The Juniper App

The parent engagement app for primary schools

Powered by the free Juniper Platform and CommsHub, The Juniper App provides separate interfaces for parents and teachers, bringing communication together with the wider systems that support your school. Schools can start with core features such as SMS and email communication, attendance overviews and absence reporting, then extend functionality with optional modules.

The Juniper App is free for parents and provides a single, secure place to stay connected to school life. No searching across platforms. No missed messages. Just clear, organised information when they need it, with easy navigation to explore more detailed content within each dedicated section.

For parents

Included as standard

Report absences quickly and easily

Notify the school directly within the app, making mornings simpler and communication clearer.

See attendance at a glance

View attendance patterns clearly, helping parents to spot trends early and support positive habits.

Stay up to date with school announcements

Receive messages instantly and find all the information they need in one app, so important updates aren’t buried in emails or lost in school bags.

(Available with any of the added modules as detailed below).

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Celebrate achievements and awards

Stay informed about positive moments and successes. Recognition is immediate, with digital badges and awards highlighting effort and progress. All messages are stored in one place where parents can react and engage with achievements.

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Read teacher observations

Parents gain insight into classroom experiences and everyday progress, not just termly reports. Observations are displayed in a Pinterest-style view, where parents can tap into each one to explore the content and interact directly.

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Receive news, newsletters and calendar updates

Share school news, newsletters and updates directly from your school website to the Juniper App, keeping families informed in one place.

For teachers

CommsHub makes it easy to share classroom moments, observations, achievements, and positive updates directly to the Juniper App, giving families real-time insight into their child’s learning. Schools can also send one-way messages to individual parents or specific groups, without recipients seeing who else received them.

All communication is stored securely in one central location, creating a clear record of messages and updates to support safeguarding and reduce duplication. In practice, schools spend less time repeating information, attendance conversations happen earlier, and inbound calls and emails often reduce because information is consistent and accessible.

For schools

The Juniper App is designed around the realities of school life, fitting naturally into everyday routines without adding unnecessary complexity or extra layers to manage.

- Intuitive and quick to adopt
- Fully GDPR compliant
- Securely hosted in the UK
- Free for parents
- Accessible and inclusive

Bringing together simplicity, security and accessibility in one connected system that schools can rely on from the start.

The Juniper App plays a defined role within Juniper’s JoinUp philosophy and sits within the free Juniper Platform, a flexible, connected ecosystem designed to help schools move from pressure to progress.

Through the free Juniper Platform, schools bring together the systems, insight and expertise that drive meaningful improvement, ensuring data, communication and professional development work together rather than in isolation.

The free Juniper Platform gives you access to:

Juniper MIS – the statutory data foundation your school relies on every day, free for eligible schools, providing the core information that underpins confident decision-making.

CommsHub – included within the free Juniper Platform and powering The Juniper Education App, keeping communication organised, secure and visible across your school community.

The Juniper App – connecting families to that shared picture, with real-time visibility of communication, attendance and learning, strengthening the partnership between school and home.

Juniper’s Training Centre – supporting staff with CPD and practical resources, helping your team stay confident, informed and aligned with evolving statutory guidance and best practice.

Together, these elements form a connected ecosystem. Data informs communication. Communication strengthens partnership. Insight supports action. And improvement becomes continuous rather than reactive.

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Find out more about Juniper's free centralised platform that connects what matters: people, systems and services.

Find out more about JoinUp

Helping schools join up their parental engagement and communication

The Juniper App helps schools connect with families.

Improve communication with parents.
Share achievements and support children’s development together.
Create real impact without adding to teacher workload.
Start simple and add more tools and tech as your school’s needs grow.
Parental engagement built around school improvement.

The parent engagement app for primary schools

For parents

Report absences quickly and easily

See attendance at a glance

Stay up to date with school announcements

Start with the essentials. Extend the impact.

Celebrate achievements and awards

Read teacher observations

Receive news, newsletters and calendar updates

Sharing progress as it happens in school

For teachers

Built by education experts, designed for primary schools

For schools

See how achievements can be shared with parents

The Juniper App is now part of JoinUp

Helping schools join up their parental engagement and communication

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