Class Charts New Features January 2021
Attendance Option to send Two-Way Messages from Attendance > Display All Users can now choose parents or pupils to message from the Attendance Display All page when using the Two-Way Messaging feature. This will allow Attendance Officers to message account holders...
Behaviour Management
Behaviour Management I grew up in an era where the cane and corporal punishment were still used, although they were rapidly falling out of popularity. At junior school in the ‘70s, Mr Warren, the headmaster, would put you in a pair of ballet slippers if you kicked or...
Communication
Let’s play a game – name the different ways you communicate with staff, students and parents in your school? I’ll give you a start: Twitter, Facebook, What’s App, Linked-in, Slack, Hangouts, Messenger, Emails and Gmails, Text message, Phone call, Newsletter, Website,...
Class Charts New Features November 2020
Attendance Greyed out attendance records on “Display all” page if pupil has no scheduled lesson You will now find if a pupil has not got a scheduled lesson the corresponding grid space on the attendance 'Display All' page will be greyed out. Please note, attendance...
Interaction History – Using Tes Class Charts
Interaction History Once upon a time, we went into school, sat the children down in clusters, horseshoes or rows, delivered a lesson, collected their work and moved on to the next group. When Fred was off with the seasonal flu no one bothered; although you probably...
Class Charts New Features September 2020
Seating Plans ‘Default room layout’ for each school Schools can now set their own 'default room layout' from School Settings > Display. If a user starts a class where the assigned room is being used for the first time they will be able to load the 'default room...
Class Charts New Features July 2020
Redesigned Attendance Taking in Lesson We have moved the in-class attendance list to a sidebar popup. This view will fit more pupils into view without having to scroll (dependent on screen size), and moves down the list immediately after adding a code to a pupil. If...
Class Charts New Features May 2020
Two way communications for teachers and pupils & parents/carers - Free Until September Schools are now able to send messages home. Teachers are able to send messages to pupils or their parents/carers. Pupils and parents/carers can also message teachers. Who can...
Class Charts New Features April 2020
Parent Awarded Behaviour Schools now have the ability to allow parents to award positive behaviour points only. This can be set up in the Behaviour Type section of School Settings. Please click here for a guide on how to set them up. Please click here for a guide on...
Finance during School Closures
In these unprecedented circumstances we ask that all payments and invoices are paid for electronically where possible via BACS. Please do not send cheques where at all possible, contact support@edukey.co.uk if our bank details are required. We thank you for your...
Class Charts February Updates
Attendance Attendance and Detentions Our Attendance and Detention modules now work together to help save teachers time by preventing automatic upscaling when a pupil has an authorised absence. Please click here for a detailed guide on how to set this feature up. New...
Class Charts October Updates
Attendance We now display a pupils attendance record for the selected day when submitting attendance Implement the ability to access lessons from the “Teachers” attendance page When viewing the Analytics > Attendance > Teachers page, clicking the grid spaces...
Class Charts New Release – Apps and more!
We have completed a redesign of our pupil and parent accounts and applications! Pupils and parents will receive an update to their installed apps from the Google Playstore (Pending release) or Apple Appstore (OUT NOW) in due course. Their sessions will remain logged...
Transforming behaviour with data
Transforming behaviour with data Treorchy Comprehensive School in Wales has completely overhauled its approach to behaviour and wellbeing with the help of EduKey’s Class Charts software, as Rhiannon Davies, Assistant Headteacher, explains. Last year Treorchy...
The key to good behaviour
The key to good behaviourWhen Ysgol Cwm Brombil needed easy-to-use software to support behaviour management, it turned to EduKey for the solution. Deputy head Eurig Thomas explains why.Like every school, Ysgol Cwm Brombil needed a proactive and constructive way to...
Class Charts New Features
1.We have implemented a new permission for accessing the detentions manager. For a guide on permissions please click here. 2. When hovering over the detention upscale icon we now display which user manually upscaled the detention or whether it was done automatically....
Class Charts Feature Upgrades
We have added a setting to allow clashing of detentions from intelligence events and detentions We have added a setting to block points from SIMS appearing on pupil/parent app If a dark desk colour is used, the icons on desk ie. Rotate button are now a lighter colour...
Edukey are 2019 BETT Company of the Year Winners!
Edukey are 2019 BETT Award Winners - Company of the Year! We are so proud to have achieved Bett Award Company of the Year. Our success is down to our great team who go the extra mile every day for the schools who use our software. Thanks to all who have...
Class Charts Release : Intelligence Events and Detentions.
Class Charts Release : Intelligence Events and Detentions Hi everyone, We have a very exciting release coming up for Class Charts and it is a rather big one with regards to intelligence events and detentions. Please find below the changes that are coming and how they...
Improved behaviour management at Torquay Academy
CASE STUDY Torquay Academy Evan Pugh, Vice Principal Evan Pugh is the Vice Principal at Torquay Academy in the South West of England. He recently got in touch with us to discuss how Class Charts has improved behaviour management at his school. Here are his takes on...