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How to Improve Engagement with Parents

It’s now easier than ever for schools to use new technology to improve engagement with parents and create a greater sense of community that benefits everyone. Building effective communication strategies between staff, pupils and parents is one of the cornerstones that...

Why an App is better than a Website

It’s official, we live in a mobile world. We access information at the touch of a button on our smartphones and tablets on a daily basis. Some of us spend hours every day gleaning information from these handheld devices, many installing favourite apps so that we can...

How the Apple Watch can help in Education

We are used to using technology in the classroom nowadays. After all, we’ve come a long way since the days of the chalk board and exercise books. Many schools are even starting to operate a BYOD policy where pupils have their own tablets, laptops or smartphones to...

Cost and the Carbon Footprint of Keeping in Touch with Parents through Traditional Means

For most schools, the logistics of staying in contact with parents has long been problematic and costly. Printing out information and making sure everyone has got a copy means that many organisations are using a significant amount of their operating budget simply...

Parent Apps In The Press

Kevin Clayton, owner of Parent Apps has been in the press recently with the below article in the Liverpool...

The Benefits of a School App for Parents

Keeping track of what’s happening at school and the next big events on the horizon can be a challenge for parents. If you also have to juggle your own work schedule and busy home life, as most of us do nowadays, anything that makes the day go a little bit easier is a...