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Contact Group, provider of school-home communications solutions, has launched OurSchoolsApp www.the-contactgroup.com/products/ourschoolsapp a personalised app that schools can give free to parents, to keep them instantly updated with school information,..

Seaton House School in Sutton, Surrey, is keeping parents instantly updated with school information through the Call Parents automatic notification system.

Sir Jonathan North Community College (SJNCC) in Leicester is using Contact Group’s Text Someone anti-bullying solution to encourage its students to report any incidents of bullying or anti-social behaviour via text or online, 24/7.

Tupton Hall School in Derbyshire is using Contact Group’s Text Someone anti-bullying solution which encourages young people to report via text and email 24/7 incidents of bullying or any anti-social behaviour directly to schools.

On stand A230 at BETT 2013, Contact Group will be showcasing the latest developments in communication, monitoring and reporting solutions and an award-winning portfolio of parental notification systems for schools and local authorities

Showcasing the latest developments, Contact Group will be exhibiting on Stand A1 at the 2012 Scottish Learning Festival.

Looked After Call from Contact Group enables local authorities to collate and monitor the attendance records of 'Looked After Children'.

With Ofcom’s recent announcement, increasing first class stamps from 46p to 60p and second class stamps from 36p to 50p, schools throughout the country have welcomed electronic solutions to posting letters.

Stephen Clarke, MD of Contact Group, responds to reports that Education Secretary, Michael Gove, plans to crack down on parents who take children out of school during term-time to go on holiday, as well as issue tougher fines for truancy.

As part of Safer Internet Day (7th February 2012), Stephen Clarke, Managing Director, Contact Group (www.the-contactgroup.com) comments on how to ensure children access the internet safely on their smartphones.

Stephen Clarke, Managing Director of Contact Group, responds to statistics released today

Stephen Clarke, Managing Director of Contact Group, responds to looked after children statistics released by the Department of Education today.

Following the release of the Pupil Absence in Schools in England statistics today for Spring term 2011, which reveal a decrease in truancy levels from last year, Stephen Clarke, Managing Director of Contact Group (www.the-contactgroup.com), comments:

Contact Group has been recognised for demonstrating outstanding business success in the educator sector.

Call Parents sends over half a million text messages to alert parents about school strike closures