Parent Apps
We use a range of different apps and services at Tanbridge House School. You can find more information about some of the key apps you'll need to be familiar with before you start with us in September.
You can also take a look through our Guide to Apps at THS for details of some of the other apps/services you may encounter through your journey with us.
My Child At School (MCAS)
My Child At School is an online portal that enables you to view your child’s performance at school in real time via the web portal or the dedicated app (android/ios).
Through MCAS, you can access attendance data, behaviour, assessments and student reports, letters or important documents. You can also view student timetables alongside our school calendar, exam timetables and results too. MCAS is part of Bromcom, the system we use to manage all student data and to communicate with parents/carers. Students also access their homework via the Bromcom Student Portal.
You will be emailed with your unique username and password and further information about MCAS when your child starts at THS.
Operoo
Operoo is a system designed to enable schools and families to reduce paper and work more effectively together. Parents can use the system to respond to school trips, medical and other consent forms, with access available via mobile phones, tablets or computers/laptops.
In addition, Operoo allows you to check the data that we hold on your child and advise us of any updates, making it easy to keep your child’s medical data and emergency contacts up to date. Consent forms for trips, in-school activities and more may be completed electronically and the system will remind you to complete forms if a deadline is looming.
You will be issued with an Operoo login when your child starts with us. Please note your Operoo username is not your email address.
Further information can be found on the Operoo website: www.operoo.com/intro-for-parents/
ParentPay
We use a totally cashless payment system called ParentPay® for school meals, trips and resources. This involves the use of online payments as well as biometric registration for the canteen. All new students will be registered for this automatically unless you have opted out and all Parents/Carers are required to complete a Biometric Consent form in order for students to access the cashless catering system.
ParentPay provides you with a secure online account, which can be accessed with your unique user ID and password (issued by the school). ParentPay enables you to view all payment items available to each of your children along with relevant costs and details. Please do not send cash or cheques to school to pay for school meals or trips.
To make a payment, simply select the item to pay for and follow the instructions. ParentPay holds an electronic record on your payments to view at a later date should you wish. No card details are stored in any part of the system.
If cash is your only option, payment can be made at local PayPoint centres. You will need to ask the school for a payment card for the canteen and a bar-coded letter for trips. PayPoint payments are also recorded by ParentPay and can be seen by logging onto your ParentPay account and viewing your payment history. The nearest PayPoint stores are available on their website (www.paypoint.com).
Please note that ParentPay will NEVER contact you by phone, email or mail and ask you to divulge confidential information like passwords or card numbers. If you are ever contacted by someone claiming to be from ParentPay, please contact ParentPay immediately on 0870 042 0550.
