The Parent Finder Page

The Parent Finder page allows you to find other parents (or their children) who are registered on Classlist at your school, and operates in accordance with GDPR and the privacy settings selected by parents. You can filter based on the school Groups which are automatically populated when parents register their child to a Year and/or Class. 

From the Parent Finder (Parents page on desktop) you can

1. filter by school groups which you are part of (class or year)
2. search for any individual by name
3. view the profile of parents in your school groups  
4. private message any individual 
5. switch to map view instead of a list 
6. See the Classlist admins for your school

Parent Finder page (on the app)

Search for someone by name or narrow your search by selecting a group.

Selecting a group shows all the parents in that group and you can choose to see them listed alphabetically by parent or child. Clicking on the underlined parent name will take you to their profile where you can message them.

You can also change the view to find parents who are close by. Remember you have to be opted in yourself to view the parent map, and other parents may have chosen not to opt in. Click here for more information on the parent map. 

Finding Parents - filter by school group (on desktop)

As well as providing a listing of everyone registered with Classlist in your school, you can filter to view a personalised list of parents and children who are in the same school groupings as you. When the list is filtered, one parent will see a different list of names to another parent if the children of the two parents are in different school groups.

The default view for this page is the whole school. To filter and view only those parents who are also members of one of your school groups, click on the dropdown filter menu at the top of the page. In the image below the user has children in Reception, Year 02 and Year 04, so he can choose to view either a specific class from one of those years, or the whole year group. He is about to filter by 'Reception', so only the parents with children in that year group will be shown. If the user selects 'Rb Mr Grandison' instead, only members of that class group will be displayed.

Finding Contacts - search by name (child or parent)

If you're looking for a specific person by name, you can use the search tool to find them quickly; just tap the magnifying glass at the top of the page.

Once you've entered a name, or part of a name, the page will automatically bring up all the contacts with any version of that name. So for instance if you enter 'Ben', the search will find any person called Ben or Benjamin as well as Reuben or a surname such as Tony Benn.

The search function can also be used to search for a child, bringing up the child's name linked to his/her parent. Perfect for when you can't quite remember the first name of your son/daughter's friend's Mum!

Viewing a profile

You can find the profile of anyone who has set up an account at your school but the information you are able to see will vary depending on the privacy settings the other party has chosen and in you are in the same group(s) as them.

The profile can display information such as pupils' names and classes, address, family contacts etc. Email addresses and phone numbers aren't displayed on the profile as you can call or message (which will send an email) via the platform.

The default setting is to share data with your class and year group, but you can change your privacy settings at any time. 

Please note that the Classlist Member Guidelines include "Respect fellow class parents, which includes not using their contact details or Classlist for marketing or professional purposes. Don’t share information from the website without the author’s permission."