British School Overseas (BSO) Inspectors highlighted Classlist in four recent reports from Spain, Bahrain, Romania and Dubai. The table below shows how Classlist’s parent engagement app helped schools score highly against specific BSO Standards.
Andrew Wilson, Head of Arcadia Global School; John Maguire, former Executive Headmaster of the British School of Bahrain, and Paul Crouch, Deputy Head of King’s College Madrid discuss here here how Classlist has benefitted them:
"Classlist has completely revolutionised our parent-parent communication"
Recent BSO Inspection Reports Comments on Classlist
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Standard 6 Provision of information for parents, carers & others |
Standard 7 The school’s procedure for handling complaints |
Standard 8 Leadership and management of the school |
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Arcadia Global School (BSO report Apr 2025) |
“Information flow between school and home is comprehensive and transparent.. Strengthened through.. the Classlist app” |
“Classlist..enables effective communication, prevents mis-communication and reinforces a sense of shared purpose within the school community” |
“Community engagement is another area where leadership is effective, with two-way communication supported by tools like the Classlist app..the school’s Net Promoter Score has risen from +49.4 to +62.4 in one year” |
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Transylvania College (BSO report Nov 2024) |
“Parents appreciate the effective communications with the school. Classlist serves as the primary community communication platform” | ||
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King's College Madrid Soto de Vinuelas (BSO report Oct 2024) |
“Classlist.. helps filter misinformation, answer questions, and share direct school updates. Informal groups, for babysitting or college applications, have also developed” |
“Anecdotal evidence suggests a reduction in the number of complaints since the introduction of Classlist” |
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British School of Bahrain (BSO report May 2024) |
“Classlist is preferred for communication, replacing WhatsApp as a regulated tool. Parents feel communication is excellent and a strength of the school” |
* The BSO is the UK Department for Education’s voluntary inspection scheme for overseas schools. BSO reports are published on the Department’s website. Schools use hundreds of suppliers. A tiny number are highlighted by name in Inspection reports.
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