Governance and Sustainability
6C. Embed future focused, socially responsible, innovative systems, policies and processes which ensure effective change management.
- To publish a College app.
- Stakeholder engaged:
- Leadership Team
St Augustine's College has upgraded its school communication services to include a free smartphone app for its community. Notifications, calendar, newsletters and timetable information will now be available through the one platform. Only parents, students and staff with SaintsOnline login credentials will have access to the highly secure app.
The app is available for download now via App Store or Google Play, or search for "St Augustine's College Sydney". The first time the app is opened, it will prompt the user to login with SaintsOnline credentials, and then will provide access to:
- Notifications, with users encouraged to select specific subscriptions to see content by year group or Sport & Co activity
- Calendar, updated in real-time
- Newsletter
- Sport & Co fixtures, training and location details
- Access to SaintsOnline
- Absentee module, so that parents can easily notify the College when their son is absent due to illness
- Contacts
- Timetable
- Quick Links
“Parents have been very pleased about the newly launched College App. It is very convenient to have all information in one place, with the ability to opt in for class or activity based communications. It is also quick to access canteen, uniform shop and absentee line to name a few.”2022 Parents & Friends President
Key Statistics Since Launch*
- iPhone downloads = 3,546; Android downloads = 644; iPad downloads = 217; Total downloads = 4,407
- # of notifications sent via the app = 511
- # of newsletters sent via the app = 10
- # of absentee submissions completed via the app = 17,835
* as of 04/04/23
Updates and new features will continue to be added to the app, to make communicating with the College even easier in the future.
