Families

Families groups students who share a guardian into one card. Use it to see siblings and everyone responsible for them in one place.

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How families are built

You don’t create families directly. Relyant builds them from guardian links on student profiles:

• Students who share at least one guardian go in the same family. This includes sharing through a chain of guardians, for example two half-siblings linked through a common parent.
• A guardian counts as shared when it’s the same member account, or a contact with the same email or phone number on each student. Names alone never match, because spellings vary.
• A student with no guardians appears in a family of their own.

• Families are sorted by the primary guardian’s last name. If a family has no guardians, the first student’s last name is used.

To change a family, add or remove guardians on a student’s profile. See Guardians.

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View families

In the left rail, click People, then Families. Search by guardian name, guardian email, or student name. Each card has two sections:

• Guardians — each guardian’s name and relationship, such as Mother, Father, Grandparent, or Foster carer, with the primary guardian listed first. A guardian shared by several siblings is listed once. A Background note appears if one has been added. Click a guardian with a linked account to open their guardian record.
• Students — each child’s name, status, grade, and class.

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Add family background

Family background is a note about a family’s situation, such as a recent move or a preferred communication style. It’s visible to staff across all of the guardian’s students. You can also edit family background from the guardian’s record.

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