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Playground supporter hamper
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For state schools, academies and school-led fundraising teams
Online auctions for state school fundraising
For school leaders, business managers and staff-led fundraising teams: build an online auction for your state school or academy. Invite families, staff and local supporters to bid on donated prizes and raise money for projects, trips and resources.
- Free option for smaller auctions
- No Aucly commission
- Mobile-friendly bidding
Led by school leaders and staff
Fund a project your school community cares about
School leaders, business managers and staff-led teams can organise an online auction around a clear school goal: playground improvements, trips, enrichment, library resources, sports or arts equipment, or another priority. Invite families, staff and local supporters to take part wherever they are.
An auction can support a specific project or sit alongside a Christmas fair, summer fair, quiz night or other school event. If PTA, PFA or Friends volunteers are leading the fundraiser, see the PTA auction page. Aucly is school auction software: winning bidders pay your organisation directly, and you can start building an auction before choosing a plan. Review the full flow in How It Works.
- Invite families, staff and local supporters who cannot attend in person.
- Give donated prizes a clear, shareable online listing.
- Keep bids, prize details and winner follow-up in one place.
- Let proxy bidding keep supporters involved when they are busy.
School fundraiser
School auction pricing plans
Choose a plan that fits your school auction
Build and preview your auction before you choose. The available plans, prices, billing periods and allowances are shown below; Aucly takes no commission on winning bids.
Free
Free
Perfect for trying out Aucly or running a small fundraiser. Host one auction with up to 15 items - ideal for first-time organisers.
- Up to 15 items
- 1 live auction at a time
Standard
£40 one-off per auction
Ideal for schools, PTAs, charities and community organisations running a full fundraising auction with a larger catalogue of donated items.
- Unlimited items
- One auction per purchase; additional auctions can be purchased separately
Unlimited
£90 /year
Best for larger schools, charities or multi-event organisers. Run as many auctions as you like, with as many items as you need, for a whole year — complete flexibility with no limits.
- Unlimited items
- Unlimited concurrent auctions
School fundraising use cases
Built for the ways schools fundraise
Choose a clear goal for your school-led auction, from new resources to a specific facilities project. For foundation, development-office or alumni fundraising at an independent school, see online auctions for independent schools.
Play and outdoor spaces
Support new play equipment, safer surfaces or outdoor learning spaces.
Trips and enrichment
Help fund residentials, theatre trips, music programmes and other shared experiences.
Libraries and learning resources
Fund books, classroom materials and the technology pupils use to learn every day.
School spaces and facilities
Improve teaching spaces, accessibility or essential school facilities.
Community fundraising
Bring families, staff and local supporters together around a shared school priority.
Built for school organisers
Simple tools for school fundraising auctions
Aucly gives school leaders, business managers and staff-led teams straightforward school fundraising software to build before committing, share one clear auction page and keep families, staff and local supporters bidding on mobile.
Build first
Set up safely before launch
Build for free, add prizes and preview your auction before choosing a plan.
Preview before paying
Choose a plan when ready
Share one link
Send one auction page to families, staff and local supporters.
Bid from any device
Supporters can browse prizes and bid from their phone, tablet or computer.
Keep supporters engaged
Proxy bidding and outbid emails help interested bidders stay involved.
Spend less time chasing bids
Keep bids, winners and follow-up in one place instead of juggling spreadsheets and messages.
Stay in control of payments
Aucly takes no commission. For external payments, winning bidders pay your organisation directly; if you enable Stripe card payments, funds go to your own Stripe account and Stripe’s standard processing fees apply.
How Aucly works
A simple five-step auction flow
Create the auction, add prizes, invite supporters, let people bid online, then follow up winners.
- Create your auctionSet up the page and add the basic details.
- Add your prizesGive each donated item its own listing, photos and description.
- Invite supportersSend it to parents, carers, staff and local supporters.
- Let people bid onlineSupporters can bid from their phone, with proxy bidding and outbid emails.
- Follow up winnersSee who won, track payments and arrange collection or delivery.
PTA-led school fundraiser
Furzedown Primary School PTA raised £2,265 for Project Playground
Furzedown Primary School PTA used Aucly for its Spring Auction 2026, raising £2,265 towards playground refurbishment and Project Playground.
The PTA listed 44 lots, attracted 63 unique bidders and received 1,074 bids from supporters.
Read the Furzedown PTA case study
Spring Auction 2026
- 44
- lots
- 63
- unique bidders
- 1,074
- bids
- £2,265
- raised
FAQ
School auction questions
Answers for school leaders, business managers and staff teams planning a school-led online auction.
Yes. School leaders, business managers and staff fundraising teams can run an online auction alongside a Christmas fair, summer fair, quiz night or another school event. Families, staff and local supporters can bid online even when they cannot attend.
Your school team chooses how widely to share the auction link. Invite families, staff, alumni, local businesses and wider community supporters.
Donated experiences and local vouchers can complement prizes that reflect your fundraising goal, such as sports or music sessions, family activities, books or items from local businesses.
Yes. Explain the purpose of the auction on its page and invite supporters to contribute through bidding. School teams use auctions to support playgrounds, trips, enrichment, library resources, sports or arts equipment, facilities and other school priorities.
If PTA, PFA or Friends volunteers are organising the auction, visit Aucly’s PTA auctions page for guidance written for volunteer-led school fundraising.
Ready to run your school auction online?
Start building your auction for free. Add prizes, preview the page and invite your school community to bid. Review each plan’s item and auction allowances above; paid auctions use a flat platform fee with no commission on funds raised.