Customer Story: King Edward VI School

Access My School Portal offers a unified platform for independent schools like King Edward VI School, integrating multiple communication and management systems into one easy-to-use portal. It is designed to provide parents with a single, convenient place to access important information, including attendance, payments, parents' evenings, and more. The platform's user-friendly interface helps reduce the administrative burden on schools while providing exceptional customer service to parents. This adaptability and functionality make it an ideal solution for schools that value efficiency and seamless communication.

King Edward VI School: A Time-Saving, User-Friendly Solution

As a leading independent day school with an attached preparatory school, King Edward VI School needed a solution that could streamline fragmented systems. Headmaster Neal Parker explains why the school selected My School Portal: "We chose My School Portal for two key reasons—its ability to integrate different systems and the beneficial partnership it offered." The software has saved the school significant time and provided a much-needed centralised system for parents to access all their school-related information.

• System integration: My School Portal integrates various systems, providing a unified platform for school communications.
• Time savings: The platform saves the school and its staff significant time by consolidating information in a single, accessible location.
• User-friendly interface: The portal is easy for parents to navigate, offering a "one-stop shop" for all their needs.
• Valuable partnership: The collaboration with My School Portal has been beneficial, making it a valuable partner for King Edward VI School.

System integration for simplified communication

Before implementing My School Portal, King Edward VI School faced a fragmented communication system, which caused frustration for both staff and parents. Neal Parker highlights this challenge: "Before we moved to My School Portal, we had a huge amount of fragmentation of information. Our parents were trying to access a number of different routes into payments, parents' evenings, absence reporting, and other communication platforms." The platform’s ability to consolidate these different systems into one streamlined portal has drastically improved communication and simplified access to key information.

Significant time savings for staff

One of the major benefits of My School Portal for King Edward VI School has been the significant time saved for the school’s administration. Neal explains, "In terms of the value that it's given to the school, it's undoubtedly saved huge amounts of time because it's a one-stop shop for our parents." By reducing the number of platforms that staff had to manage and parents had to navigate, the school has been able to operate more efficiently and focus more on other important areas of student and school life.

User-friendly interface for parents

The ease of use provided by My School Portal has been another major advantage for King Edward VI School. Neal Parker praises the portal's design, stating, "Our parents can go to a single place, it's very user-friendly, and they can access everything they need easily." By offering a centralised and easy-to-use system, the school has enhanced the overall parent experience, ensuring they have quick access to all the information they need, from attendance records to event schedules.

A valuable partnership

Beyond the software itself, King Edward VI School has found great value in the partnership with My School Portal. Neal notes that the relationship has been more than just transactional: "We found the relationship with My School Portal to be really beneficial. It was a proper partnership rather than simply issuing something that we would then use." This strong partnership has ensured that the school receives continuous support and tailored solutions to meet their evolving needs.