AI Receptionist for Daycares & Childcare Centers

Every parent call answered. Every enrollment spot filled.

When your staff is hands-on with children and a prospective parent calls about enrollment, Attendly answers. 24/7 enrollment inquiries, tour scheduling, pickup authorization, and after-hours working parent calls — handled automatically.

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Trusted by childcare centers nationwide  ·  30-day money-back guarantee
$10K–$24K
in lost tuition per year from just one missed enrollment call — at $800–$2,000+/month per child
72%
of parents searching for childcare contact multiple centers — whoever answers first wins the enrollment
24/7
Attendly answers parent calls — even when your entire team is in the classroom

★ ★ ★ ★ ★    Built for childcare front desks — not generic businesses    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Your staff can't answer the phone when they're supervising 20 children. That enrolling parent finds a different daycare.

A working parent calls during nap time to ask about your infant room waitlist. Your staff is 1:4 with toddlers and can't pick up. The call goes to voicemail. By evening, that family has enrolled at a competitor — and your spot sits empty for another month.

One missed enrollment call = $10,000–$24,000/year in lost tuition. Attendly makes sure that never happens.

  • 👶 Staff is hands-on with children all day and physically cannot answer the phone
  • 📋 Parents calling about enrollment and wait lists during your busiest hours go unanswered
  • 🚗 Pickup authorization and schedule change calls interrupting classroom routines
  • 🏫 Prospective parents touring competitors when they can't reach you for a tour booking
  • 🌙 Working parents who can only call after 6pm getting voicemail every time
Amanda R.
2:14 PM — "Interested in infant room, is there availability?"
Missed
David M.
7:52 PM — "Can we schedule a tour this week?"
Missed
Priya K.
Saturday 9:30 AM — "My husband is picking up today, how do I add him?"
Missed
Jennifer L.
8:47 PM — "Tour booked for Thursday 10am — infant room"
Attendly

One enrolled child pays for Attendly for years.

The average daycare charges $800–$2,000+ per month per child. A single enrollment that would have otherwise slipped to a competitor covers months — or even years — of Attendly. The math is simple: every missed enrollment call is a guaranteed loss. Every answered call is a potential $10,000–$24,000 in annual tuition.

$800–$2,000+
monthly tuition per child — one new enrollment covers Attendly for months at the lowest rate
$10K–$24K
annual tuition value per child — one captured enrollment call covers Attendly for the entire year
$99/mo
Attendly Starter — less than 5% of one child's monthly tuition to answer every parent call, 24/7
Stop Losing Enrollments to Voicemail →

Built for the childcare front desk. Not a generic chatbot.

Attendly handles the daycare-specific scenarios your staff deals with every single day.

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Enrollment inquiries & waitlist management

When a parent calls asking about infant, toddler, or preschool availability, Attendly answers with real-time information, captures their details, adds them to the waitlist if needed, and schedules a tour — all before your staff has a free moment to check messages.

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Tour scheduling, 24/7

Prospective parents researching childcare options don't wait until 9am. Attendly books tours directly into your calendar — morning, evening, weekends — so interested families never fall through to a competitor. Wake up to a full tour schedule, not a stack of missed calls.

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Pickup authorization & schedule changes

Handle last-minute pickup authorization requests and schedule changes without interrupting your classroom. Parents can notify Attendly of a different pickup person or a schedule change at any hour, and your team gets a clean daily briefing instead of a flood of mid-day calls.

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Billing & tuition questions

Answer common billing questions, payment schedules, and tuition policy inquiries automatically. Attendly handles the repetitive questions so your director's time goes toward running the center, not explaining payment portals on the phone for the fifth time this week.

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After-hours working parent calls

Most working parents can only call before 8am or after 6pm — prime times when your center is closed. Attendly is there every single time, capturing enrollment inquiries, answering policy questions, and booking tours for the next day. No more lost leads just because the day ended.

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Daily enrollment briefing

Every morning, your dashboard shows overnight inquiries, booked tours, waitlist additions, and pending schedule changes. Full visibility into everything that happened after hours — before your first family walks through the door.

How Attendly handles daycare scenarios

Real examples of what your AI receptionist does while your staff is focused on the children.

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Parent calls at 7:45pm asking about infant room availability

Attendly answers immediately, provides current availability and pricing, answers questions about your curriculum, staff ratios, and meal program, then books a tour for later that week. By morning you have a warm lead with a scheduled appointment — not a voicemail you'll get to sometime tomorrow.

