TapEdu

Announcements & messaging

Keep staff, students and parents on the same page

Publish announcements to exactly the right people, plan the year on a shared calendar, post school news and let parents message teachers, all inside TapEdu with in-app notifications.

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Illustration of composing a TapEdu announcement for the JSS 2B class arm: choosing parents and students as the audience, setting a High priority out of Low, Normal, High and Urgent, scheduling the send for 7:00 am, and a preview of how it appears in a parent's in-app notification inbox.

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Why it matters

The right message, to the right people

Replace scattered group chats and paper notes with one place everyone checks.

  • Targeted announcements

    Send to staff, parents and/or students with a priority from low to urgent, and add an in-app notification as you publish.

  • A real notification centre

    Target the whole school, a class arm, a role, one student's family or selected users, and schedule sends for later.

  • One school calendar

    Plan events with categories and attachments, aim them at the right audience and send reminders at the times you choose.

  • News that publishes everywhere

    Write news once with images and categories, schedule it, and it appears on your website and every portal dashboard.

  • Parent–teacher messages

    Parents start a thread about a child and subject; teachers reply from their portal, with an in-app alert for each new message.

  • A daily communication book

    Teachers write dated remarks about a student, and parents see them in a daily timeline alongside attendance and lessons.

How it works

How communication works in TapEdu

Every message stays inside your school's own platform.

  1. Step 1: Choose your audience

    Pick who should hear it: the whole school, a campus, class or arm, a role, one student's family or selected people.

  2. Step 2: Write and set the priority

    Compose an announcement, event or news post, set its priority, and publish now or schedule it for later.

  3. Step 3: Everyone sees it in the app

    Recipients find it on their dashboard and in their notification inbox, with unread counts and personal preferences.

  4. Step 4: Keep the conversation going

    Parents message subject teachers about their child, and teachers add remarks to the communication book.

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Announcements & messaging

Works in any browser, on phone or desktop.

What's included

Everything included

All the ways your school talks to its community, in one place.

  • Announcements for staff, parents and/or students
  • Low, normal, high and urgent priorities
  • In-app notification inbox with unread counts
  • Targeting by school, class arm, role, family or selected users
  • Scheduled sends
  • Per-user notification preferences
  • Automatic alerts for results, attendance, assignments, payments and events
  • Events with categories, attachments and reminders
  • Month, agenda and upcoming calendar views
  • School news with scheduling, shown on the website and portals
  • Parent–teacher message threads per child and subject
  • Communication book and daily timeline

The modules switched on for your school depend on your plan.

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Illustration of TapEdu parent–teacher messaging: a parent's conversation with a Mathematics teacher about their child in JSS 2B, a list of threads by child and subject, and a reply box, with the teacher notified in-app about each new message.

Who it's for

Built for the people who use it every day

What changes for each part of your school community.

  • School administrators

    Reach the whole school or a single class from one screen, and plan the term on a calendar everyone shares.

  • Teachers

    See announcements and events for your classes, reply to parents and record remarks without sharing a personal number.

  • Parents & students

    Find every announcement, event and message in one inbox instead of scrolling through group chats.

Announcements & messaging

Frequently asked questions

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How can schools communicate with parents digitally?
With TapEdu, schools publish announcements, events and news that appear on parents' dashboards, send targeted in-app notifications, and let parents message their child's subject teachers. Everything stays inside the school's own platform rather than on personal phone numbers.
Can we send announcements to one class or to the whole school?
Yes. Announcements can go to staff, parents and/or students, and in-app notifications can target the whole school, a single class arm, a role, one student's family or selected users. Events can also be aimed at a campus, section, class or arm.
Do parents get notified about events and published results?
Yes, in the app. TapEdu sends automatic in-app notifications when results are published, when a child is marked absent or late, for new assignments and grades, for payments, and when events are published, updated or cancelled. Parents can adjust their notification preferences.
Does TapEdu send SMS or WhatsApp messages?
No. School notifications in TapEdu are delivered in the app, where parents, students and staff see them on their dashboard and in their notification inbox. Email is used only for account messages such as invitations and password resets.
Can parents message their child's teachers?
Yes, when the school switches on the messaging module. Parents open a message thread about a child and subject, and the subject teacher replies from the Teacher Portal. Each new message raises an in-app notification for the other person.

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One place your whole school checks

Apply for your school and bring announcements, events, news and parent messages together in TapEdu.

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