Admissions alerts
Be the parent who booked the slot, not the one on the waitlist.
A slot opens, a deadline moves, an offer lands — we watch the schools you track and tell you in minutes, while there's still time to act.
Free for parents · no card needed · choose email, SMS or WhatsApp
Without Houseroom
By the time you refresh the page, the slots are gone
Open-day booking opens on a Tuesday and the slots are gone by lunch. Keeping up means re-checking dozens of school websites on the off-chance something moved — which no working parent actually does.
What makes it different
Why real-time notifications works here.
Not another feature list — the specific things only Houseroom does, and why they matter for the decision in front of you.
We watch the schools, so you don't
Every school you track is monitored for the changes that matter — new slots, moved deadlines, offer days — without you opening a page.
Across 670+ schools
Fast enough to actually act on
Alerts run on a ~10-minute cycle with a queued backup, so the heads-up reaches you while there's still time to act.
~10-minute cycle
On the channel you already check
Email, SMS or WhatsApp — the alert lands where you'll see it on your phone, not in a dashboard you forget to open.
Email · SMS · WhatsApp
What you get
What this changes for you.
Book open-day places before they fill up
Respond to a moved deadline the same day, not the next week
Hear about an offer the moment it's posted
Stop manually re-checking school websites you'll forget to visit
Stay ahead of every school you're considering from one free account
How it works
Three steps, start to finish.
Track your schools
Add the schools you want to stay ahead of from your free Houseroom account.
Choose your channel
Tell us whether to reach you by email, SMS or WhatsApp — change it any time.
Get the heads-up
When something changes at a tracked school, the alert reaches you within minutes.
Who it's for
Parents juggling several private-school admissions timelines who want to move first on slots and date changes — instead of finding out once it's too late.
FAQ
Questions parents ask.
What kinds of changes trigger an alert?
You're alerted to the admissions changes that matter at the schools you track: new or filling open-day slots, moved or newly published deadlines, assessment dates, offer days and registration windows. You won't get general school news or marketing — only changes that affect when and how you act.
How quickly will I actually hear about a change?
Alerts run on a roughly 10-minute delivery cycle with a queued backup if a channel is briefly unavailable. The whole point is to reach you while there's still time to book the slot or make the call — not hours later when the places have already gone.
Is this really free?
Yes. Real-time notifications are part of your free Houseroom parent account — no card, no trial that expires. Houseroom stays independent: schools cannot pay to rank, edit their data or change what triggers your alerts, so what you're told is what actually changed.
Which channels can I use, and can I change them?
Email, SMS or WhatsApp — you choose, and you can switch at any time in your notification settings. Most parents pick the channel they check most on their phone so an alert never sits unseen.
Will I be flooded with alerts or spammed?
No. You only hear about the specific schools you choose to track, and only for genuine admissions changes — never general marketing or promotions. You control the channel and can pause or stop alerts whenever you like.
Do I need to keep the app open or keep checking a dashboard?
No. Alerts come to your chosen channel — email, SMS or WhatsApp — so the watching happens in the background. You can get on with your day and trust that the moment something moves at a tracked school, you'll know.
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Still deciding?
The honest answers.
Is it really free, or will I end up spammed with marketing?
Genuinely free, and genuinely quiet. Notifications come with your free parent account, and you only ever hear about the schools you choose to track — and only for real admissions changes, never promotions. You set the channel and can stop any time.
How fast and reliable are the alerts really?
Alerts run on a roughly 10-minute delivery cycle with a queued backup, monitoring is continuous, and because Houseroom is independent the alert reflects what actually changed — not what a school chose to push. Fast enough, and trustworthy enough, to act on.
Free for parents · no card needed · choose email, SMS or WhatsApp