Give every family one app for everything the school shares: circulars and the event calendar, direct chat with teachers, absence alerts, results, fees with online payment and the school bus on a live map. Staff send messages from the web dashboard; parents get them as push notifications on iOS and Android.
Parents want to know three things about the school day: is my child there, is anything changing, and who do I ask if something is wrong. Most schools answer those questions through a mix of printed notes, phone calls, SMS and group chats on personal phones. A school app for parents puts all of it in one place, gives staff control over what is sent and to whom, and keeps a record of every message.
Class group chats are easy to start and hard to manage. Important notices scroll away under replies, teachers end up sharing personal phone numbers and answering messages late at night, and the school has no record of what was said. Paper circulars go missing in school bags. SMS is reliable but expensive for long messages and cannot carry a result or a fee receipt. None of these channels tell a parent their child's attendance or let them pay a fee.
A useful parent app is not only a messaging tool. It is the family's window into the student record, so it should show the same information the school office sees, limited to their own child.
| Channel | Good for |
|---|---|
| Push notification | Absence alerts, new circulars, results published, bus updates |
| Notice board & calendar | Circulars, holidays, exam dates and events parents need to refer back to |
| Direct chat | One-to-one questions between a parent and a teacher |
| SMS broadcast | Short, urgent messages that must reach every family |
| Email broadcast | Longer updates and newsletters to a class or the whole school |
Adoption is the real test. If parents do not install and open the app, it does not matter what it can do. Look for these points, and see our guide on how to choose school management software for the wider picture.
The parent app is one part of the NovaClassHub school ERP. Staff work in the web dashboard; parents, students, teachers and drivers each have their own native iOS and Android app. The Android app is available on Google Play. Because every app reads from the same records, a teacher marking attendance or publishing exam results updates what parents see straight away.
Parents can pay fees online through fee management, which also helps the office follow up on dues; our guide on how to reduce school fee defaulters explains how reminders fit in. On bus days they can follow the vehicle through school bus tracking, and our school bus safety checklist covers the routines that go with it. Early-years settings can use the preschool app for daily updates to families.
Getting families on board is simple. We import your student and parent details for free, parents download the app and sign in, and the school can start sending notices during the 14-day free trial.
Book a demo and we will show you notices, teacher chat, attendance alerts, results, fee payment and bus tracking in the parent app.
Book a free demoParents can see their child's attendance and get absence alerts, read circulars and the event calendar, chat directly with teachers, view exam results, see and pay fees online, request leave, and track the school bus live on a map.
NovaClassHub has native iOS and Android apps for parents, students, teachers and drivers. The Android app is available on Google Play. Staff use a web dashboard.
Yes. Parents and teachers use direct chat inside the NovaClassHub app, so conversations stay in the school's system rather than on personal messaging accounts.
Yes. Notices, push notifications, and SMS and email broadcasts can be sent to a single class or to the whole school, so parents only receive what applies to their child.
We import your student and parent details for free. Parents download the app and sign in, and you can start sending notices during the 14-day free trial, with no credit card required.
Tell us about your school and how many students you run. We'll get back within one working day to show you the parent app, teacher chat and broadcasts, set up for a school like yours.