Parent-teacher conferencing without the back-and-forth
No paper booking slips, and no emails back and forth. Families choose times that suit them, teachers get clear personal timetables, and conference night runs on schedule. Parent Events has handled over 3 million bookings for hundreds of schools since 2013.
Set up the event
Choose your dates, set slot lengths, and add participating teachers. Booking limits per family, staff schedules, and break times are all configurable in the same setup.
Share a code with parents
Parents visit your event website and enter a short event code. They see available times, choose what suits them, optionally add notes for the teacher, and see their bookings on their timetable straight away.
Run the event
Teachers see their timetable on their phone, in print, or synced to their calendar. Automatic reminders reach parents on the day,
Parents book their own times
Share a simple event code and parents can view open slots, pick what fits their family's schedule, and see their bookings on their timetable straight away. There are no paper slips lost in backpacks and no phone calls to the front office.
Parents can include notes on what they would like to cover, so teachers can review questions in advance and start each conversation prepared. If plans change, parents reschedule or cancel on their own up to your cut-off deadline, automatically reopening the slot.
Everyone organized and on time
Teachers see all their appointments on a clear timetable ready to print, sync to Google or Outlook calendars, or view on their phone. Specialist teachers and support teams can share booking slots, so families meet the whole team at once instead of booking several separate meetings.
Automated reminders go out before the event so families arrive on time. If room locations or schedules change, administrators can broadcast a single update to every registered family at once.
In-person, online, or both
Mix in-person and virtual meetings in the same event. Hold classroom meetings alongside video calls for parents who can't make it to school, with all online meetings hosted directly inside Parent Events.
Families join from their timetable, or from the reminder email sent ten minutes before each meeting, and staff join from their own timetable. There are no accounts to set up, no software to download, and no lost links on conference night.
Built to support your school
Every teacher sees their own timetable to print, sync to their calendar, or open on their phone. Parent names, students, comments, and meeting links sit together on one screen.
Parents get a reminder email on the morning of conferences with their timetable attached, and you can add another the day before. Teachers get their own reminder, and a summary the morning after.
Set the slot length, add buffers between meetings, and cap bookings per family or per student. Slots close automatically as they fill, so no teacher is ever double-booked.
Specialist teams such as learning support can share one set of slots. A family books once and meets the whole team together instead of juggling several separate appointments.
Online conferences run inside your event website, so parents join from their booking link with nothing to download. Teachers run the call beside the same timetable they use in person.
Parents can leave a note when they book, such as the topic they want to cover. It appears on the teacher's timetable, so they can prepare beforehand.
Teachers block out breaks on a simple grid before bookings open, with a limit you set on how many they can take. Parents only see times that are available.
On the night, each teacher runs their meetings from a live My Day screen with countdowns and notes. Organizers watch every room from a control room and message staff directly.
Print staff timetables, room signs, name tags, and attendance lists in one click. The evening's paperwork is ready before the first family arrives.
