What a school portal should do for parents, students and staff

A school portal is where everyone outside the office meets the school: parents checking results and fees, students seeing homework, staff entering scores. Here's what a good one does, and what to avoid.

2 min readUpdated By the Qyskul team

For parents

  • One sign-in for all their children at the school
  • Results and report cards as soon as they're published
  • Attendance, with a message when their child is absent
  • Fee balance, invoices and receipts, and paying online
  • Notices, the school calendar and messages from teachers

For students

  • Their timetable and homework
  • CBT tests and practice
  • Their own results

For staff

  • Their classes and students, ready when they sign in
  • Attendance and score entry on a phone
  • Lesson notes, payslips and leave requests

What makes a portal people actually use

  • It works on a cheap phone and mobile data
  • It installs like an app, without the app store
  • Logins don't need an email address
  • It's on the school's own address, with the school's logo
  • Each person sees only what's theirs

A portal that needs a laptop, an email address and a fast connection ends up used by a handful of parents. One that opens on any phone in seconds becomes how the school talks to families.

The Qyskul school portal

Every Qyskul school has its own portal at yourschool.qyskul.com, with its logo and colours. Parents, students and staff each sign in to their own view, and it installs on Android and iPhone like an app.

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Questions

What's the difference between a school portal and a school management system?

The portal is the part parents, students and staff sign in to. The school management system includes it and everything behind it, such as records, fees, results and payroll.

Do parents need email to use the Qyskul portal?

No. Parents sign in with their phone number.

Is there an app to download?

The portal installs from the browser like an app, on Android and iPhone, without the app store.

See how it works in Qyskul

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