QParents and Consent Management
From Term 2 2024, Bentley Park College parents/carers will have the option of providing consent electronically for their students via QParents. Whilst QParents has been available for many years, this is a new function and will provide a simpler and more convenient process for parents/carers and staff. We will begin with excursion consent and will soon also include media, online services and student resource scheme consent.
QParents is a user-friendly portal that provides parents and carers with secure online access to information about their child's schooling, and is accessible via an app or web browser. It provides greater transparency with online access to your child's information, ease of viewing and updating your child's details, anytime, anywhere access on a smart phone, tablet or computer, access to the latest information in one centralised place, and improved administration efficiencies and reduced printing and mail-outs.
Once registered for QParents, parents/carers can access and manage information their child online, including:
- Consent Management – to provide consent for things like excursions
- Attendance - view and update records
- Finance - pay invoices, view outstanding payments and payment history
- Reporting - view past and present report cards
- Upcoming events
- Student timetables
Registering for QParents
The College sends out email invitations to parents/carers inviting you to register for QParents. You will then be able to register via the secure QParents website qparents.qld.edu.au using the unique invitation code contained in the email.
You will need each child's unique EQ ID and you must verify your identity by providing 100 points of ID (if you cannot verify your identity online, you should contact the College for assistance). Once you have registered, the College will review your registration and approve your account.
At least initially, hard copy excursion consent forms will also be generated and printed to be brought home by all students. As the intake of QParents increases at the College, only students whose parents/carers do not have QParents will bring paper excursion consent forms home.
Another major advantage of QParents is to provide parents/carers with instant electronic access to student report cards, so now is the perfect time to sign up ahead of Term 1 reports being distributed very soon.
We are looking forward to using QParents to improve communications with more parents and carers.
Yours sincerely
Bruce Houghton
College Principal