This guide will tell you how to configure the parent home page from the form settings area.
Navigate to settings > form settings > parent homepage
Depending on your intake, you may or may not make use of this area; it is typically used in Reception, Nursery, In-Year and Year 7 forms (Year 12 intakes tend to use the student homepage instead).
The first settings to address will be those which are general. These apply across all of your active forms. For example, if you have multiple intakes running at the same time (like Year 7 and In-Year), parents of both groups will see the General Welcome Message on their respective homepages and will have to accept the privacy policies if you have those settings active.
To change your message and/or image, click the "edit" button on the right hand side of the page. You can also click to "preview" which will show you how the form will appear to a parent.
Once you have confirmed your general settings, you can then move on to the form-specific settings. You can add a specific welcome message and image which is appropriate for each intake and will only be seen by parents accessing that particular form. In this example, an In-Year form and a Year 12 form are currently active, so you could add a bespoke welcome message for each of those groups by clicking the "edit" button on each welcome message.
The final aspect of the parent homepage is also specific to the current form you are working on (check this in the top left hand corner of your page).
You can set the wording which will appear on the buttons that parents click on to begin or continue an application:
You can then also decide which of the toggle switches to have turned on and off. Here is an overview of what they show:
- Show Offer Status will display whether a child has been made an offer, and if so, whether they have accepted it - this is typically used in Nursery and Year 12.
- Show Reference Status will display whether a reference request has been sent, and whether the reference has been completed - this is typically only Year 12.
- Show Application Status will display the status of the child's form, for example "Complete" or "incomplete".
- Show Courses You Wish To Study will display the subjects chosen by an applicant - this is typically used for Year 12 only.
- Show Add New Application Button should only be used for Year 12, Nursery and In-Year Admissions. This button enables parents to apply for multiple children, so must not be used for Year 7 or Reception intakes as those applications are handled by your Local Authority.
- Show Envelope Icon displays an image of an envelope if you are inviting parents/students to an event or meeting.
- Show Documents in Homepage enables you to display any documents you have added to your Uploaded Documents area (Data > Uploaded Files) for parents to access and view.
- Show Year of Entry will display the year that the child is expecting to start at your setting.
- Show Term of Entry relates to Nursery or In-Year Admissions, typically. Parents can specify Autumn, Spring or Summer and this answer will be displayed on the parent homepage if this is switched on and the question is active in your application form.
- Show Year Group Applied for will display the year group that a child is applying to join.
- Show Application Form displays the name of the form to the parent, so they can see which application form they are completing for their child/children.
- Show Academic Years displays the academic year that the application form relates to.
