For Parents

Class Charts

Class Charts is Ormiston Forge Academy’s main communication tool with parents, replacing email and SMS text messages in most circumstances. It is vital that all parents and carers can confidently access Class Charts. We recommend using the Class Charts for Parents app.

Class Charts is an online system provides a range of key services for parents and carers, in one, handy location:

1. Reporting pupil absence
2. Receiving school letters and announcements
3. Homework
4. Attendance records
5. Achievements and Behaviours
6. Timetable

If you need assistance accessing your account, please email our school office: [email protected]

What is Class Charts for Parents?
Depending on how your school has set our system up, you will be able to use Class Charts to keep track of your pupil’s achievements, access behaviour reports, view assigned homework tasks and track scheduled detentions.

If you have more than one child at the school, or multiple schools, you can use the same parent account to view achievement data for all your children.

Class Charts for parents can be accessed here, or by our iOS and Android apps.

Parent Code
You should have received a Parent code from your school, which will look similar to the example code shown below.

This code sent to you is used to set up your parent account.

Creating a Class Chart Parents Account

Creating an account via the app
If you click the Sign up tab within the app you will be presented with an account creation form.
Simply fill in the form and enter your parent code in the Access code field. Clicking Sign up will log you into the account.

Please note: Your Access Code is not the same as your password, the access code is only need for the initial sign up.

Creating an account via the website

To create an account on the website, select the I don’t have an account yet option.

This will bring up additional form options. Simply fill in the form and enter your parent code in the “Access code” field.

Please note: Your Access Code is not the same as your password. The access code is only needed for the initial sign up.

Achievements & Behaviour

Behaviour breakdown
On the behaviour screen, you will be presented with graphs which represent an overview of your child’s achievement and behaviour data within a customisable timeframe.

To change the date range of displayed behaviour data, simply click on the calendar icon to select from the available preset or create your own custom date range.

Activity Feed
Below these graphs you will find a list of behaviour activity relating to your child. These display the behaviour that was awarded, when it was awarded, who awarded the behaviour, the lesson the behaviour was awarded in, and how many points the award is worth. The level of detail within each behaviour award depends on the settings that your school has enabled.

If it has been enabled by your school, you will be able to access your attendance information. Depending on your school’s setup, this is either shown on a day by day basis for each of your lessons or as AM and PM attendance for the day.

The attendance colour coded system is broken down as follows:

Adding / switching children
To add another child to your Class Charts account, click on the add child option in the website menu or the add child icon within the app.

You will then be asked for an access code.

Next, enter your parent access code for the child you wish to add.

This code will have been given to you by the school and is unique for that pupil.

Once the parental code has been accepted, you will see the child you have just added as a selectable option in the menu.

Click on the pupil to display that child’s behaviour and attendance data (if it has been enabled by your school).

If your school has chosen to share homework information, the homework tasks for all children on your account will appear within the homework tab.

Homework

You can see what homework has been set, completed or requires submission from the ‘Homework’ tab. Selecting this tab will display a list of homework tasks which your child has been assigned to.

To change the date range for displayed homework tasks, click on the ‘Date’ button to select from the available presets or create your own custom date range.

To display tasks in the order they were set, click on the ‘Issue Date’ button.

To display tasks in the order they are expected to be handed in, click on the ‘Due Date’ button.

MyEd

You can use the My Ed app to report your child absent. It’s very simple to do and you can attach files to the message, for example a doctors appointment letter.

My Ed is a free parent app and you will receive a notification if the school sends you a message regarding your child’s attendance.

You can download the My Ed app via the Apple Store or the Google Play store.

Once you have downloaded the app, enter ‘Ormiston Forge Academy‘ or the postcode B64 6QU. Then enter your details to link the account to your child.

Please note, your details must match those we have on record. If you have recently changed your email address or phone number please contact the school office via 01384 566 598 or [email protected]