ERC are opening up a new digital tool to help communication between schools and parents/carers – Parentsportal.scot.
The portal is designed to replace ‘schoolbag mail’ which will reduce the use of paper and perhaps more importantly reduce the chances of communications not reaching home (or back into school!).
The portal will give you basic information about your child’s school and will allow you to:-
- view school calendar and events
- view your child’s timetable (for pupils in secondary school)
- view your child’s attendance
- complete the annual data check process electronically when issued
- update your own, as well as your child’s, details at any time (Please note that schools will still require address evidence before they will authorise any change.)
- access online school payments without having to login separately to ParentPay.
- access your child’s report card online (available soon, initially for secondary schools)
- move easily between individual children in a family, at different schools, without the having to log back into the system.
For further information, guidance and access to parentsportal.scot, please click on the link:- www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/parentsportal
The Education Department has an agreed planned roll-out starting with secondary schools.
I hope that parentsportal.scot and its services will become an every-day part of the school experience for both you and your child, and I am sure we will all see the benefits very quickly. I would encourage every parent to sign up for this.
I have sent a letter with further details to all parents’ email addresses – if you have not received this, then that is an indication that we do not hold an up-to-date email address for you. Please let us know in this case. You can also access the letter with the link below.
Mr Sinclair
