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School bus tracking software parents open every single day

NovaClassHub is live GPS school bus tracking built for daily school routes — not weekend tours. Parents watch the bus move on a map with an ETA to their own stop, get boarding and "child didn't board" alerts, and can reach the driver in an emergency. Schools get safe-speed monitoring, full trip history and an audit trail. No per-bus GPS hardware — the driver's phone is the tracker.

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ETA to your stop4 min
Speed32 km/h
StatusOn Time
🔔 Bus is approaching your stop

Every transport question, answered before a parent has to ask

"Where is the bus?" "Did my child get on?" "Why was it late today?" These are the calls that jam a school office every morning. NovaClassHub's school bus tracking software answers all of them on the parent's phone — so the office phone stops ringing and parents stop worrying. It's the feature that turns a school app from a notice board into something families open on their own, twice a day.

What parents get

Live bus on a mapThe bus moves in real time, updated every 10 seconds, with the ETA to your stop — not a generic route time.
Alerts you chooseTrip started, bus approaching, child boarded, child got off, arrived at school, running late. Turn on the ones you want.
"Child didn't board"If the bus leaves a stop without your child (and they weren't marked absent), you're notified instantly — once, never twice.
Emergency SOSOne tap from the driver reaches every parent on the route and the school office in under a second.

What schools get

Transport is where safety and liability meet, so the school side is built for accountability. Safe-speed alerts warn a driver the moment they cross the route's limit and log it for the office. Full trip history records every stop arrival, boarding and alert on one timeline you can replay on a map — invaluable when a parent queries a pickup. And an audit trail captures every route edit, driver reassignment and vehicle change with who did it and when.

No GPS hardware to buy or maintain

Traditional school bus GPS systems mean a device bolted into every bus, a SIM per device, and a maintenance headache when one fails. NovaClassHub uses the driver's Android phone as the tracker. Tracking runs in the background with the screen locked, and — critically on Indian routes — GPS pings and boarding marks queue locally through network dead zones and ship the instant signal returns. Nothing is lost on a bad stretch of road.

See live bus tracking on a real route

Book a 30-minute demo and we'll show the driver app and parent app working together on a map.

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Frequently asked questions

How does live bus tracking work?

The driver's phone streams GPS every 10 seconds via a dedicated driver app. Parents see the bus on a live map with the ETA to their own stop. No extra hardware — the smartphone is the tracker.

Do parents get alerted if a child doesn't board?

Yes. When the bus leaves a stop and a child hasn't boarded (and wasn't marked absent), the parent gets one instant notification. Parents also get trip-started, approaching, boarded, got-off and arrived-at-school alerts.

Is any GPS hardware required per bus?

No. The driver's Android phone is the GPS device — nothing to buy or install. Tracking runs in the background with the screen locked and queues data through network dead zones.

Is there an emergency SOS?

Yes. One tap on the driver's phone alerts every parent on the route and the school office in under a second, with breakdowns, accidents and complaints logged separately.

Get Started

Book a bus-tracking demo

Tell us about your routes and fleet. We'll get back within one working day to set up a demo on a route like yours — no canned slideshow.

14-day free trial
No credit card required
No per-bus GPS hardware
Dedicated onboarding contact
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