10 X 3 reasons why SchoolTray...
22 May 2024
| 10 reasons why parents love SchoolTray |
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They stay informed.
Parents get electronic newsletters, notices of school events, urgent updates and reminders instantly - no more notes lost in the bottom of school bags.
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Stay in contact by text, email or instant app messages
Parents can choose how they want the school to contact them - by email, SMS text, instant app messages or all of these at the same time.
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They can be sure they're on time!
Parents can view school calendars and tasks that have been privately assigned to them (trip approvals, forms, etc.) and receive auto-reminders for important deadlines.
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They see what their kids are achieving.
Parents can follow class activities, homework, assignments and the curriculum online as SchoolTray provides a mini-website for each class which are populated directly by the class teacher and can allow - praise and encouragement - comments from parents.
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Report absences online,
If a child is ill or off school for any reason, parents can report absence or request a leave-of-absence online with no need to phone the school.
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Book parent's evenings online.
Parents can book a parents' evening slot online and change the booking if necessary. If they can't attend for any reason, the meeting can be held online as a last resort.
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No more permission slips.
Parents can approve school-trips, use of computers, use of photos or anything else that needs permission all with a few clicks of a mouse.
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Pay online - no more searching for change.
SchoolTray enables payment for school dinners or items such as uniforms from the school shop online.
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They're part of the school community.
SchoolTray offers a mini-website for Parents Associations to promote their activities. Parents can also volunteer help through the website or app.
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Sell their products or services to other parents.
If parents have a product or service they want to offer to the school community, they can advertise it and sell it through the Parents' Marketplace.
| 10 reasons why teachers love SchoolTray |
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They can showcase class work they're proud of.
With SchoolTray, each class has its own mini-website that teachers and students can update quickly and easily with text, images, video and audio.
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Preparation is so much easier.
Teachers can save time with the SchoolTray educational resource management system. Store, share and access resources such as lesson plans and flipcharts from anywhere.
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Keep parents informed.
It's crucial for a school to show evidence of learning, and teachers can do this on secure pages shared with parents to keep them informed of a child's progress.
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Contact with parents is easy and instant.
Contact parents individually, as a class or a customised group using the SchoolTray messaging system. No more lost letters or permission slips.
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Ditch the paperwork.
SchoolTray minimises paper administration because documents can be stored and dealt with online. Teachers can invite and notify parents with a click of a button.
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No more fiddly cash-handling.
SchoolTray allows managing cash directly. Parents can pay online for school dinners, trips, uniform, special events or donations.
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Makes parents' evening a doddle.
Minimise parents' evening administration by allowing online slot booking whilst retaining full control over the timetable.
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Reward great work.
Use SchoolTray to reward and track your students' best work and publicise it to parents using the Student Awarding app.
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Keep homework under control.
Manage homework online, assigning it to pupils and alerting parents so they can support their children and keep track of their work.
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Get parents directly involved.
Create educational activity pages that parents can leave comments to praise and encourage their children.
| 10 reasons why school office staff love SchoolTray |
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Update from anywhere.
You can access your school website from anywhere with internet access to update, add events or send messages.
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Website upkeep is everyone's responsibility.
Our multi-user system means user groups or individuals can be given authority to update their own pages. With lots of updates your websites will be more lively, interesting and actively used.
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It's secure.
Security is embedded throughout SchoolTray and you can manage exactly who has access to view or edit pages.
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Improves communication.
Urgent messages can be sent to parents or teachers by e-mail, SMS text or instant app messaging and you can create page-over-message-boxes on the website so nobody will miss your message.
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Saves the school money.
SchoolTray means less paperwork - all admin, permissions and financial transactions with parents can be made paperless, saving the school cash.
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Saves the school time.
You won't have to waste your working day taking calls about child absence or dealing with parental paperwork - SchoolTray does it all online.
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Fulfils Ofsted requirements.
Our user-friendly SchoolTray websites are constantly updated in all our schools, fulfilling Ofsted's requirements and recommendations.
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Saves on admin.
No more worrying about the right change in the cash box - parents and carers can pay online for dinners, school trips, uniform, special events or donations.
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Easy medication management.
Manage sell-by-dates for medication held at school including inhalers and epipens and send automatic reminders directly to parents.
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Great value for money.
SchoolTray is more than just a website, it's a complete management system that take the headache out of admin and contributes to the school community.
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