClassCover demo: book a sub in minutes Demo for schools See ClassCover in four minutes How an Irish school books a substitute teacher or SNA, from request to confirmed. Watch the demo
FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Any primary, post-primary, or special school in Ireland. Every school in Ireland can start today. ClassCover Standard is open in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Louth, Meath, Tipperary and Wicklow. Every other county starts on ClassCover Lite, free forever.
By county. If your school is in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Louth, Meath, Tipperary or Wicklow, you are on the pilot and get ClassCover Standard free until 1 December 2026. Everywhere else, you start on ClassCover Lite, free forever, and Standard opens in your county as enough local substitute teachers and SNAs join.
ClassCover Lite is a free booking tool. Your school uploads its existing list of substitute teachers and SNAs, and you can send booking requests to them through the app. Lite is free permanently, for every Irish school.
ClassCover Standard is a flat annual fee scaled to your school's enrolment, from €350/year for schools up to 100 students to €3,300/year for schools over 1,500 students. DEIS schools save 20%, and every price includes VAT. ClassCover Lite stays free permanently for every Irish school. See the full pricing breakdown →
Standard lets you search your county for substitute teachers and SNAs your school does not know yet, and invite them onto your list. Schools joining now also get a direct feedback channel to our team.
ClassCover Standard is open in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Louth, Meath, Tipperary and Wicklow. Every other county starts on ClassCover Lite, free forever, and Standard opens as enough local substitute teachers and SNAs join.
The pilot ends on 1 December 2026. Pilot schools can keep ClassCover Standard from €350/year, or move to ClassCover Lite at no cost. Your list, your bookings and your history stay put either way. There is no obligation and no card on file. Annual fees scale with enrolment, and DEIS schools save 20%. See pricing →
Yes. ClassCover covers both substitute teachers and SNAs. Sub Seeker covers Teaching Council registered teachers only.
ClassCover doesn't carry out vetting, and it doesn't change who's responsible for it. Schools vet their SNAs and substitute teachers exactly as they do now, through their own vetting bodies. What ClassCover gives you is a list you curate and keep growing. You build it with the SNAs and subs you trust. A new person sits on a holding list until you confirm in the app that you've vetted them, and then they're yours to book. The difference is reach. Instead of one or two vetted SNAs you can call, you can connect with many more in your area, keep several moving through vetting at once, and build a list that gets deeper over time. ClassCover gives you the tools to manage that list and the connections to grow it.
No. ClassCover is a separate platform, purpose-built as a mobile booking app for substitute cover. It is not affiliated with EducationPosts.ie.
ClassCover starts with your existing list. You upload your trusted contacts and book them through the app. The platform makes your current process faster and adds a fallback when your regulars aren't available.
Yes. Every booking is recorded with the date, the hours, the class and teacher covered, and the absence reason. Export the OLCS report for any date range to Excel and your secretary has it all in one place. Absence reasons stay private to your school. ETB schools use the same report for their own payroll.
Yes. Head office approves each sub once, and every school in your ETB can then see them, see when they're free, and book them in the app. It's built and proven with Catholic dioceses in Australia and set up for your ETB. Vetting and the final say stay with your ETB. See how it works for ETBs →

Get your school set up.

Every school in Ireland gets ClassCover Lite free. Schools in the nine pilot counties also get ClassCover Standard free until 1 December 2026. The more schools in your county that sign up, the sooner Standard opens there.

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