Booking your interviews: a parent’s guide

Preamble

Tes has introduced the Universal Login experience for parent users of Parents Meetings.

The Tes Universal Account is designed to make accessing Tes products simpler, faster, and more secure with email and password. Parents receive a consistent, self‑serve login experience across all Tes products. Password reset and account management become entirely self‑service, reducing reliance on school admins.

Step 1: Log in

Fill out the details on the page then click the Log In button. A confirmation of your appointments will be sent to the email address you provide.

Step 2: Select parents’ evening

Click on the date you wish to book. Unable to make any of the dates listed? Click I’m unable to attend.

Step 3: Select in-person or video (if applicable)

If your school has enabled the hybrid meetings option (both Video Call and In-Person appointments), choose which type of meeting you want to book. Then press the Next button. If your school is offering in person only or video only, this step will be skipped automatically.

Step 4: Select booking mode

Choose Automatic if you’d like the system to suggest the shortest possible appointment schedule based on the times you’re available to attend. To pick the times to book with each teacher, choose Manual. Then press the Next button. We recommend choosing the automatic booking mode when browsing on a mobile device.

If you selected Automatic, please proceed to page 4, automatic bookings. If you selected Manual, please proceed to page 7, manual bookings.

Automatic bookings

Step 5A: Select availability

Drag the sliders at the top of the screen to indicate the earliest and latest you can attend.

Step 6A: Choose teachers

Select the teachers you’d like to book appointments with. A green tick indicates they’re selected. To de-select, click on their name. Then press the Generate Appointments button.

Step 7A: Book appointments

If you chose the automatic booking mode, you’ll see provisional appointments which are held for two minutes. Please take a moment to double check all teachers you selected are represented. To confirm your appointments, press the green Accept Appointments button at the bottom left and proceed to step 8A.

Not happy with your appointment schedule? To make changes, press the red Reject Appointments button at the bottom right. An on-screen notification will appear saying that your appointments have been rejected.

You’ll then be returned to Step 3. Reselect your booking method and press the Next button.

You’re now back at Step 4. Here, you can switch to Manual booking mode (see page 7) or stay on Automatic mode and adjust your availability (Step 5A) and/or the teachers you wish to meet with (Step 6A) and try again.

Step 8A: Finished

You’re done! All your bookings now appear on the My Bookings page. An email confirmation has been sent and you can also print appointments by pressing Print. Click Subscribe to Calendar to add these and any future bookings to your calendar.

To change your appointments, press Amend Bookings. To invite an additional participant, press Invite Parent/Guardian.

Manual bookings

Step 5M: Choose teachers

Select the teachers you’d like to book appointments with. A green tick indicates they’re selected. To de-select, click on their name. Then press the Continue to Book Appointments button.

Step 6M: Book appointments

To book an appointment, click a green cell. Depending on how your school has configured Parents’ Meetings, you may also have the option to add a message for the teacher. To confirm the appointment, press the Save button.

Once you click the Save button, the time will change to a blue cell. A greyed-out cell means the timeslot is unavailable. To change an appointment time, hover over the blue box and click Delete. Then choose an alternate time.

Step 7M: Finalise your appointments

Once you’re finished booking all your appointments, at the top of the page in the alert box, press click here to finish the booking process.

Step 8M: Finished

You’re done! All your bookings now appear on the My Bookings page. An email confirmation has been sent and you can also print appointments by pressing Print. Click Subscribe to Calendar to add these and any future bookings to your calendar. To change your appointments, press Amend Bookings. To invite an additional participant, press Invite Parent/Guardian.