A complete student management system designed for New Zealand schools. Manage key administrative tasks, student information, reporting, communication, and daily operations from one central platform.
Running a school means managing hundreds of moving parts. Student records, attendance, assessment, reports, communication, payments, timetables, pastoral notes, and compliance all need to work together.
Helix SMS gives your team one connected place to manage the information and processes that keep your school running smoothly. It is designed to be intuitive, fast, and flexible, so staff can spend less time fighting systems and more time doing meaningful work.
Helix has been shaped through close work with New Zealand schools and backed by MUSAC’s decades of experience in education technology. It is built to support the real day-to-day needs of school leaders, administrators, teachers, students, and caregivers.
Rather than forcing your team into a rigid system, Helix gives schools a modern platform that can evolve with changing requirements, new workflows, and the needs of your community.
Student information
Keep key student details, records, notes, and information organised in one central system, giving staff fast access to what they need.
Attendance
Mark, monitor, and analyse attendance more efficiently, with clearer visibility for teachers and leadership teams.
Curriculum and assessment
Support achievement tracking, assessment workflows, and reporting across year levels.
Timetabling
Give staff and students clearer access to timetables and day-to-day school schedules.
Communication
Keep staff, students, caregivers, and whānau connected with updates, messages, notices, and emergency communication tools.
Finance and payments
Manage school payments, billable items, caregiver payment options, and finance workflows from within the wider Helix ecosystem.
Reporting and analytics
Turn school data into useful insight, helping leadership teams understand patterns, identify issues early, and make informed decisions.
Faster, easier day-to-day admin
Helix is designed to simplify tasks and streamline processes, helping schools save time and reduce the frustration of slow or disconnected systems.
Cloud-based access from anywhere
Helix is a secure, cloud-based SMS, giving staff flexibility to access what they need without being tied to one device or local server.
Built for New Zealand schools
Helix is purpose-built for New Zealand secondary and area schools, with a deep understanding of local education needs, workflows, and reporting requirements.
Connected with your wider school ecosystem
Helix can securely share data with over 200 other systems via APIs, helping schools reduce double-handling, improve data accuracy, and keep systems connected.
Security your community can trust
Helix stores information in an ISO 27001 data centre and has qualified for the Safer Technologies 4 Schools Vendor Badge Program. Helix states it is the only secondary school SMS provider in Aotearoa New Zealand to qualify.
Helix SMS supports more than administration. It gives different users the tools they need to stay informed and connected.
For leadership teams
Clear visibility across attendance, achievement, engagement, reporting, and school operations.
For administrators
Simpler workflows, better-connected data, and less repeated manual entry.
For teachers
Faster access to student information, attendance, timetables, notes, and communication tools.
For caregivers and whānau
Clearer updates, easier access to school information, and a more connected experience through the Helix app.
