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Maximize enrollment with brightwheel's admission features

Brightwheel simplifies enrollment with with fillable forms, admissions processes, and easy waitlist management, ensuring a seamless experience for you and your families. 

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See how brightwheel can maximize enrollment at your program

How brightwheel makes enrollment as easy as 1-2-3

Easy to use & save time

Save time looking for what you need with centralized enrollment tools, forms, and documents

Manage with confidence

Families are automatically guided through your admissions process for a seamless experience

Quality connections

Easy communication between you and prospective families to easily fill your waitlists

Make your admissions process easier, faster, and more efficient

Easily manage and clear waitlists
Organize your waitlist by priority and easily see who fills your next open spot, ensuring that no potential enrollments slip through the cracks.


Simplify the application process
Share easy-to-navigate online application forms with families directly through brightwheel, encouraging more applications and reducing paperwork.


Track enrollment progress at-a-glance
With brightwheel, monitor applicant progress with the admissions dashboard, ensuring that you're always aware of enrollment progress.

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Enhance your program's family experience from day one

Easily get in touch with prospective families
Keep potential families engaged by quickly sending messages and important forms through brightwheel. 

Simplify documents and forms
Foster stronger connections through seamless messaging threads between families and team members.

Create and manage tuition contracts
Easily coordinate events through your calendar, newsletters, and messages to keep families and staff engaged.

Boost enrollment efficiency and accuracy

Customize enrollment forms
Stay informed with all messages, alerts, photos, documents, all in the brightwheel app.

Real-time availability updates
Keep prospective families informed about current availability with real-time updates from your admissions dashboard.

Gain enrollment insights with report data
Better understand enrollment trends and analyze admissions data using brightwheel's reporting features.

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Why a positive enrollment process is essential for your program

Quality connections

Trust & Transparency
Give families peace-of-mind and trust in your center from day one

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Maximize Revenue
With a strong waitlist pipeline, maximize revenue by filling empty spots.

Easy to use & save time

Save time
A streamlined enrollment process helps you more quickly fill open spots.

Why child care providers love brightwheel for enrollment

Alyssa D Executive Director McNeilly Center for Children Nashville, TN