The UK’s most popular app for school parent-to-parent communication

All About Classlist

•  Share parent contact details safely

•  Post messages and PTA announcements

•  Organise paid and unpaid events

•  Fundraise and volunteer

•  Parent classifieds for buy/sell/freecycle

What is Classlist?

Classlist is entirely free. All users are verified.

Data is stored in highly secure UK data

centres and never passed to third parties.

Classlist is an award winning app designed to make life much easier for school

parents and Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs). Fully GDPR compliant, Classlist won

Startup of the Year at BETT 2018 - the world's largest education technology event.

Classlist helps parents build vibrant school communities and helps school heads

increase parental engagement. Classlist has signed up over 2,000 UK schools.

Users can: 

Classlist – making life easy for the PTA

• Easy to contact parents

PTAs benefit from up-to-date contact lists of all parents automatically stored within the

platform. This makes it easy to send out emails, announcements and newsletters to each

class or year group with everybody included.  Parents are invited to create their own

profile and enter their own contact details. They decide what to share with others. 

• Creates an inclusive online parent community

There is space for open, inclusive chat on Classlist. It’s not just for the PTA – parents can

post messages about anything from lost uniform to babysitting requests. Contributors

must follow community guidelines and help create a warm, inclusive community for all

parents. 

• Encourages parental engagement

With an active online community it’s important for the PTA to put up requests and

reminders about upcoming events – and to get feedback. This could include ideas for

future events, or finding people with particular skills. Classlist users tell us it’s far easier to

get volunteers if everybody knows what's going on, rather than trying to buttonhole

people at the school gate, or relying on personal contacts.  

• Easy event management

The PTA and parents can organise events

on Classlist, making it easy to monitor

numbers and send reminders. Ticket

payment goes through PayPal, removing the

hassle of collecting money.  

"When I first heard about Classlist my reaction was ‘this is

too good to be true – what’s the catch?!’ But there isn’t a

catch. Classlist is free. It has secure data protection

procedures. It’s a complete godsend for us."

Geraldine Archbold-Shore, PTA Chair at Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Classlist – making life easy for parents• Helps build friendships

Classlist enables you to reach out across your school community and make new friends.

It's a great way to set up coffee meetups, cycling groups, or to find folks interested

in anything from yoga to dog-walking. 

• Unlocks useful information - fast

Want to know what homework your child’s class has tonight? Find a liftshare to a teenage

party? Get recommendations for half term family excursions? Book a trusted babysitter?

Just post a request on Classlist. 

• Gives you ways to get involved

Classlist gives you much more visibility of what's going on - from social and fundraising

events, to opportunities to help with kids reading clubs and sports coaching. You’ll know

what's happening and where you would like to join in. 

• Buy, sell, freecycle and de-clutter 

Classlist's marketplace lets you trade second-hand uniforms, musical instruments,

unwanted furniture...  anything that needs a new home with another school family. 

"Parents use Classlist to discuss relevant topics, organise

social events, take payment for functions (rather than

collecting money personally - a real bonus!) and join

groups that connect with other like-minded parents - the

dog lovers group is a recent favourite!"

Nicky Laird, Class Rep, Dragon School, Oxford

• Lets you send private party invites

You can select and message groups of parents for

private party invitations; organise class-only meet-

ups; sort out end-of-year class presents for teachers,

and much more…

Classlist – making life easy for heads

• Enables positive parental engagement

Classlist enables a safe, inclusive and strongly moderated online community. The site has

strict content guidelines - grumbling is not permitted and almost never seen. Unlike some

social media sites, all users are fully authenticated, and often include school staff. A

vibrant, positive parent community helps improve engagement with the school. 

• Deals with parent data protection issues

Classlist is registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO). Data handling

is fully GDPR compliant as confirmed by one of the UK's leading legal firms. Personal

data is entered by parents themselves and is not passed to third parties. Classlist is

accredited through government-backed Cyber Essentials security scheme.

• Helps new families and children integrate quickly 

New parents joining Classlist can immediately link with others in their child's class and

year to arrange children's play dates, organise teenage parties, check on homework

queries and more.  New reception parents and families joining secondary schools          

are keen users.                                                                                                                        

                        

• Saves school staff time

Classlist lets your parent association send out announcements and newsletters in

seconds, without relying on the school office. School staff can redirect requests for

parent contact details to Classlist, in compliance with data protection requirements.          

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                               

“Classlist is far more than simply a super

communication tool. It has completely

transformed our parent teacher association’s

ability to organise events, fundraise and

communicate.”

Richard Murray, Head, Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford

Why Classlist?

One secure, private platform for your PTA and parent community needs.

Classlist makes life easier for everyone at your school:

      Up-to-date class lists in one place, with parents in control of their own data 

      Secure parent-to-parent messaging, and posts to the class wall

      Targeted messaging to individual classes and year groups for PTAs

      PTA e-newsletters sent direct to parent’s email inboxes

      Ability to plan events, sell tickets, track RSVPs and take money online

      Community groups for special interests 

      A handy parent map to find other families to share lifts 

      Free parent listings - great for selling instruments, school uniform and football boots

      Fundraising support - PTAs can refer advertisers and take a revenue share 

All FREE for schools and PTAs to use.

Sign up now and give it a try

More details at www.classlist.com

What happens once I sign up?

Your private Classlist school site will be set up in minutes. What’s next?

We’ve seen many schools launch Classlist successfully in a matter of days. To help you

get going you will find "how to" videos from existing users, a live helpdesk and the

opportunity for personal mentoring from existing Classlist schools. 

Here are some of the practical steps: 

Ambassadors (your Classlist School Leads, usually a PTA member)

- Set up your school structure (classes and year groups) online 

- Invite your parents, ideally working with Class and Year Reps if your school has these

- Make sure your team is prepared to authenticate applicants 

- Missing email addresses? We have lots of suggestions on how to reach parents 

Class Reps

- Help your Ambassador to get Classlist rolling by inviting each class 

- Once parents are onboard they can invite others with one click  

- Use suggestions in our Class Rep newsletter to build engagement

Headteachers

- Work jointly with your PTA to launch the service

- Encourage parents to join through your regular communication channels

- Opportunity for your PTA to refer advertisers and take a share in revenue 

All Classlist leaders are encouraged to join our community of over 3,000 Ambassadors in

person at our regular skills development workshops, and online at our knowledge

exchange. Existing Classlist Ambassadors are keen to help new joiners and and really

enjoy sharing their experience and ideas.

Check out what Classlist can do for you

Hear from users or watch a demo 

Visit our website to see articles in 

Click here or visit our website to read our FAQs

Still got questions? 

Click here or visit our website to book a call with one of our advisors

Sign up and start making Classlist work for your school. Try it out today with PTA

colleagues and parents in your class.

Read our press coverage

Email support@classlist.com

Our website has lots of video testimonials from School Heads, PTA Heads and

parents. Or just email support@classlist.com to ask for a demo.

Get started at www.classlist.com

Start using Classlist

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A word from our Ambassadors

It's also brilliant for central organisation. We’ve already organised a quiz night where people paid

for their tickets online. It cut my time as treasurer by about 75% - probably because I wasn’t

chasing after cheques from junior school, cheques from senior school, cheques all over the place.

It was really, really great to just have that ‘go on and buy-a-ticket online’ system.

“For me it’s important to be part of the school community and to give something back,” says Maria,

who has a ten year-old boy at the school. “Children need to see you being part of their school

because it helps them to feel committed to it themselves."

"Feedback from other parents has been very positive too – it has helped to publicise events more

successfully. In the past, some parents had complained of being unaware of forthcoming events with

flyers in book bags going missing."

Find out how PTAs and Class Reps are using Classlist at their schools

Classlist has been really brilliant for our PSA.

Lin Skinner, PSA Treasurer, Sydenham High School

Maria Blick, a Classlist Ambassador, busy mum of 4, business owner and

Chair of her PTA has found Classlist makes it so much easier for her to

juggle parent life and get her job done.

Whether it’s providing refreshments for school plays, organizing the annual

Punch Party after the carol service or organizing quiz nights and the

summer fair– all are planned and manned by unpaid parent volunteers.

Maria Blick, Chair of the PA, Christ Church Cathedral School

We have found it to be so easy for our reps to gather

parent’s data and get everybody on and be communicating

with everybody. Much better than the days when they had to

look after everything in spreadsheets, and email lists, and all

sorts of different places. Really, really good for those.

It’s been brilliant for organising other events. I even organised my daughter’s 8th birthday party

through it and that also saved me lots and lots of time. So, we are really, really liking Classist here.