✓ Handled automatically
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Family touring three daycares this weekend — calls Saturday morning

Attendly answers, confirms your availability, books the tour for Sunday afternoon, and sends a confirmation. While competing centers send them to voicemail, you already have them scheduled. First impression: a center that actually picks up. Last impression: the one they enroll with.

✓ Handled automatically
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Parent needs to authorize grandparent for pickup — calls during lunch rush

Attendly collects the child's name, authorized pickup person's full name, and any required identification details. Routes the request to your director with everything needed to update the pickup record — no interruption to the classroom, no missed authorization that creates a safety issue at 3pm pickup.

✓ Handled automatically
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New enrolling family has questions about your billing cycle and sibling discounts

Attendly answers their billing questions using your center's policies, explains the payment schedule, confirms the sibling discount, and removes the last objection standing between them and enrollment. What might have been a three-day phone-tag chain becomes a five-minute automated conversation.

✓ Handled automatically

What childcare directors are saying

Real results from centers that stopped missing enrollment calls.

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"We were losing 8–10 enrollment inquiries a week to voicemail during nap time and lunch. Since Attendly, our infant and toddler rooms have been at full capacity for the first time in two years. The ROI is obvious."
SH
Sandra H.
Director, Bright Horizons Learning Center
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Parents in our area both work full time and can only call in the evenings. Attendly books their tours and answers enrollment questions at 9pm. We've enrolled four new families in the past month who called after hours — families we never would have reached before."
MK
Marcus K.
Owner, Sunflower Academy (3 locations)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The pickup authorization feature alone is worth the price. Parents used to call mid-class and disrupt everything. Now Attendly handles it and routes the request to me with all the details. My teachers are focused on children, not the phone."
RL
Rachel L.
Lead Teacher & Co-Director, Little Sprouts CDC
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

Try Attendly risk-free. If you're not capturing more enrollment inquiries and parent calls within 30 days, we'll refund every cent. No questions asked.

Attendly vs. your current childcare center setup

Human Receptionist
Attendly
Cost
$35–50K/year salary
$99–199/month
After-hours enrollment calls
Voicemail only
24/7 intake & tour booking
Tour scheduling
During office hours only
24/7 calendar booking
Pickup authorization
Interrupts classroom staff
Handled & routed cleanly
Billing & policy questions
Repeated phone time
Answered automatically
Waitlist management
Manual tracking
Captured & organized
Sick days / staff turnover
Yes
Never

Simple pricing for childcare centers.

Less than the tuition of one child's first week. Cancel anytime.

Starter

$99/mo
For single-location daycare centers

First month: $224
Includes one-time $125 setup fee — then $99/mo

150 credits / month
  • AI inquiry & call responses (24/7)
  • Enrollment intake & waitlist capture
  • Tour scheduling & confirmations
  • Pickup authorization routing
  • After-hours parent call handling
  • Dashboard & daily briefing
Get Started — Starter

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Common questions from childcare directors

Does Attendly integrate with childcare management software?

Attendly works via an email-based inquiry flow and can sync with Google Calendar for tour scheduling. Deep integrations with childcare management platforms (Brightwheel, Procare, HiMama) are on the roadmap. Most centers are live in under 24 hours with the current setup — no technical configuration required.

Can I customize the enrollment scripts for my specific programs?

Yes. During onboarding you configure your age groups, program types, current availability, pricing, and key policies. Attendly speaks your center's voice — your curriculum, your ratios, your meal program — not a generic childcare script. The $125 setup fee covers this white-glove configuration.

How does pickup authorization work?

When a parent calls to authorize a new pickup person, Attendly collects the child's full name, the authorized person's full name, any ID requirements, and the pickup date/time. It routes the complete request to your director as a structured notification — so your team has everything they need to update the record before pickup arrives.

What if a parent asks a question Attendly can't answer?

Attendly captures the parent's contact details, their question, and any relevant context, then flags it for your team to follow up. Nothing falls through the cracks — complex inquiries queue for human review instead of going to voicemail and getting forgotten in the morning rush.

How long does setup take?

Most childcare centers are live within 24 hours of signing up. The $125 one-time setup fee covers white-glove onboarding — we configure your AI front desk with your center's programs, pricing, availability, and communication style for you. No technical work required on your end.

A parent is calling about enrollment right now.

Every missed call is a family enrolling elsewhere — and a spot sitting empty at $800–$2,000+ a month. Attendly makes sure every inquiry is captured, every tour is booked, and every parent feels taken care of — even when your team is heads-down with children.

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