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Families: prepare class updates and check who can receive them
Student Radar helps teachers prepare weekly updates and class-family messages, and check which pupils have an eligible family account that can receive app messages before communicating.
Coverage is not delivery, and delivery does not prove a family read or acted. Staff review the intended audience and content.
Class communication
From class news to a reviewable communication outcome
Prepare, preview and check the intended recipient coverage before taking a deliberate communication action.
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Make the weekly update useful
Write the class learning summary, choose family-visible Calendar events and add practical reminders. Preview the complete update before scheduling or requesting approval.
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Know who is missing from app coverage
Contacts distinguishes pupils with an eligible app recipient from those needing office follow-up. Reachability is not delivery, and missing relationships are not resolved by guessing another address.
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Draft to the intended class and inspect the result
The audience stays fixed to the permitted class and the app channel. Save without sending, then read the actual history and source thread to continue the workflow.
Families in context
Make the weekly update useful
Write the class learning summary, choose family-visible Calendar events and add practical reminders. Preview the complete update before scheduling or requesting approval.
- Human-written class summary
- Family-visible events selected deliberately
- School time and existing-day scheduling checks
Families in context
Know who is missing from app coverage
Contacts distinguishes pupils with an eligible app recipient from those needing office follow-up. Reachability is not delivery, and missing relationships are not resolved by guessing another address.
- Pupil coverage count and named/unlisted limits
- Office-owned family account checks
- Language information distinct from translated delivery
Families in context
Draft to the intended class and inspect the result
The audience stays fixed to the permitted class and the app channel. Save without sending, then read the actual history and source thread to continue the workflow.
- Save draft distinct from send/approval
- Current state and delivery line in history
- Canonical Connect thread where permitted
A class message with its audience and state intact
Keep draft, approval, scheduled, sent and delivery outcomes distinct.
Identify the app reachability gap
Staff can ask the office to resolve missing or uncertain family relationships.
Avoid mistaking a draft for delivery
History and source-thread status make the next permitted action visible.
Questions about Families
Can staff see gaps in app message reachability?
Families shows reachability information and Contacts so staff can check which pupils have an eligible family account that can receive app messages.
Does saving a weekly update mean it was delivered?
No. Draft, approval, scheduled and delivered states are different. Read the history and delivery information rather than assuming every family received a saved update.
Related help guides
See how to carry out these tasks in Student Radar, with step-by-step product help for the people using them.
The value of a connected school
The message is one part of the pupil’s day.
Family communication becomes more useful when the information, response and next school action stay connected.
HealthCare records & notification status
SENDTrip consent & support needs
AssessmentLearning evidence & reports
Connect
Context for the next step
Student RadarFollow a connection to see what it makes possible
Relevant context, with access set by each staff member’s role and responsibilities. Staff decide the response.
Health + Connect
Know which health follow-up still needs a reply
First aid and medication records keep parent notification status with the event. Staff can see where follow-up is needed without reconstructing a separate message trail.
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Plan participation around the pupil
Trip planning brings consent together with relevant medical and SEND information for authorised staff, so support arrangements can be checked before leaving school.
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Make the progress conversation easier to prepare
Use recorded learning and approved reports to prepare family conversations, with the pupil’s evidence close to the discussion and its agreed next steps.
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Ask to see Families in the Demo School
Weekly updates, Contacts coverage and a class-locked message draft.