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The Collection & emergency contacts section lists the people who can collect your child. Keep it up to date to help keep your child safe.
  • Everyone you add can collect your child. Their card shows Collection only.
  • Emergency contacts can also collect, and are called, in order, if the nursery can’t reach you. Their card shows Emergency 1, Emergency 2 and so on.

Where to find it

  1. Open My Children and select your child.
  2. Go to the Contacts tab.
Ava Apple's Contacts tab on the website, with the parents and carers the nursery holds, the Add Contact button, her grandmother as Emergency 1 and a family friend for collection only
The rest of this page describes the website.

How to Add a Contact

  1. Click the Add Contact button.
  2. Enter the contact details:
    • Name (required)
    • Telephone Number (required for emergency contacts)
    • Relationship to your child (e.g., Grandparent, Aunt, Family Friend)
    • Emergency contact: leave this off for someone who only collects your child. Turn it on if the nursery should also call them when they can’t reach you.
  3. Click Save.
Adding a new contact in the parent portal

Updating Contact Images

Adding a photo helps nursery staff identify authorised contacts during pickup.
  1. Click the contact’s avatar or photo placeholder.
  2. Upload a clear, recent image.
  3. Click Save.
Uploading a contact photo in the parent portal
A clear photo speeds up the pickup process and helps keep your child safe.

Reordering Emergency Contacts

If you have multiple emergency contacts, you can set their priority order:
  1. Click the Reorder button (visible when you have two or more emergency contacts).
  2. Drag contacts into your preferred order.
  3. Click Save.
Reordering emergency contacts by priority

Editing and Deleting Contacts

To Edit

  1. Click the pencil icon on the contact card.
  2. Update the information.
  3. Click Save.

To Delete

  1. Click the trash icon on the contact card.
  2. Confirm the deletion.