The Zunia School App: Transforming School Communication

In today’s fast-paced world, staying connected with your child’s school has never been more critical. We understand the challenges parents, teachers and school administrators face when it comes to managing school communications, tracking student attendance and keeping up with financial matters. That’s why we’re excited to announce the launch of the Zunia School App, a revolutionary tool that streamlines and simplifies school communication and administration.

One-stop School Communication Hub

The Zunia School app is designed to be a one-stop hub for all school-related communication. Whether you’re a parent, a school administrator, a teacher or an attendance officer, this app has something valuable to offer you.

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For Parents

Parents can now effortlessly stay up-to-date with the latest school news, events and notifications. The app provides a user-friendly platform to view news, receive event updates, access essential information about school activities and receive push notifications for real time updates and in app messages. But that’s not all – the Zunia School App allows parents to log their child’s absences directly into the system, making it a breeze to notify the school about their child’s absence and expected return date. Additionally, parents can view their payment/account history within the app, ensuring they stay on top of school payments.

For School Administrators

The Zunia School app empowers school administrators with efficient tools for communicating with parents and students. The app consolidates all school correspondence into one place for parents, simplifying communication management. From within Zunia, administrators can track communication history, including emails and SMS, making it easier to maintain a clear and comprehensive record of interactions. The app streamlines the process of handling and reporting student absence, reducing the need for manual data entry and ensuring that teachers are promptly informed.

For Teachers and Attendance Officers

Teachers and attendance officers benefit from the Zunia School App’s ability to streamline absence reporting. When a student is absent, parents can quickly create an absence notification within the app, which can then be reviewed and approved by a school attendance officer. This seamless process eliminates data entry errors and ensures that teachers have immediate visibility to absence information.

Efficiency and Ease of Use

The Zunia School app is designed to save time and money for schools and parents alike. Its intuitive interface makes it easy for parents to navigate and access the information they need. School administrators benefit from efficient invitation processes, reduced manual data entry and enhanced parent engagement. With fewer phone calls and requests for information from parents, schools can operate more smoothly and focus on delivering quality education.

School Branding

We understand that your school’s brand is essential. That’s why the Zunia School app offers simple branding tools to ensure that your school’s identity is represented accurately. Customise the app with your school’s logo and primary colour, providing a cohesive and professional experience for users.

Event and News Management

The Zunia School App offers engaging event and news management features. Schools can easily create and publish events, specifying details like titles, summaries, dates, times, locations and audience targeting. This ensures that parents receive relevant information about upcoming school events. If an event needs to be cancelled or hidden, the app provides updates to parents viewing the information that an event has been cancelled.

Stay Informed with Notices

The Notices feature in the Zunia School app provides a centralised location for parents to access all emails and SMS sent by the school. This eliminates the need to search through their phones for previous communications. Attachments sent in emails are also accessible through the app, making it convenient for parents to access important documents.

Two-Way Messaging

Communication between schools and parents is at the heart of the educational journey and the Zunia School App takes it to the next level with its new two-way messaging feature with every in app communication logged, ensuring a comprehensive record of interactions

• For Parents: Stay informed and engaged with real-time updates from your child’s school. Whether it’s a teacher sharing progress updates, a school event notification, or an urgent wellbeing message, parents can now respond directly through the app. This seamless interaction ensures that parents and staff are always on the same page
• For School Staff: Efficiently manage and control communication threads to keep interactions purposeful and organised.  Staff benefit from features such as read receipts to confirm when messages are seen, the ability to attach documents or forms and the option to broadcast group messages to multiple parents at once. School staff are able to turn off replies for messages that don’t require a response.For example, teachers could use this feature to send reminders about an upcoming event while still having the flexibility to invite replies for messages requiring action, such as a request for consent forms
• Real-World Scenarios: Imagine a parent receiving a last-minute update about a schedule change and quickly coordinating pickup arrangements, or a teacher sharing timely feedback on a student’s project and knowing it’s been seen. The two-way messaging feature empowers meaningful, real-time dialogue that strengthens the parent-school partnership

This feature is just one more way the Zunia School App strengthens the connection between schools and families, creating smoother, more efficient communication for everyone

Instant Updates with PushNotifications

Keeping parents informed has never been easier with the Zunia School App’s push notification feature. Parents receive instant alerts directly on their devices, ensuring they stay connected to their child’s educational journey without needing to open the app. Whether it’s academic reports, event reminders, or urgent updates, push notifications deliver critical information in real time, enhancing communication and engagement between schools and families

This feature minimises the need for manual follow-ups or frequent logins, providing a proactive way for parents to stay informed. For example, when academic reports are published, parents are notified instantly, helping them stay on top of their child’s progress with ease. With push notifications, schools can ensure that important updates are never missed, building stronger connections and improving the overall communication experience for everyone involved

Access Academic Reports Anytime

Keeping parents informed about their child’s academic progress is easier than ever with the Zunia School App. Parents can access their children’s academic reports directly within the app, ensuring they stay up-to-date on their child’s learning journey

As soon as a teacher finalises a report, it becomes available for parents to review. Parents can then view, download and manage reports for multiple children in one place. This seamless access helps parents track their child’s progress across multiple subjects and school terms making it simpler for parents to support their child's education effectively. Schools also have the flexibility to manage which contacts receive access to these reports, ensuring communication is tailored and secure

Accessible Timetables

Parents can view the timetables of all their children within the app, providing a convenient way to keep track of their schedules. This feature allows parents to stay informed about their children’s classes, upcoming assignments, and important school events, ensuring they are always in the loop and can support their children’s academic journey effectively

COMING SOON: Parent-Teacher Interview Bookings

We’re constantly enhancing the Zunia School App to provide even more value and streamline the parent-school communication experience. Coming soon, parents will be able to easily book parent-teacher interviews directly through the app. This new feature will simplify the entire scheduling process by allowing parents to view available time slots and choose the most convenient time for their busy schedules

For school staff this feature means less admin overload, by reducing the need to manage bookings via email, SMS or phone call, which can be difficult to track, staff can focus on what matters most, preparing for meaningful conversations with parents By providing a more efficient, user-friendly way to schedule parent-teacher interviews, we’re empowering parents to take an active role in supporting their child’s progress. Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting feature!

Join the Zunia School App Community

We invite schools and parents to join the Zunia School app community and experience the benefits of streamlined school communication and administration.

The Zunia School app is more than just an app, it’s a tool that enhances communication, efficiency and transparency between schools and parents, the school app is available to use via web browser or can be downloaded from the Apple & Google Play app stores. We believe that by simplifying the way we communicate and collaborate, we can create a better educational experience for everyone involved. Welcome to the future of school communication with the Zunia School App.

If you would like to find out more about how your school can benefit from the Zunia school app, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your Customer Success Manager (CSM) directly or to the Customer Success Team at customersuccessteam@educationhorizons.com

Contact Us

Optimise your school with Education Horizons Edtech solutions. Talk to our experts about how we can help you today. Call +61 1800 498 642 or +44 193 540 3020 or email sales@educationhorizons.com

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