SchoolPing vs GroupED Parent

Description Live communication from schools to parents made simple Improve the relationship between your school and parents with our live communication app. Parents can receive instant updates on their child’s activity, receive documents, videos, photos, book parents evening, complete permission slips, make payments and be kept up-to-date with the latest school news all in one place. Designed to support schools in achieving outstanding parental engagement, SchoolPing can be used on laptops, tablets and mobiles and syncs seamlessly across all devices in real-time. * Key features for parents - Receive live school news notifications - Receive live updates on a child's activity directly from their teacher - View documents, videos, images, music and even podcasts - Keep up-to-date & organised by using the SchoolPing calendar - Book your parent's evening slot instantly with our live parents' evening booking system - Automate permission slips with our forms feature - Make payments directly from the app - Security lockout passcode keeps your account protected Key features for schools - Save money, time and trees! No more printing letters and paying for text messaging services or counting money. - The app can be personalised for each school with the ability to add logo, name, motto and colours - All school staff can receive unlimited free support from our friendly team - See which staff and parents have read and received messages with our analytics - Keep teachers informed too with the additional ability to use SchoolPing for communication between staff - Send payment requests with message and allow parents to pay directly from their Inbox** - Messages can be sent directly from the SchoolPing app to parents or colleagues Registration Schools must be subscribed to SchoolPing for teachers and parents to use the app. Login details will be supplied to all users. If a user has lost their details they can be retrieved from the school. * Network charges may apply (Please check with your network provider)

View school messages with attachments. View, manage and securely pay for school trips for your children, all in one place, even if they attend different schools. For school trips you can: • give consent for your child to attend • make payments towards an activity • see all the details of the activity such as drop off and pick up times and locations For School messages you can: • View messages and attachments Also you can: • send and review messages from your school • review the important information the school has on your child • view a transaction history of all your payments You can do all this quick and easily, at your convenience. Free to download, part of the GroupED platform (this app is to be used by parents with one or more children at a school that is using GroupED to manage meals and activities).