Ideas

The old system used to show the exact date and time that the e-mail was read. This is very useful when parents say they haven't received a message.

We would benefit from a quick add option in the cover module. I would have the opportunity to create an "absence" add a name and the time required. It would be great for invigilation and random duties we need to cover. It would generate a cover sl...

In the previous version of ParentMail, when parents notified school of an absence, the absence report showed the child's class which was incredibly useful when you have 420 pupils. The new version no longer shows the pupils registration group whic...

In the new ParentMail you cannot have your school logo in the header. This was great in the old version and is disappointing it has been removed.

Following the upgrade, only 18 months worth of sent messages are able to view. In our school we find it useful to look back and copy communications sent to parents for previous message wording and pattern of events. It would be helpful for us to s...

Staff currently only know if cover is cancelled when it falls off their timeline - a formal notification confirming that cover is no longer required would be extremely helpful. Ditto when a room closure takes place and staff and students are notif...

When an absence comes through, with being a larger school, it is adding time to check which class they are in. Also, we have a few pupils with the same name in different year groups so having their class/year show when sending messages home would ...

It is sometimes necessary to move lessons from one place to another. This does not seem to be possible as to move a lesson from a room, the room needs to be "closed" which then means it cannot be used to house another lesson. This seems to me to b...

In HR Manager > School tab, we entered the TA settings as follows: Teaching staff = No Teaching Assistant = Yes In doing so, we realized it has a major impact on Cover Manager i.e. they no longer on the free list to do cover! Even when we grant...

When creating a form that will be used across more than one school, Prince Regent Street Trust would find it really useful to be able to share that form with other sites instead of having to create multiple forms for each school.