The Compass Parent Portal is an online portal that allows you to access up-to-date information about our school and your child’s progress.
The portal is accessible via the web and also via the Compass School Manager App (available for download via the App store on your device).
Within the parent portal are many different features including the ability to:
• Add Attendance Notes
• Communicate with your child’s teachers
• Monitor your child’s homework and assessment tasks
• View Semester and Progress Reports
• Book Parent Teacher Conferences
• Consent and Pay for school events
• Order school lunches via the Canteen
• Make school fee payments
• View school news items
This guide will assist you with navigating the portal and includes step by step information on how to complete key processes.
Please note, some processes detailed in this guide may not be applicable (or in use) at our school. If you have any questions regarding your Compass parent portal, please contact the school for assistance.
How to Download
You can use the Compass app to action tasks. The app is available to download for free from the Apple App Store or the Google Play store.
Once installed and opened for the first time, you will be prompted to choose which school your child attends. After selecting the school, you will be required to enter your log in details which are the same details you use to log in to your Compass parent portal.
The App Home Page
When logged in, you will see:
Profiles Each of your children who attend the school will appear at the top of the screen. Click their image to go to their profiles. Within the profile you can access information pertaining to your child such as their schedule, learning tasks, attendance approvals and reports.
Alerts Notifications of items that require your action.
Newsfeed Scroll through to view the latest posts from your school.
Shortcuts The shortcuts button allows you to perform quick actions such as adding an attendance note or paying for an event.
More Gives you access to additional actions.
Events Consent/payment Process consent/payment for your child’s upcoming events.
Canteen Place canteen orders for your child.
Conferences Allows you to book teacher conferences.
Switch Accounts If you have children attending different schools that use Compass (i.e. a child in Primary School and a child in Secondary School), you can use the ‘Switch Accounts’ option at the bottom of the menu to toggle between your parent account at each Compass school.
Menu Icons (App)
The House icon can be clicked at any time to take you back to the Home screen in Compass.
The Calendar icon will take you to view the available Schedules i.e. school events, your child’s schedule etc.
The ‘Plus’ icon will give you access to ‘Shortcuts’, such as paying for an Event, and adding an Attendance note.
The bell icon opens your Notifications.
This contains a list of all notifications received.
The hamburger (three lines) menu icon gives you access to the More menu. Conferences, Events, Canteen, and much more can be found in this menu.
Updating Childs Medical Details via the App
Log into your school’s Compass portal via the Compass App, click ‘More’ in the bottom right-hand corner Select ‘Update My Details’.
On the ‘Update Details’ page, click the edit pencil next to the relevant student, click ‘Add medical condition’ , enter the required information Click ‘Save.
