Building a Scalable School Management System for Juniper Education

Overview

Juniper Education approached us to help them build a modern, scalable school management system tailored to the needs of educators and administrators. As a leading provider of education support services in the UK, Juniper required a reliable platform capable of managing complex data for teachers, pupils, grades, attendance, and more.

We were brought in to work alongside their internal team from the early conceptual stages through to architectural planning and full-scale development. The result was a powerful, Rails-based application designed to improve day-to-day operations in schools while remaining easy to use and extend.

The Challenge

The education sector demands tools that are intuitive, accessible, and secure. Juniper needed a unified platform to replace outdated, fragmented systems and streamline operations for schools across the country.

They also required a system flexible enough to support multiple schools, configurations, and complex workflows—while ensuring sensitive data, such as student records and attendance logs, were handled securely.

Our Solution

Working closely with Juniper’s tech lead and internal developers, our consultancy team helped shape the architecture of the system and ensure best practices were embedded from the start.

Key contributions included:

• Designing a modular, maintainable Rails architecture
• Implementing key features for managing teachers, pupils, classes, grades, and absences
• Collaborating on UX decisions to align with school workflows
• Building secure, scalable interfaces for multi-school use
• Integrating robust data validation and audit trails

Our team integrated seamlessly with theirs, offering architectural guidance, hands-on development, and workflow improvements.

Results

The resulting system gave Juniper Education a future-proof foundation for supporting schools with modern, user-friendly tools. With strong attention to performance, accessibility, and reliability, the platform is now well-positioned to grow alongside the evolving needs of the education sector.

Why Choose Us for Rails Projects?

If you’re building an education platform—or any web application—and need a team that can step in and help you architect, scale, and ship high-quality software, we’re here to help.

Whether you need full product development or expert support for your in-house team, we specialize in Ruby on Rails, and bring a proven track record in delivering robust, scalable web platforms.