Frequently Asked Questions
From PARS
Contents
Attendance FAQ
- There are pupils with no name on menus, registers, etc.
- My lessons are missing from my timetable
- All previous attendance marks have disappeared in SIMS and PARS
- In Attendance View why is there a pink triangle on one of the cells for a student?
- How do I add a Y or # code?
- Can comments be added to attendance marks?
- How to record AM and PM marks during a lesson
- Our AM or PM registration times are wrong
- I want teachers to only take one register for double/triple periods
- The marks for our AM/PM sessions keep changing unexpectedly
- Staff can't see notifications in their registers for pupils who are On Report
- I can't save an N code for a pupil in my register
- Attendance marks are unexpectedly changing
Behaviour FAQ
- There are pupils with no name on menus, registers, etc.
- Detentions, extra classes or on report groups are not working this year but did work last year
- Set up heads of subjects for behaviour referrals and grade analyses
- How do I reset all behaviour points back to zero?
- Detentions show my name, instead of the name of the person who gave the behaviour incident
- I see a message about "Validation errors" when adding behaviour incidents
Grading FAQ
- Set up heads of subjects for behaviour referrals and grade analyses
- There are pupils with no name on menus, registers, etc.
- My Student review is not generating this new academic-year reports
- I get an error message about the PARS Connect URL when trying to generate student reviews
Communications FAQ
- There are pupils with no name on menus, registers, etc.
- Set up heads of subjects for behaviour referrals and grade analyses
- Can comments be added to attendance marks?
- How do I add a Y or # code?
- A member of staff is not receiving pop-up messages but not notices on the homepage
- Email replies are going to the wrong email address
- How can I send notices as pop-ups?
Extra classes FAQ
- There are pupils with no name on menus, registers, etc.
- Extra classes are not working this year but did work last year
Detentions and Removals FAQ
- There are pupils with no name on menus, registers, etc.
- Detentions or removals groups are not working this year but did work last year
- Set up heads of subjects for behaviour referrals and grade analyses
- Detentions show my name, instead of the name of the person who gave the behaviour incident
On report FAQ
- There are pupils with no name on menus, registers, etc.
- On report elements are not working this year but did work last year
- Staff can't see notifications in their registers for pupils who are On Report
Personal FAQ
- There are pupils with no name on menus, registers, etc.
- How do I view or update medical information?
- How can I highlight pupils in registers with SEN
- How do we show pupil's preferred names instead of legal names? (or vice versa)
- I get an error message when clicking the i button at the top of PARS