Schools - how effectively do you communicate with your pupils parents? Why not keep in touch with a SMileS?

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	Schools SMS

Just £10 per month and 6p per text sent
prices exclude VAT

Parents: How often have your children been given a note or letter from school that you have found at the bottom of their PE bag or in their trouser pockets after they have been through the washing machine?

Schools often need to send these communications with the children to keep their costs down, but the letter or note just doesn't reach you, but A TEXT MESSAGE WOULD!

A message can be created and sent to parents or teachers much quicker than it can by printing and distributing it around the school for issuing to the children, it saves a lot of time for the teachers.

Text messaging is more environmentally friendly than paper reminders, this can set a good impression for the school in communicating in an environmentally friendly way by reducing the amount of paper used.

Here are some of the benefits the SMileS portal can offer schools;

• reduce the number of calls you need to make
• this will reduce the amount of money spent on phone calls
• reduce the cost of paper, ink, postage and time
• reduce the man hours spent distributing some letters
• increase the reach of your messages
• ensure parents actually get schools messages
• encourage easy interaction with parents
• reach both parents when one letter may not always do that
• help reduce bullying
• assist in combating truancy

Here are some of the events schools may wish to notify parents;

• school closures due to weather etc
• remind parents of upcoming events
• reminders for parents evenings
• when children are absent from school
• when detentions have been issued
• keep parents informed of things as they happen e.g. when
  a school trip will arrive back etc

Lancashire County Council had found that up to 40% of a school's telephone bill is made up of calls to find absentee children and related calls to source supply teachers. Just think of what you could save on your phone bill! Speak to us about Truancy Alerts.