Sentral for Parents6.5.0 - App Store

The Sentral for Parents app allows you to monitor your child’s school journey simply and efficiently. You will find numerous smart features that help streamline your day. Receive messages and notifications from teachers, report absences, make payments for school activities and more. The Sentral for Parents app helps you stay connected and informed about your child’s education.

Version History Added support for schools transitioning to their own branded parent app.
Added clearer in-app guidance for parents when their school has moved to a branded app.
Added categories for notifications and feed items.
Added category filtering to help parents find relevant newsfeed content faster.
Improved the newsfeed filter experience, including iPad display and loading behavior.
Fixed maintenance message formatting during maintenance mode. 6.5.0 Sep 14 Bug fixes and technical improvements. 6.4.0 Jul 31 Improved newsfeed links: links now open in-app more smoothly.
Better feed clarity: improved read status and publish date/time display.
Alumni/multi-campus fixes: improved student visibility, including future absence flows.
Reliability updates: fixed Android Toddle download issues, and improved school list refresh. 6.3.0 Jun 23 Email notification options are now more flexible:
- You can choose to automatically forward app notifications to your email.
- You can also use Send me a copy for feed content when needed.
Improved support for families with multiple campuses:
- Added fixes to make adding and switching schools smoother when using one account across campuses.
Better school-switching reliability:
- Fixed an issue where the app could open the wrong school login page after selecting a different school.
General app reliability and compatibility improvements:
- Background technical upgrades to improve stability and platform compatibility. 6.2.0 May 8 Bug fixes and technical improvements 6.1.8 Mar 29 Enhancements
Parent Portal supports multiple campuses/tenants with a single login.
Message details can be opened directly from notifications.
“Requires Action” icon added to Direct Debits when preferences are missing.
Other technical and security improvements.
Issues
Parents couldn’t download reports; “Open in Browser” didn’t load PDFs immediately.
Unread notification count didn’t refresh when switching accounts.
New replies to messages from parents were not marked unread. 6.1.6 Feb 24 Parents can now submit partial absence requests (late arrivals or early departures) through the mobile app.
Parents can now view newly received portal messages in real time when the screen is open.
Other bug fixes and technical improvements. 6.1.5 11/21/2025 Bug fixes and technical improvements 6.1.4 10/12/2025 bug fix 6.1.3 09/01/2025 Parents were able to submit future absence requests through the mobile app without the need for providing an explanation 6.1.2 07/08/2025 Parents can now navigate directly to the activity permission slip through a calendar event
Newsfeed search option returned a search result based on visible newsfeed items only, not from the entire list.
Other bugs and technical improvements 6.1.1 03/14/2025 bug fix 6.1.0 02/17/2025 Users were unable to open Google Forms directly from document links.
Users were unable to open PDF documents from hyperlinks.
Some feed items were missing when users tried to scroll through newsfeeds.
Technical and performance improvements. 6.0.9 02/03/2025 Parent app to display a friendly message when school code is invalid
'Requires Action' flag in the interview newsfeed item to be automatically removed once the interview registration window is passed.
Removed future student names from future absence request form
School response message to a future absence request is now visible in the parent app
Other bugs and technical improvement 6.0.8 12/19/2024 Improved the student details display layout.
Improved navigation process in the form attachment section.
Parents were unable to download attachments from newsletter.
Unexplained absence status changed to Actioned after a view, but no action was taken.
Invoice status changed to Actioned after a view, but no action was taken.
Activity newsfeed status incorrectly displayed as Action Required after an action was taken.
Other technical improvements and bug fixes. 6.0.7 11/13/2024 Parents can now add medical documents while explaining absences.
Parents couldn't open photos attached to the portal message.
Improved the look and feel of school names display option in the parents app.
In the notification section, switch school dialog was removed to navigate parents directly to the feed item.
Other technical improvements and bug fixes. 6.0.6 09/27/2024 Parents can filter newsfeed contents based on statuses.
Parents can access archived newsfeed contents from mobile app
A pagination is added to the messages list.
Other technical improvements and bug fixes. 6.0.5 08/19/2024 Parents were able to select past dates while sending future absence requests.
Parents were unable to send messages with attachments.
The message detail bar was incorrect, showing teacher's name instead of parent's name.
Added a search option in the messages list page.
Parent name is now added to the message detail page.
Improved user experience while creating and replying to messages.
Improved notification status display option during a network outage. 6.0.4 07/01/2024 1. Swipe to archive a newsfeed item.
2. Swipe to delete a message.
3. Display student details by default once a student profile is selected.
4. New app version reminder for parents.
5. Improved messaging during a network outage.
6. Technical and performance improvements.
7. Minor bug fixes. 6.0.3 05/24/2024 Improvements and bug fixes:
An option to download calendar in ICS format by selecting a specific date range.
Improved new app version reminder pop-up message.
A pull down option to refresh data in the dashboard and messages section.
An expanded message box to view multiple lines of typed messages.
Other technical and performance related improvements.
Minor bug fixes. 6.0.2 04/09/2024 New functionalities and improvements
Medical info is now available in the Sentral for Parents mobile app
Parents can now copy/open weblink from the newsfeed
Parents can now zoom newsfeed images
Some functionalities in the Sentral for Parents App were not respecting the Access Control settings
Pull-Down option to refresh parent dashboard screen
Offline access to some of the parent app features
Improved error messages during network outage & exceptions 6.0.1 02/28/2024 Functionality improvements:
Improved app messages and display options during school maintenance mode.
Supporting larger video files in the message.
Display improvement for large font setting.
Other minor technical improvement.
Bug fixes:
Newsfeed archive list did not update without a screen refresh.
Message read list did not update without a screen refresh.
Photos incorrectly rotated in the message section.
Errors related to loading student photos.
Opening attachments through the push notification system unexpectedly threw an error. 6.0.0 12/20/2023 Bug fixes:
1. Parents were unable to explain old absences that were marked as “Unjustified”.
2. Parents were unable to open messages directly from the newsfeed.
Improved app offline view.
Other technical improvements. 5.9.9 11/09/2023 Fixed users were unable to proceed past activity questions to provide permission and payment. 5.9.8 10/18/2023 Fixed display issues related to the large font sizes.
Added an option to download timetable information.
Minor bug fixes and technical improvements. 5.9.7 09/28/2023