Articles in category: Parents

The data you’re collecting from your MIS platform does a job. It helps you communicate with parents on a basic level, but the key takeaway here is the word ‘basic’. Yes, you can share attendance statistics and other mildly interesting insights, but it doesn’t truly support your parental engagement efforts — it’s just data. This […]

School fetes and big events are fun ways to raise cash but they are time-consuming and rely on you having lots of volunteers to help out.

Here are eight easy ways to help put a few quid in the PTA coffers without too much effort.

The mySchoolApp solution enables schools to request consent from parents directly via the app. School admin’s can send out as many consent requests as they wish, wherever they are. A secure and comprehensive report, showing the status of all consent items, is readily available to view. mySchoolApp Consent is simple and seamless – no more […]

Under the GDPR, there are six lawful bases for processing data, one of which is consent – schools must be able to justify their processing with at least one of these bases. This guidance outlines the key information schools need to know to ensure their consent procedures are compliant with the GDPR. 7 things schools […]

OK, so what’s a desire path? A desire path (sometimes also referred to as a desire line) is an unplanned path created literally as a consequence of the repeated use over time by humans, animals or traffic. You’ll see them everywhere you look. On the school field it’s the daily shortcut pupils take straight across, […]