EduLink is a package we use that we can extend to give you direct access via your phone / tablet to show information about your child including their timetable, their House points, their behaviour record and their attendance.

You can also report absences and change your contact details. Looking ahead, we are looking to move this way to send reports, send letters, send messages (replacing texts), book parent evening appointments and complete consent forms.

The app is free to download and comes with a personal username and password which means the information is secure.

Our thinking is that this will make information easier for you to access, mean you have daily updates, and save our funding for learning rather than posting out paper.

The next steps tell you how you can access your child’s data:

  • Install ‘EduLink One’ on your phone (IPhone or Android)
  • By Friday 9 July you will receive a school email from noreply@friaryschool.co.uk which gives you your username and password.

(NB – These emails will be automated to the email address you have given us but if you have not received it by Monday 12 July then let us know via edulink@friary.greywoodmst.co.uk).

 

Initially, we will only send a log-in to Priority 1 contacts on our school system. This is determined by who you said Priority 1 was when you joined our school. We may extend this at a later date.

If you have any problems in accessing this app just ask for help via: edulink@friary.greywoodmst.co.uk.

The EduLink communications are all encrypted and all of the data is already stored on secure servers in our school. EduLink is GDPR compliant and you can read their full privacy policy here: https://www.overnetdata.com/edulink-one-privacy-policy/.

We would advise you to set up either a fingerprint lock or a passcode to further protect your phone – but this would be just the same as for personal banking, email accounts, your contact list, etc.

This package will only be available for Years 7-10 and Year 12 students initially but will roll out to the new Year 7 and new Year 12 from September 2021.

Matt Allman, Headteacher, added: “We had an amazing 500+ log-ons on the first evening – despite the football – so are thrilled that it has taken off. There are ways we can add to it as we move forward but we’d rather roll things out sensibly to try and avoid any mistakes than charge through and see slip-ups”.