global provider · 16 documented · 64 atomic

Gibbon

https://gibbonedu.org

Free open-source school platform: core modules per function, extensible, used worldwide

documented features (as published)

atomic capabilities (decomposed)

Free open source (GP

pricing

Hong Kong / UK

Research note

Feature list read from gibbonedu.org/features in full. Notably strong on learn/assess (planner, markbook, rubrics, crowd assessment) and free. No payroll, no accounting beyond fee billing, no regulatory layer.

Features (as published)

• Planner: smart lesson blocks, rich multimedia plans, homework collection tied to Markbook, outcomes and curriculum mapping, crowd assessment, guest access

• Departments: learning areas, scope and sequence overviews, admin departments

• Resources: school-wide resource database, categories, tags, embed into lesson plans

• Timetable: individual student and teacher timetables, Google Calendar overlay, room and facility booking

• Activities: activities program listing, online signup, first-come or manual selection, attendance registers

• Individual Needs: individual education plans, archived longitudinally, differentiation indicators

• Library: catalog any item, loans, inventory control, student browsing and reading records

• Students: student profile 360, fast finder, academic, behavioural, medical and SEN alerts from system-wide data

• Application Form: online admissions, priority-based queue, auto account and family links

• Attendance: form group and individual, absence patterns, future absences, evacuation reports, parent view

• Behaviour: positive and negative notes, descriptor and severity lists, follow-up tracking

• Staff: job advertising, applicant to staff conversion, shared directory, contract details, HR data

• Markbook: continuous recording, parent and student visibility, rubrics and voice feedback uploads

• Tracking: markbook and formal assessment graphing by cohort, value-added scores, export

• Messenger: email, SMS and message wall broadcasts to flexible groups, attachments

• Finance: fees, billing schedules, invoicing, receipts, payment reminders, outstanding lists, expense requests

Atomic capabilities

The 16 published features decompose into 64 atomic capabilities — the real depth of the product.

Show all 64 atomic capabilities

• Planner: smart lesson blocks

• Planner: rich multimedia plans

• Planner: homework collection tied to Markbook

• Planner: outcomes and curriculum mapping

• Planner: crowd assessment

• Planner: guest access

• Departments: learning areas

• Departments: scope and sequence overviews

• Departments: admin departments

• Resources: school-wide resource database

• Resources: categories

• Resources: tags

• Resources: embed into lesson plans

• Timetable: individual student and teacher timetables

• Timetable: Google Calendar overlay

• Timetable: room and facility booking

• Activities: activities program listing

• Activities: online signup

• Activities: first-come or manual selection

• Activities: attendance registers

• Individual Needs: individual education plans

• Individual Needs: archived longitudinally

• Individual Needs: differentiation indicators

• Library: catalog any item

• Library: loans

• Library: inventory control

• Library: student browsing and reading records

• Students: student profile 360

• Students: fast finder

• Students: academic

• Students: behavioural

• Students: medical and SEN alerts from system-wide data

• Application Form: online admissions

• Application Form: priority-based queue

• Application Form: auto account and family links

• Attendance: form group and individual

• Attendance: absence patterns

• Attendance: future absences

• Attendance: evacuation reports

• Attendance: parent view

• Behaviour: positive and negative notes

• Behaviour: descriptor and severity lists

• Behaviour: follow-up tracking

• Staff: job advertising

• Staff: applicant to staff conversion

• Staff: shared directory

• Staff: contract details

• Staff: HR data

• Markbook: continuous recording

• Markbook: parent and student visibility

• Markbook: rubrics and voice feedback uploads

• Tracking: markbook and formal assessment graphing by cohort

• Tracking: value-added scores

• Tracking: export

• Messenger: email

• Messenger: SMS and message wall broadcasts to flexible groups

• Messenger: attachments

• Finance: fees

• Finance: billing schedules

• Finance: invoicing

• Finance: receipts

• Finance: payment reminders

• Finance: outstanding lists

• Finance: expense requests

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