ParentsPortal.scot
As part of South Ayrshire Council's commitment to improve parental engagement, we are partnering with the Scottish Governments' Improvement Service to pilot parentsportal.scot. to South Ayrshire Council schools.
If you have a child/children at the following pilot schools you will be able to sign up and join parentsportal.scot from 26 February 2024.
- Ayr Academy
- Belmont Academy
- Carrick Academy
- Kyle Academy
- Girvan Academy
- Marr College
- Prestwick Academy
- Queen Margaret Academy
- Heathfield Primary School
- Kingcase Primary School
- Monkton Primary School
- Symington Primary School
Following the pilot phase parentsportal.scot will be rolled out to all South Ayrshire schools over the course of the 2024/25 school year.
Phase 2 launch
If you have a child/children at the following schools you will be able to sign up and join parentsportal.scot from 29 April 2024.
- Alloway Primary School
- Annbank Primary School
- Braehead Primary School
- Coylton Primary School
- Dalmilling Primary School
- Doonfoot Primary School
- Holmston Primary School
- Kincaidston Primary School
- Newton Primary School
- Southcraig School
- Tarbolton Primary School
Phase 3 launch and launch of absence reporting
If you have a child/children at the following schools you will be able to sign up and join parentsportal.scot from 17 June 2024.
- Ayr Grammar Primary
- Ballantrae Primary
- Barassie Primary
- Barr Primary
- Barrhill Primary
- Colmonell Primary
- Crosshill Primary
- Culzean Primary
- Dailly Primary
- Dundonald Primary
- Fisherton Primary
- Forehill Primary
- Girvan Primary
- Glenburn Primary
- Invergarven School
- Kirkmichael Primary
- Minishant Primary
- Muirhead primary
- Maidens Primary
- Sacred Heart
- St Cuthbert's Primary
- St John's Primary
- St Ninian's Primary
- St Patrick's Primary
- Straiton Primary
- Struthers Primary
- Troon Primary
If you have a child at one of these schools, you can along with all other South Ayrshire Council Schools now complete the annual data check online.
Also from the 17 June you will be able to report a child's absence via parentsportal.
The platform is already delivering big change. Parents/carers can action permission slips, see attendance records, access report cards and view pupil timetables within our 8 secondary schools.
Enabling & creating digital relationships between parents/carers, pupils and schools
The traditional school bag run has been used to facilitate communication between parents and schools for generations. Permission slips, school lunch payments, reports; until recently, they were all dealt with via paper forms, which were easily lost or forgotten about in the bottom of school bags.
However, there is now a digital solution to this issue, making it easier for parents and carers to manage paperwork connected with school activities, and to obtain information about their child's educational progress at a time that suits them.
South Ayrshire Council is one of a number of local authorities in Scotland to sign up to a digital platform called parentsportal.scot, allowing parents to view information about their child's education, pay for school meals, update their own data and even to apply for the Young Person's Free Bus Travel Scheme in just a few clicks.
parentsportal.scot was jointly developed by the Improvement Service (IS) and SEEMiS, the education information management provider. You log in to the service using the myaccount system which links each parent or carer to their child and education while also keeping data private and secure.
Parents/carers can keep up to date with developments at their child's school, arrange parents' evening appointments, check attendance, and even read reports online - all at a time that suits.
1. What is parentsportal.scot?
Parentsportal.scot is a digital approach to sharing information with parents/carers. It replaces the traditional school bag run. Parentsportal.scot improves the way schools engage with parents/carers and pupils.
An Introduction to parentsportal.scot
2. How does it work?
Parentsportal.scot allows parents/carers to say goodbye to the schoolbag run, complete the annual data check, report absences,see report cards, respond to permission slips, make school payments and much more.
This can all be done in one central place with a single sign-on via the myaccount service. The myaccount system links each parent/carer to their child and education while also keeping data private and secure.
You can find out more about myaccount by going to https://signin.mygovscot.org.
If you have previously signed up to Parents Pay you will have an existing myaccount and can use your log in details to sign up to parentsportal.
3. Who can use parentsportal.scot?
Parentsportal.scot is available to access for parents/carers with children in Primary 1 - Secondary 6 year and are the confirmed contact for their child. Confirmed contacts will already receive email communication from the school and complete the annual data check forms.
If your child is starting primary 1 - your school will let you know how and when you can set up myaccount.
Parentsportal.scot lets you update your own details as well as your linked child's details at any time. When you sign up to parentsportal.scot you will be able to link to your child and gain access to the services.
To link to your child the data you provide during the sign-up process must match the data that the school holds.
4. Parentsportal.scot FAQ's
5. How do you access parentsportal?
To access parentsportal from the 26 February go to:
- parentsportal.scot/
- or you can access download the parentsportal.scot APP using the QR codes
6. Privacy Policies
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