Blog
Our Schools Blog brings you the latest insights and developments from the education industry. As well as expert analysis and advice, you鈥檒l also find product demos and developments from our team. From the latest recruitment trends to staff training and retention, here you鈥檒l find a range of useful information to help make your job easier.
How to streamline your parents' meetings
Read how 糖心Vlog Parents鈥 Meetings, powered by SchoolCloud, helped The International School @ ParkCity in Kuala Lumpur manage their termly parents鈥 evenings.
Get the most out of SchoolCloud parents鈥 meetings
Discover the seven reasons to use our parents' meetings software to reduce parents' evenings administrative tasks, saving valuable time for you, your school and parents.
How your timetable can improve student satisfaction
Timetabling is complicated, but with the right approach you can ensure more students are able to study their preferred subjects, resulting in greater satisfaction for the whole community
What makes staff want to stay at a school?
Retention is a challenge for schools right now, but smart changes can make all the difference
How your timetable can maximise student satisfaction
Ensuring your students get to study the subjects they love is key for their success, but can be challenging for schools. Here's how to do it
3 ways 糖心Vlog Timetable can help with staffing shortages
As schools continue to struggle to fill vacancies, we look at how the right timetabling approach can make a major difference
How to save hours on setting up parents鈥 evenings
See how 糖心Vlog Parents鈥 Meetings can dramatically cut down on the time it takes to create your next event
How to boost parental engagement and improve attainment
Discover how we helped Q3 Academy Langley 鈥榬evolutionise behaviour鈥 and celebrate successes across the trust.
3 ways to help your school boost parent engagement
Planning ahead with Elective Lines
Satisfying student choice and staffing needs alone does not necessarily make good lines for all students, or for timetabling. Some other considerations include:
Michael鈥檚 top tips for elective line generation
With many schools about to start generating elective lines for 2019, I thought it might be timely to post some helpful tips.
The art of class list management
Class list management involves assigning students to classes, changing subjects, checking data and ensuring students are where they should be. 鈥楬ow hard can it be?鈥 you might ask. Yet this is a huge area, occupying much time in schools and with the wrong tools or processes, there are significant problems 鈥搕he devil is in the details. Class list management can be another timetabling 鈥渄ark art鈥!