Support for School Admins
Adding to the Directory
Your Safer Schools England App has 3 directory functions. The National Policies and Guidance directory is added and maintained by the team at Safer Schools and INEQE Safeguarding Group. Its contains government guidance, resources and policies ...
Understanding your Dashboard
We know engagement will be high in the priorities of schools rolling out the Safer Schools NI App Engagement with the Safer Schools England App is a 2 phased process. Once you've sent out the school's codes to your adult users, one side of it is down ...
Adding Admin Users
You may want to add additional admins to help you rolling out and using the Safer Schools England App in your school community. They are often part of the SLT, the Office team or the IT leads. It can help when delegating responsibilities like adding ...
Using the HTML tool
HTML stands for HyperTest Markup Language and is a type of code. This is different from a programming code which allows data to be modified. HTML is code for how data is displayed. Every webpage you visit has an HTML code that is instructions on how ...
Push Notifications
Push Notifications can be sent to you App users to help direct their attention when you want it! Maybe you've made a change to the school handbook, want you staff to complete a digital test, or your parents to see a resource you want share about ...
Adding an Outlook Calendar
Your school or trust may use a live outlook calendar, and this can also be linked in your Safer Schools England App. As long a calendar can be web based, you can link it in your Safer School England App via your Web Management Portal. To find out ...
Forgotten your Web Portal Password?
Your web portal account is different from the details you use for logging into your Safer Schools England App. Only School Account Admins have access to the Web Portal. Your log in information is contained on the original welcome email you recieved ...
Updates to the Portal
We're always striving to improve your experience when using the Safer Schools England Web Management Portal. This might be through finding and fixing bugs, listening to feedback from schools, trusts or local councils. It could even be redesigning ...
Adding and Using Surveys
With Surveys, you can test engagement with the App itself, gather opinions from your school community or even use it to organise the best date for a staff meeting! Surveys are uploaded to your Safer Schools England App via the Web Management Portal ...
Completing your Portal
Customising your Safer Schools England App with colours, images and accurate links is so important for a number of reasons: User friendly - your users can find what they need, when they need it at the touch of a button Staying up to date - users ...
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Notification Permissions
Enabling notifications for your App is important, as it allows its users up to date with relevant and current information. With your App, this includes all the push notifications you may be sent in regards to safeguarding updates, local news updates ...
How to Add a New Post to the Homepage
Screenshot of how to add a post to the Homepage Here is how to add a new post to the homepage: In the dashboard, go to Posts and then Add Post. Enter your post Title & Featured Image. Assign it the 'News and Updates' category. Click the Edit with ...
How to Add a Hyperlink
Screenshot of how to hyperlink text Here is how to add a hyperlink: Add new text be in the edit text editor menu. Highlight the text that you want to hyperlink. Click the insert/edit link icon in the editor Paste your URL, this can be an external ...
How to upload files (e.g, PDFs, Images)
Screenshot of how to upload files Here is how to upload files: In the dashboard, go to Media then library. Click the Add New at the top. Either drag your file into the upload area or click Select Files to choose from your computer. Once uploaded, ...
How to add a page to the menu
Screenshot of the Appearance tab where to find the Menus option Here is how to add a page to the menu: In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance and then Menus. On the left select the page you have just created (you may need to check the pages tab ...