Connecting Schools and Parents
www.parentmail.co.uk
We make things
easier
for parents,
We also help schools:
Save money, on average 33000 each year
Save administrative time and reduce office workload Increased responses from parents
Improve environmental performance Improve Ofsted reports
There are many reasons why ParentMail is the
number 1 choice for schools and clubs:
Free mobile App for parents on iOS and Android Single platform, multiple applications
One easy service for staff to learn One simple service for parents to log into Training and support from the minute you start
Designed to suit all schools:
Primary Schools Secondary Schools Nurseries Clubs Children’s Centres
We do things differently
We know if we make things easy for parents, schools will get a better response.
With a range of applications that improve school to home communications, ParentMail is a service that will continue to add value into the future as your school needs change. ParentMail is unique because with a single account parents can receive information, make payments, complete forms and permissions, books parents evening and see events at every school, club or nursery their children attend.
For parents there’s real value in our system; we make it easy for parents to read and respond to school requests, and this makes it the most effective parental engagement service schools can buy.
1 in 5
UK schools and
4.5 million
parents
already use ParentMail
One system, multiple Apps
– Use ParentMail your way
Our mission is to connect every parent with their children’s schools, clubs and
community, through the efficient provision of information which reduces time and
cost, empowers parents and improves outcomes for students.
Our email and text messaging App gives schools the best combination of flexibility and functionality, helping to save time, money and improving communications with parents, and with our new parent App, schools can deliver messages straight into the hands of parents with no extra cost. Schools can be sure that important messages won’t get lost in a busy email inbox; with our clear, easy ParentMail feed schools can send quick, instant messages, add attachments and send reminders for parents to receive instantly on their smartphone, tablet or computer.
Absence Reporting:
Absence Reporting allows parents to report when their child is absent from school on their mobile. Schools can run reports daily to see which children are absent, saving significant amounts of administration time.
Our Forms, Permissions & Surveys App is a must for all schools, making it easy to collect data, permissions and other information from parents online.
Parent/guardian contact details School dinner selections Medical details and contacts Dietary information
Permissions:
Obtaining, internet, medical or copyright consent
Educational visits Sex education
Parent Surveys:
Ofsted questionnaires Opinions on school meals Views on new school initiatives
And, of course, much much more…
Communications
Forms, Permissions
& Surveys
Text Only Email & Text Forms, Permissions
& Surveys
Online
Payments Meetings & Events Parents’ Evening Manager Bookings & Lettings
Coming Soon
Homework Tracker
One system, multiple Apps
– Use ParentMail your way
+Pay, our online payments App , makes it easy for schools to manage and collect payments from parents for:
Tickets and events School trips
Fees and subscriptions School shop items Dinner money
Over 90% of parents say they would prefer to pay for school items online.
Security:
+Pay is a safe, secure environment, accredited to PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) Level 1.
Parents’ Evening is one of the most complicated events of the year to organise, but with Parents’ Evening Manager, it can become one of the simplest.
Designed with the different needs of primary and secondary schools in mind, Parents Evening Manager:
Allows parents to book appointments online or using our free mobile App
Saves administrative and teaching staff time
Varied reports including a list of appointments per teacher
Allows you to set up different sessions and appointment durations
Accepts manual bookings for parents without internet
Our Meeting and Events App makes life easier for schools that regularly hold school events, meetings or clubs.
Here are a few things you can do with our Meetings and Events App:
Send parents instant notifications and receive responses in minutes
Organise meetings and events based on expected numbers of attendees Save hours of administration time each
week by creating events through our easy ‘event building tool’
Save hundreds of pounds and avoid waste - only ordering the refreshments you need for specific numbers Run reports off ParentMail to find out
who is attending, and who isn’t
Parents can confirm attendance at school events with one click on the free App Keep on top of school meetings and events easier than ever before.
Online Payments
Parents’ Evening
When schools communicate with parents it’s often because they need parents to do something, whether that’s attending a meeting, giving consent, providing information or collecting lost property, for example. If parents don’t respond, for schools the next course of action is to pick up the phone.
At ParentMail we design differently.
Today, ParentMail has over 6500 organisations, and 4.5 million parents who receive communications every day.
We are the only school communication service who offer a free App for iOS and Android so parents can receive all school messages in one place.
With our App, parents can:
Receive school messages instantly – perfect for busy parents Complete forms, permissions and surveys wherever they are in the
world – improving school responses
Make online payments or top up dinner money – or receive reminders and alerts
Book parents’ evening as soon as they receive it – making the process as fair as possible
Find all school communications on one easy feed – so they can’t get lost or mislaid
Receive in app notifications – so they’ll never miss a school message again!
Confirm attendance to school events and meetings – so you’ll know how many people to expect!
Inform schools of student absences And so much more!
With even easier access to ParentMail, parents are able
to read, and respond to school messages quicker than
ever before.
The NEW ParentMail App
free for parents
We make things
easier
for parents,
so schools get a
better
response
With smartphone technology we can get any kind of message or reminder to a phone
in real time… replacing expensive text messages with in-app notifications.
Tel
01733 595959
Fax
01733 595960
info@parentmail.co.uk
Web
www.parentmail.co.uk
“
We’ve really noticed an increase in the
number of forms we’re getting back from
parents now that they can complete them
on their mobile phone.
”
Sarah Collier – School Bursar at Quainton CE Primary School
“
Fast, reliable and efficient. As a working
mum of three young kids, it suits me
perfectly. Absolutely love it!
”
Michelle Parchment – Parent
“
Since we joined ParentMail all nursery
managers across the group of fifteen have
expressed how easy it was to set up
and use.
”
Ruth Pimentel – Chief Executive, Toad Hall Nursery Group
“
Lots of our parents are already familiar
with ParentMail through their schools, so
they’re pleased that we’re using it for the
club too!
”
Liz Conway – Club Secretary at Felpham Colts Football Club
“
95% of our parents now pay online with
+Pay – they love ParentMail and wouldn’t
want to use anything else.
”
Lesley Whitehead – Business Manager at Caldecote Primary School
“
There is no doubt ParentMail has
contributed greatly to the success of
Swavesey Village College.
”
Stuart Gent – Assistant Principal, Swavesey Village College
“
I absolutely love ParentMail and so do the
parents, I would recommend it to anybody.
”
Alison Taylor – School Secretary at Deepdene School“
If I were to speak to a school that weren’t
using +Pay, I would simply tell them how
much time I’ve saved from using it. The
whole package of ParentMail is fantastic.
”
Ann House – School Administrator at Beckington First School“
ParentMail is the most effective way of
communicating, a real move forward that
benefits so many people – thank you!
”
Gary Sparks – Parent“
Within 10 minutes of sending our second
online questionnaire I had 20 completed
responses!
”
Alison Tanner – School Admin Officer at Halterworth Primary School
