The whole school on one platform. Free for 30 days.
Zion is the complete ACE-native platform, built by an ACE graduate. Goal Check in seconds, PACE grading with 3-stage moderation, attendance, report cards, and portals for parents and students. Founding schools get all of it free for a month, set up for them.
- One-tap daily Goal Check on a tablet, report in about 30 seconds
- PACE test grading with a 3-stage moderation workflow and a full audit trail
- Attendance with alerts when a student keeps missing days
- Predictive at-risk alerts, before report cards
- Report cards and permanent academic records
Built by an ACE graduate · Full PACE catalog · Your data stays private to your school
Loading the form...
How it works
No trick, no lock-in, no surprise invoice
Free for 30 days
You get the whole product, not a cut-down version. We import your students and PACEs and set the school up with you.
A card, but no charge
We take a card to start so there is nothing to do when you decide to stay. Nothing is charged during the trial and you can cancel in two clicks.
Then $399 a month
On day 31 it becomes the Lite plan unless you cancel. Anything above Lite locks then, and you can move up whenever you want it back.
Want the full plan breakdown first? See pricing
Why founders join
Every evening lost to paperwork is an evening stolen from your calling
You did not start an ACE school to spend your best hours tallying Goal Cards and PACE scores by hand. But that is where the time goes, every single day.
Lost hours
Hours every week buried in manual reports instead of leading.
Missed warnings
Students who fall behind without anyone catching it in time.
Worn-out staff
Supervisors worn out by paperwork instead of pouring into children.
What founding schools get
We are onboarding the founding cohort personally, and looking after each school ourselves.
Included
Free white-glove setup. We import your students, PACEs, and records for you
Included
Free migration if you are moving off another system or spreadsheets
Included
A direct line to the founder
Included
A vote on what we build next
Included
A Founding Charter badge for your school
Included
The Double Guarantee once you are paying
The Double Guarantee
Both apply from the day you start paying, so the risk of staying sits with us.
30 day money back
Any reason, or no reason at all. A full refund, no forms to fill in.
90 day hours back
Finish onboarding with us, and if Zion has not cut your daily Goal Check to under five minutes we keep working for free until it does. If we still cannot, you get a full refund and you keep your data export.
Shipped, not promised
What is already built
This is not a roadmap. Grading with moderation, attendance, report cards, and the parent and student portals are all shipped and working today. During the trial you get every one of them, whichever plan you land on afterwards.
- One-tap daily Goal Check on a tablet, report in about 30 seconds
- PACE test grading with a 3-stage moderation workflow and a full audit trail
- Attendance with alerts when a student keeps missing days
- Predictive at-risk alerts, before report cards
- Report cards and permanent academic records
- A parent portal with grades, attendance, and progress per child
- A student portal with goals, scores, and homework
- Behaviour merits and demerits, library, and PACE inventory
- Admissions, meetings, broadcasts, and a school calendar
- Real-time dashboards and learning centre comparison
- Automatic daily and weekly PDF and CSV reports
- The full PACE catalog built in, plus legacy data import
From the founder
Built by someone who grew up in an ACE school
I am Sipho Yawe, an ACE graduate and the founder of Zion. I know the daily Goal Check, the Goal Cards, the PACE tests, and the supervisors who stayed late tallying it all by hand. When I looked for software to make that easier, everything was generic, built for ordinary schools and then stretched to fit ours. So I built the tool I wished our school had had. ACE-native, from the inside out.
Sipho Yawe, Founder and Steward
Common questions
Questions ACE
leaders ask
Everything schools want to know before starting the trial.
Is it really free for 30 days?
Yes. You get the complete product for 30 days and nothing is charged in that time. We ask for a card up front so your school does not lose access on the day the trial ends while someone hunts for a payment method.
What happens on day 31?
It becomes the Lite plan at $399 a month unless you cancel first. Lite covers up to 150 students and the full academic core, which is grading with moderation, report cards, the permanent record and the at-risk analytics. Features above that plan, like the parent portal and WhatsApp messaging, lock at that point and come back the moment you upgrade.
Can I cancel before I am charged?
Yes, any time during the trial, from your billing page. No email, no phone call, no retention script.
What does it cost after the trial?
Starter is $199 a month for up to 50 students, Lite is $399 for up to 150, Standard is $799 for up to 400, and Enterprise is $4,000 for multi-campus groups. Pay yearly and you get twelve months for the price of ten.
How do we pay?
By card, handled by Polar, which is our merchant of record and takes care of any tax or VAT. Only Enterprise can pay by bank transfer. We do not support mobile money yet, so tell us first if that is the only way your school can pay.
Which countries are you in?
We are starting in East Africa. Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania first, with more countries after the founding cohort.
You are new. Why should I trust you?
Zion is built by an ACE graduate, for ACE schools. We onboard you personally, your data is private to your school and exportable at any time, and once you are paying there is a 30-day money-back guarantee with no forms.
Get your evenings back. Lead the school you set out to build.
The complete product, free for 30 days, set up with you. Then $399 a month only if you keep it.