The journey of learning doesn’t end when the school bell rings. It continues at home, driven by curiosity, assignments, and the essential support of a parent or guardian.

And yet for too long, the link between school and home has been fragmented, often relying on crumpled, waterlogged notes, scattered emails, and a host of disparate digital apps. This disconnect poses a real challenge, not only for parental engagement but, crucially, for contentious issues of student attendance, performance, and the completion of tasks.

At Skolon, we believe that digitalisation in schools should simplify, not complicate. This belief is the driving force behind our new tool, Skolon Guardians, our latest development launched in 2025, that is so innovative it has earned us a nomination as a finalist at the BETT 2026 awards.

The Crucial Missing Stakeholder

In recent years, schools and trusts have made significant progress in streamlining digital processes and improving access to online teaching and learning tools, with many now operating through centralised hubs that integrate their most common systems. Whether that’s the MIS, a virtual learning environment (VLE) such as Microsoft or Google, or a broad mix of digital classroom apps used to support teaching and learning.

However, one key stakeholder has traditionally been left out of this digital ecosystem: parents and guardians.

While schools have become increasingly digitised, parents have often been given limited, inconsistent, or fragmented access to the same tools that support everyday learning. Yet parental engagement remains a major contributor to positive outcomes that impact everything from attendance and motivation to homework completion and overall academic performance. Strengthening the connection between home and school is not just beneficial; it’s essential.

So, what’s the problem? Fragmented apps and lost logins

The current digital education landscape often creates unnecessary barriers to effective parent involvement.
Many parents and guardians, especially those with children in different schools, phases, or even across a multi-academy trust, must juggle multiple apps, platforms, and login credentials.

This fragmentation complicates even basic tasks. Parents may struggle to support home learning, whether helping a younger child log into digital tools or trying to understand the assignments set for an older student.
A common scenario plays out in homes across the country: a parent searching for a “scrumpled up piece of paper in a book bag” with their child’s login details, hoping it still works.

This lack of a unified approach has real consequences—missed homework, low engagement, and parents feeling excluded from the digital learning process.
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Linking school, student, and home

Beyond just access to learning tools and assignments, our tool, Skolon Guardians, creates a multifaceted, joined-up approach to school-home communication.
The app pulls in vital, real-time communication features, linking all stakeholders:

• Reporting absences: A simple, direct way for parents to communicate non-attendance.
• Key information access: Parents can read the weekly newsletter, access teacher contact details (where permitted), and view class links.
• News and policy updates: Schools can easily share policy updates, news feeds, and photo feeds. The app features a contemporary, sleek interface, making it easy for schools to generate content and for parents to consume it.

This ability to gather all the school’s digital tools in one place—from learning platforms to communication channels—ensures that important information is never missed, fostering better relationships and preventing administrative gaps that can negatively affect a student’s journey.

Security and innovation: the Skolon commitment

As a finalist in the 2026 BETT Awards, Skolon is committed to innovation. This includes ensuring our platform is a GDPR-secure school platform and looking forward to the future of EdTech.

We understand there may be hesitancy around new technologies, particularly AI. That is why we are proactively working on features that embrace new developments in a safe, controlled way.

This approach ensures that students and parents have a safe and secure school platform for students and teachers to experiment and use Skolon AI as part of the learning process, instead of resorting to external, private logins like Gemini or ChatGPT.

By offering easy, secure access to all tools, streamlining communication, and embracing proactive innovation, Skolon Guardians pulls the final, most important stakeholder—the guardian—into the learning process. Because for everybody involved, digital learning should be easy.

To catch the full recording of our Skolon Guardians webinar, click here, or to find out about how Skolon Guardians could make a difference at your school or trust, use the button below.

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