parentsportal.scot vs Evisense (UK)

Designed by the Improvement Service for Scottish Local Authorities, using mygovscot myaccount as a secure single-sign-on service, parentsportal.scot App replaces letters in the schoolbag and phonecalls to the school by connecting parents directly with their child's school online. Parents of children in Scottish schools that use parentsportal.scot have easy access to services and information, such as: • Absences Tell the school your child will be absent without a phonecall at 9am. • Annual Data Check Update your child's details quickly and easily at any time. • Attendance Check your child's attendance record for the current school year. • Class Timetable See what classes your child has each day. • Notice Board Read school notices at a time that suits you. • Permission Slips View and respond to permission slips easily. • Report Cards Check your child's report cards. • School Calendar and Events See upcoming school events, holidays, in-service days, etc. Now with the app you also benefit from: • Notifications Straight to your phone so you're always up to date. • Face ID or Fingerprint login For easy and secure access to the app. parentsportal.scot is available in: • Aberdeenshire • Dumfries & Galloway • Dundee • East Dunbartonshire • East Lothian • East Renfrewshire • Fife • Glasgow • Inverclyde • Moray • North Lanarkshire • Perth & Kinross • Renfrewshire • South Lanarkshire • West Lothian (Not all features are available in all council areas).

The latest version of Evisense is a complete rebuild from the ground up. We have added over 50 new features to make Evisense even more powerful and more will follow. Evisense is now more than just an evidence system, it is now a school-parent communication hub with more than 15 different post types. These include evidence, home school diary, reading diary, wow moments, pupil voice and class blogs. For those who have used Evisense before, here are the BIG new features: - Improved performance - Easier to use interface - Use multiple photos and videos in a post, you are no longer limited to 1 photo or video. - Photo blurring so that you can blur out faces of children in the background - Camera roll access in the Evisense app These are the most requested new features, but there are so many more! If you have never used Evisense before, or you used it previously. There is lots here to make Evisense work for your school, to help show progress, evidence achievements and share all of this and more with parents. Check out the Evisense support site to find all our training and support resources including a FREE online, self-paced training course for school staff. This app requires an active Evisense subscription. What is Evisense? - Engage parents with their child’s learning by sharing information in an easy-to-use social media style interface. - Use online home school diaries, reading diaries and more to boost parental engagement. - Capture photos, videos and audio to show evidence of learning. - Link evidence to B Squared’s assessment content. - Flexible, granular privacy controls, so that school staff, parents and students only access the right content. - Use the timeline feature to look at the progress pupils have made. - Powerful filtering controls to look at posts across the school, group or pupil that could be linked to different aspects like the 4 purposes, GIRFEC4 Broad Areas of Need and more. - One app for school staff, parents, students and external professionals. - Security and Safeguarding features keep your school and your data safe. Who is Evisense for? - Primary Settings - Secondary Settings - Specialist Settings - Colleges - Alternative Resource Provisions - Resource Bases - Independent Settings - Support and Therapy Providers FREE assessment content you can use with Evisense - Pre-Key Stage Standards (England) - Development Matters (England) - Primary Curriculum (England) - Phonics for Pupils with SEN - SQA Nationals 1 – 6 (Scotland) - Developmental Pathways (Wales) - Literacy, Numeracy & Digital Competencies (Wales) The following Assessment content require an active Connecting Steps Subscription and to purchase the content. - Progression Steps (Replaces P and NC Levels for pupils with SEND in secondary and specialist settings) - Primary Steps (Replaces P and NC Levels for pupils with SEND in primary settings) - Engagement Steps (Engagement Model) - Early Steps (Development Matters for pupils with SEND) - Communication & Interaction - Autism Progress (autism profiling tool) - Steps for Life (Academic, Employability and Life Skills for KS4/Post 16) - Curriculum for Excellence (Scotland) - Milestones (Scotland) - Curriculum for Wales - Routes for Learning (Wales) All data is stored within the UK and follows the UK GDPR data protection principles (This version of the app is for all countries apart from Australia and New Zealand). “We like that it links to assessments. We like that it distinguishes between TAs and Teachers, for editing purposes. For us, the fact that it links to Connecting Steps V5 and is specific to the new Curriculum for Wales has been the most significant factor.” Jayne Whittington, Lead Teacher, Overmonnow and Deri View Primary Schools