Ideas

On the previous version, we could print letters for parents not on email (we have a small number of parents with no email/access to smart phones) This has gone from the new system - please bring it back. All we can do now is print the letter then ...

The current merge tags are quite limited and can make messages difficult to word naturally. For example, when selecting the ‘Pupil Name’ tag, it automatically inserts both the first name and surname, which can make the message read awkwardly. It w...

We often have events which need the Timetable to be suspended for part of a day, e.g. One year group for the afternoon. We can then use 'spare' teachers to cover lessons.

We used to be able to be able to forward emails to different recipients with the old Parentmail system, however I understand we cannot do this with the new Parentmail. It would be useful if this function could be added on.

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.

It would be great if we can design what content appears on the covered and covering slips. At the moment this is not editable and comes with some information we would like to eliminate like the name of the current week which does not always align ...

We are overwhelmed by emails generally so to now have every absence reported sent to all the admin team and the head individually is really annoying. We would like to have the option to turn this feature off.

Frequently when cover is required due to part of a year group being out on a trip, we may combine classes. We couldn’t find an obvious way of combining classes and notifying teachers that this has happened. We found that we could get the same memb...

With the old system we used to be able to forward e-mails. This was a very handy feature. Could you please bring it back.

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...