What is Classlist?

Introduction to Classlist

What is Classlist?

Classlist is the award-winning, free app that brings parents into the heart of your school community.

Find out how Classlist will transform your school community >

It’s hard for new parents to be included, as the school can’t link them to WhatsApp groups

Our school office staff sends PTA info out to parents – it would be easier if the PTA could do that directly

I don’t know who my child is friends with and I don’t know their parents

How can we reach all the parents in one go?

We can’t give out parents’ contact details because of GDPR

I don’t feel connected to the school community

I wish we had more volunteers

Our parents are on lots of different social media platforms; not all in one place

What if we had one communications tool that brings our parents into the heart of our school community?

The social media platforms our parents are on can have a negative impact

One trusted app, one solution.

Classlist is the UK’s number 1 parent app that brings parents into the heart of your school community.

With the FREE, safe & secure Classlist app…

Your parents can safely connect, collaborate and stay in the know

Your PTA can reach all your parents in one go, promote their next event, sell tickets & build an engaged community

Your school will benefit from improved parental engagement, better fundraising and reduced workload for staff

connect & collaborate

Classlist helps parents in your school community

With Classlist, parents can…

 ask the parents in their child’s class a question, share information or start a conversation

 connect with the other parents in their child’s class via secure class contact lists

 see who’s who in their child’s class and put a face to a name

 see what school and social events are coming up for them and their child

 opt in to the Parent Map to see who lives nearby

 join parent interest groups

 send a direct message to other parents

 find items for sale, wanted items and Lost & Found in the Marketplace

 organise their child’s birthday party and see who’s coming

Classlist helps power up your fundraising

With Classlist, your PTA can…

 set up an event and send invites

 track RSVPs and know who’s coming

 collect payment for events

 issue automatic e-tickets to parents

 recruit volunteers

 ask for ideas for future events

 collect donations from parents via the app

 get a portion of Marketplace sales via the app

Classlist gives everyone time back…

…so they can focus on what’s important Classlist…

 reduces school staff workload

PTAs don’t need to rely on school office staff to send info out

Staff get fewer questions from parents as Classlist helps keep them informed & parents help each other Parents don’t need to ask the school office for other parents’ contact details or to give out invitations

 makes PTAs more efficient

They can set up an event, send invites, receive RSVPs, collect payments and automatically issue e -tickets

They can communicate with the whole school or with smaller groups in one click

 makes Class Rep lives easier

They can reach the parents in their class via a secure contact list that’s kept up-to-date by parents

They can send long or short messages, organise meet-ups & collect RSVPs all in one app

 reduces teacher stress

Content is moderated and conversations are positive as everyone must adhere to strict community guidelines; so no moaning or negative comments about anyone in your school community

 saves parents time

They can organise lift-shares; ask for recommendations; track down lost items; sell outgrown uniform; and more

Classlist helps keep your parents involved and in the know

 Classlist helps parents stay in the loop with PTA events coming up and important school information

 They can ask questions to the parents in their child’s class

 A group for each class and year keeps information relevant for parents

 Your PTA and Class Reps can post important announcements by class, year or whole school This leads to an active, engaged parent community.

Classlist builds positive parental engagement

 Classlist enables a safe, inclusive and strongly moderated online community

Classlist has strict content guidelines which creates a supportive and positive parent community, helping to improve engagement with the school

 Classlist helps new families and children integrate quickly

New parents joining Classlist can immediately link with others in their child's class and year to arrange children's play dates, organise teenage parties, check on homework queries and more.

New reception parents and families joining secondary schools are keen users

Classlist is safe, secure and private

 Classlist is fully GDPR-compliant and secure Classlist is accredited through the government-backed Cyber Essentials security scheme. You can trust that your parent details are safe: data is stored in highly secure UK data centres and never passed to advertisers

 Parents are verified when they join

Unlike some social media sites, all users are fully authenticated, and often include school staff

 Content is moderated and follows strict community guidelines. This keeps Classlist positive, useful and supportive

 Classlist is inclusive: all parents in your school are invited to join. You can add details about Classlist in your welcome info ― unlike social media groups

 Parents can control how much data they share on Classlist

Personal data is entered by parents themselves, and they can participate without sharing any contact details

Getting started is easy

1. Join A member of your PTA or school staff signs up your school to Classlist on classlist.com

2. Set up Set up your school’s class structure and add your school logo

Follow our 6 Steps to Launch guide > Classlist is completely free for schools, PTAs and parents.

3. Invite Invite your parents via the Invite Parents screen. Or parents can download the free Classlist app, select your school and sign up

You’ll soon be on the way to a strong, positive and engaged school community.

4. Approve Every parent must be approved to join ― either via a pre-approved invitation or when they register

5. Assign Give some parents, for example Class Reps, Admin rights. They’ll be able to approve parents and send announcements & events

6. Launch Now encourage the whole school to sign up. Send a letter from the Head to all the parents and spread the word

Don’t just take our word for it…

“It is working amazingly. I introduced Classlist in September and it has made life so much easier for us. I can’t fault the app. We used to have a Facebook page, Whatsapp groups and email lists. Classlist has brought it all into one place. It has changed our way of communicating, our way of doing things.”

Zafira Dewey, PTA Chair, St Aidan’s RC Primary School

"Classlist is working brilliantly for us. We have found it really easy to sell event tickets, and also to get volunteers to help at the new joiners days. When it snowed parents were able to let each other know early on Saturday that hockey was cancelled. Parents tell me they feel more part of the community."

Suzanne McGillivray, PSA, Kingston Grammar School

“Parents often tell me they feel isolated if they can’t get to the school in person but Classlist has brought them back into the school community.

Jude Mills, Class Rep at Newnham Croft Primary, Cambridge

"Classlist has fundamentally transformed our PTA's ability to organise events, fundraise and communicate. It is far more than simply a super communication tool for our parents."

Richard Murray, Head Teacher at Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford