How to use Arbor during school closures

James Weatherill - 19 March, 2020

Arbor Updates | School Operations

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How to use Arbor during school closures

To all our Arbor schools and MATs,

Our priority right now is to help you manage your school during the Coronavirus outbreak

To make it as simple as possible for you to get the information you need, we’ve created one central article in our Help Centre with everything you need to know on using Arbor to react to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Using Arbor during this period

On our Help Centre, you can find out how to:

• Record and report on children of key workers, with the ability to bulk update records
• Produce key demographic reports on: children with EHCP, child protection status, FSM children, and children of key workers at school and MAT level
• Record, report and update staff and student absence and report the number of students still physically in school
• Record whole or partial school closures 
• Report on Y code absences
• Add a medical condition for students or staff
• Communicate with students and their guardians during this time

All of these features are live and available to use in Arbor now.

Coming Up
We’re monitoring the news closely, including for any further updates around exams, so we can be responsive to schools’ needs as they arise. Each time we release a new feature we’ll update the same Help Centre page and email you to let you know too.

Support
Our Support Team is available to support you by phone, email and web chat.

In the meantime, I hope you and the staff, students and parents at your school are coping as well as you can. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you need any help – we’re all in this together.

All the best,

James

James Weatherill
CEO and Co-Founder, Arbor Education