EYFS: Ladders at Home - Inviting Parents
If your school already has an MIS integration set up then this will sync your parent details from your MIS. You can view the Parents in Ladders at Home> Parents.
If you do not have a MIS integration then this can be done using a parent import file. Read about this here.
Once you have added the parents then the next step is to invite parents.
In our experience, a successful launch to parents is best achieved when schools have communicated the collaboration with Ladders at Home and alerted parents to expect a registration email. Read more about the communication stage of launching in step 2 of the launch guide.
Invite Parents
All imported/synced parents across the school will appear in the 'Parents' tab within Ladders at Home. Schools are able to select only the parents they wish to invite.
You can use sticky filters to find a particular parent, searching by name, child, class or status.
School are able to see the child assigned to the parent and are able to amend this by clicking on 'View'
From this page, a parent's email address can be amended, as well as the children assigned to the parent. Information about the status of the parent and the date and time an account was confirmed can be found here.
To invite parents:
- Click ‘Invite Parents’
- Select your target group from the drop-down menu. You can send invitations to the whole school, a specific class, or a specific group.
- This will generate an email with an account activation link. Once they have confirmed their account and have set a password they can log in and start using Ladders at Home.
- For any parents who are already active, they will not receive another email.
If a parent contacts the school to say that they have not received an invite email, it is often due to the email filtering into a junk/spam folder. Ask the parent to check the folder.
To invite a parent you’ve added manually:
To invite a parent you have added manually select the parent's window and click the blue button ‘View’.
This will allow you to see all the parent's information. Click ‘Send Invitation’ which will generate an email to the parent allowing them to set up their Ladders at Home logins.
Managing registration
Once you have invited parents, you are able to view the status of the parent's account.
'Active' means that the parent has confirmed their account. 'Unconfirmed' means that they have not clicked through the link in the welcome email to set up a password.
This screen offers information about 'Last logged in' to see whether parents have successfully logged in to view their child's learning.
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