Children's Activities
From swimming to stage, grow your classes without losing control.
We built FranScape to run our own swim school franchise, and it now runs arts, cookery, music, baby and coding networks too. Classes, trials, registers, progress and payments, with a parent experience families come back to.
160%
revenue growth at The Creation Station since 2022
+189%
monthly payment volume at Cook Stars
+19.7%
bookings at Rhythm Time, year on year
10,000+
active Swimtime customers, run on FranScape
Children's activity brands on FranScape
A week on FranScape
Built around how classes really run.
From the teacher in the church hall to the parent on the school run and head office looking at the whole network.
In the class
Registers on the tablet, not on a clipboard.
Teachers open the class, see who's booked, spot medical notes and allergies at a glance, and tick children in. Head office sees attendance the moment it's taken.
- ✓Live registers per class
- ✓Medical notes and consents to hand
- ✓Trials and new starters flagged
For parents
Progress parents can actually see.
Skills, levels and awards are recorded as children achieve them, and parents follow along in the app. It's the reason families stay for another term.
- ✓Skills and levels per programme
- ✓Certificates and awards
- ✓Progress shared straight to the parent app
For your teachers
Everything the teacher needs, in their pocket.
The instructor app shows today's classes, venues and children, so your teachers turn up prepared and franchisees aren't fielding the same questions every morning.
- ✓Today's timetable and venues
- ✓Class lists and notes
- ✓Works on any phone
For head office
Set up classes once, run them everywhere.
Create class types, age groups, prices and terms centrally. Franchisees add their own venues and times, and every booking and payment flows back to you.
- ✓Class templates and age groups
- ✓Venues and rooms per territory
- ✓Royalties taken at the point of payment
Everything in one place
All the bits a children's activity network needs.
Trials that turn into terms
Parents book a trial online, and you follow up and move them onto a term without the phone tag.
Terms, courses and drop-ins
Run termly blocks, rolling memberships, holiday camps, parties and one-off workshops side by side.
Payments collected for you
Monthly plans, termly fees and card payments taken automatically, with fewer awkward chasing calls.
Waiting lists
Keep a list for every full class and offer spaces the moment they open.
Safeguarding built in
Medical notes, photo consents and emergency contacts kept where teachers need them.
Progress and awards
Skills, levels and certificates that give parents a reason to rebook.
Branded parent app
Book, pay, update details and follow progress from any phone, in your brand.
Teacher app
Registers, class lists and timetables for every instructor.
Venues and territories
Every hall, pool and room across every franchisee, with territories kept clear.
Network reporting
Bookings, occupancy and revenue for each territory, all measured the same way.
Franchisee onboarding
Training, help videos and a knowledge base so new franchisees are up and running quickly.
Flo, when enquiries grow
Answer parents, qualify and book them on the channels they already use.
Customer stories
Children's activity brands growing on FranScape.
The Creation Station
Arts and crafts
160%
revenue growth since 2022
Quarterly revenue £99,218 → £258,440
Read the storyCook Stars
Children's cookery
+189%
monthly payment volume
£38,932 → £112,557, July 2024 to September 2026
Read the storyRhythm Time
Baby and toddler music
+19.7%
bookings with Accelerate
Website conversion 7.5% → 15%
Read the storyBasking Babies
Pregnancy and baby classes
23%
revenue growth since May 2024
Moved over after ten years running their own system
Read the storyBaby College
Baby and toddler classes
40
franchisees and teachers
Hundreds of classes a week, in the UK and abroad
Read the storyJam Coding
Coding clubs
Out of school
provision grown across the network
Fees collected at source, with training for every new franchisee
Read the storyWhy we get it
We still run a children's activity franchise ourselves.
Swimtime has taught children to swim for 35+ years and runs on FranScape every day. When you ring us about a register or a term start, you're talking to people who've had the same problem.
+17%
network turnover, April 2025 to March 2026
514
on the waiting list, Sept 2026
Real people, running real franchises.
Behind every brand on FranScape is someone who's put everything into their business. We know them by name, and they know they can pick up the phone to us.
See how it would work for your classes.
Watch the walkthrough, or book a time and we'll show you FranScape set up the way your network runs.