Parent Portal is a secure online platform used in all ACT public schools, from preschool to year 12.
It allows teachers, parents and carers to securely share information about a child or young person.
You need an ACT Digital Account to access Parent Portal. You are not required to sign up for Parent Portal, but there are many benefits.
Parent Portal is available through your web browser or the Sentral for Parents app.
What you can do in Parent Portal
Parent Portal allows you to:
- notify the school when your child is sick or explain why they are not at school
- book parent-teacher interviews
- receive academic reports
- get the school newsletter
- make payments
- access the school calendar and student timetable
- update contact details
- get notified when your school posts to their newsfeed.
If you have more than one child at school, you only need one Parent Portal account.
When your child moves school, your account will remain active. The new school will give you a new access code to link your account.
Register for Parent Portal
Follow these steps to register:
1. Get your Parent Portal registration link
Ask your school for the Parent Portal registration link and access code.
2. Connect to Parent Portal
Use your Parent Portal registration link and follow the prompts to connect your ACT Digital Account with the Parent Portal.
If you don’t have an account, you’ll be prompted to create one.
Your ACT Digital Account and the school records must have exactly the same first name, last name and mobile number for you. If they are different:
- contact the school to have them change your details in the school records, so you can use your existing ACT Digital Account (recommended), or
- make a new ACT Digital Account just for using the Parent Portal.
Download the app
Sentral for Parents is the mobile app version of Parent Portal.
You need an ACT Digital Account to access Parent Portal through the app.
Download the Sentral for Parents app for free from the App Store or Google Play Store.