CLEAPSS Logins

One big piece of CLEAPSS work over the last term has been the switch over to individual logins for users of the websites. This took place on Monday 3rd February, a moment in CLEAPSS history!

CLEAPSS was braced for impact. Meetings were cancelled, extra staff were on hand, the deputy office manager brought in bread, cheese & ham to make emergency toasted sandwiches for exhausted colleagues reeling under the pressure of ‘phone calls from members who could no longer access the websites. We waited …… and waited ……. but nothing happened!

Yes, there were calls from members who needed help to sort out their logins but the number of enquiries was less than the same time the week before.

All of this warrants a really big Thank You to all of you who heeded the warnings, followed the advice and set up their login well in advance of the switch!

What is there still to do?

Obviously with a change this fundamental there are still things to do.

• A number of schools only have a single individual login set up, possibly shared by the science technicians? We would encourage all staff across science, D&T and Art and Design to set up a login of their own. This will become increasingly important as the additional functionality of ‘My CLEAPSS’ is rolled out.

• Some schools have tried to set up logins for pupils, but this is not allowed. CLEAPSS advice is a professional resource designed for use by teachers and technicians only. We ask that the list administrator check and remove any pupils that may have inadvertently been added. Failure to do this could result in the temporary suspension of the school’s account.

• The role of list administrator and the default contact are important so it would be worth reviewing whether the right people have been allocated these.

For further information about individual logins see our guide Individual Login FAQs (GL460)