The traditional school bag run has been used to facilitate communication between parents and schools for generations.
Permission slips, school lunch payments and school reports were all dealt with via paper forms, which were easily lost or forgotten about in the bottom of school bags, or in-person visits to the school, which were inconvenient for many parents and guardians.
However, there is now a digital solution to this issue, making it easier for parents to manage paperwork connected with school activities, and to obtain information about their child’s educational progress at a time that suits them.
There are 20 local authorities in Scotland that are signed up to a digital platform called parentsportal.scot, allowing parents and guardians to view information about their child’s education, pay for school meals, update their own data and even to apply for the Young Person’s Free Bus Travel Scheme in just a few clicks.
parentsportal.scot was jointly developed by the Improvement Service (IS) and SEEMiS, the education information management provider. You log in to the service using the mygovscot myaccount single sign in which links each parent or guardian to their child and education while also keeping data private and secure.
Parents can keep up-to-date with developments at their child’s school, arrange parents’ evening appointments, check attendance and even read reports online – all at a time that suits them, and without crumpled forms going missing.
parentsportal.scot is currently available across 20 local authorities in Scotland including
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dundee City
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Lothian
- East Renfrewshire
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Glasgow City
- Inverclyde
- Moray
- North Lanarkshire
- Perth and Kinross
- Renfrewshire
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Lothian
If you are in one of these areas, find out more and sign up for parentsportal.scot here, and never miss another important message from your child’s school!
