OneSchool is the source of truth, but it doesn’t do everything

If you work in a Queensland state school, OneSchool is your reality. It is the monolith. It handles student data, attendance, and reporting. It is the "single source of truth".

But let’s be honest: it leaves gaps. Massive ones.

So, what happens when a Head of Department needs to track asset loans? Or when the Administration team needs to manage a complex excursion workflow that OneSchool’s modules just don’t fit?

Usually, schools resort to "Shadow IT". You buy a subscription to a random EdTech platform for $3k a year. Or you use a rigid SurveyMonkey form. Or, worst of all, you print paper forms that sit in a pigeonhole until they go missing.

Here is the reality: The Department already gives you the tools to fix this.

Your school has access to the Microsoft Power Platform. You can have a custom app for Staff Leave variations, Student Incident logging, or Laptop Loans that sits right inside the standard EQ interface.

• It integrates with your existing Outlook.

• It keeps data secure within the departmental tenant (no data sovereignty risks).

• It costs you zero in additional software licensing.

Stop trying to force OneSchool to do things it wasn’t built for, and stop wasting budget on external subscriptions. Let’s build the bridge between what OneSchool does and what your school actually needs.