12 million+
emails sent every month via our solutions
One app. One back office. One clear way to connect.
Our unified platform helps schools stay connected with parents and students—bringing messages, payments, and key school data together in one place, fully integrated with SIMS.
3,000+ schools
trust us with their communications every year
750,000+ parents
rely on us to keeping them informed day-to-day
20+ years
of know-how has gone into our communication tools
Why schools choose us
Exceptional engagement tools, built on decades of education experience, and underpinned by a commitment to transforming outcomes.
Everything in one place
One platform for messaging, payments, calendars, and consent.
One app for every parent
A single login to stay informed and stay involved with all your children, even if they’re at different schools.
Made for SIMS
Attendance, behaviour, and data sync automatically—no extra admin.
Built-in payments
Trips, clubs, and meals powered by ParentPay.
Faster for staff
No switching, no duplication, no chasing.
Custom to your school
Branded, accessible, and ready for your community.
Free download
How is generation catch-up faring?
Five years on from lockdown, the impact on learners is clear. Drawing on insights from 9,000 teachers and leaders, our research uncovers the challenges—and the strategies schools are using to close the gap.
Stories that inspire
Discover real results with real impact on student outcomes, parent relations, and staff.
Unmatched functionality
One app
One single login for parents to view messages, pupil data, calendar updates, and make payments for all their children, even if they attend different schools.
One back office
Save staff time with one platform to manage messages, collect data, track responses, and view engagement—no more switching systems.
SIMS integration
Seamless sync with attendance, behaviour, and pupil records, so your team always works with up-to-date information.
Integrated payments
Trips, meals, clubs, and shop items managed directly from the same platform—powered by ParentPay.
Smart forms and consents
Collect permissions, update pupil details, and gather feedback digitally—easy for parents, trackable for schools.
Secure and compliant
Fully GDPR-compliant, with encrypted messaging and role-based access to keep school and pupil data safe.
Flexible, simplified, and built around you
Build a solution that fits your school perfectly—with tools to help your team work smarter, save time, and stay on top of finances. And soon, you’ll be able to access all ParentPay Group products with one login. No more juggling logins or switching between systems—just one simple, connected experience.
Included in
Engage
Communicate and collaborate quickly and easily
Includes:
- SMS/email messaging
- In app notifications
- Parent & student app
- Data collection
- Attendance insights
- Conduct insights
- Assessment insights
- Clubs & activities
- Timetable
- Reports
- School calendar
- Homework *H2 2026
- Parents' evening booking *H2 2026
- Google & Apple single sign-on *H2 2026
- Class management (Class View and Seating Plans)
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Optimise
Tools and insights to help your school thrive
Includes:
- Attendance and unexplained absence messaging
- Assessment, performance, and exams
- Census and statutory returns
- Conduct management
- Class management (Class View and Seating Plans until March 2027)
- Reporting, data, and insights
- Timetabling, options, and cover
- Pupil and staff data
- SEND management
- Interventions
- SIMS Next Generation
- Trust centralised performance management (Group Hub until March 2027)
- Hosting and support (optional)
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Pay
Make everything from clubs to dinner money seamless
Includes:
- Menu selection
- Clubs & trips
- Wraparound care
- Shops & donations pages
- Single basket checkout
- Automatic top up
- Reporting & insights
- MIS and catering integration
- Settle to multiple accounts
- SIMS Dinner Money
- Group management application
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Finance
Budgeting, resource allocation, and reporting simplified
Includes:
- Suppliers and supplier payments
- Income and debtors
- Budgets and staffing including personnel links
- Chart of accounts
- Financial tasks
- Data exchange with a local authority
- Statutory reporting
- Users and permissions
- Period and year end
- Equipment / asset management and loans
- Transactional reporting and audits
- Hosting
- Support and FMS extra database (optional)
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Secure
Education-focused data protection and cyber security
Includes:
- Complete data protection compliance platform
- Attack surface management
- Managed awareness training and phishing
- Threat intelligence updates
- DPO support service
- ICO-registered DPO contact
- Office 365 / Google security review
- Cloud endpoint security review
- Cloud data governance review
- Cloud audit log review
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Data security and compliance
Data security you can trust, compliance you can prove.
Choose GDPRiS to simplify your GDPR compliance journey, strengthen data security, and safeguard your school’s reputation.
Catering for modern schools and MATs
Your whole kitchen. One powerful platform.
Digitise every part of your catering operation—from meal planning and production to payments and reporting. Our cloud-based suite helps deliver best-in-class pupil safeguarding, boost meal uptake, and drive revenue.
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Frequently asked questions
How do your engagement tools improve student outcomes?
By streamlining communication, you reduce administrative workload and ensure parents never miss important updates - strengthening school-home partnerships and improving overall engagement.
How can engagement tools support communication for international parents?
Our communication platform allows you to send timely alerts, updates and invites, helping families stay connected regardless of location or schedule.