How to access Parentsportal.scot

Who Can Access Parentsportal.scot? 

Parentsportal is available for parent/carers with children in Primary 1 - S6 and are the registered school contact for their child.  

How Do I Access Parentsportal.scot? 

Parent/carers need to initially signup for mygovscot.myaccount.

Parentsportal needs a sign-on via the mygovscot.myaccount service.  

If you have signed up for council tax online billing, you will already have a myaccount account - you will use the same account to access Parentsportal.

If you don't have an existing myaccount  account, you will need to sign up now to use Parentsportal when we launch from late January 2026.  Your child’s school will contact you when your school is going to start using Parentsportal.scot.

Mygovscot.myaccount is the simple and secure sign-in service for accessing online public services in Scotland. It provides people living in Scotland with the ability to set up an online account and use it to access a growing range of online public services, Scotland-wide, including Argyll and Bute Council. 

Parentsportal lets you update your own details as well as your child's details at any time. When you sign up to Parentsportal you will be able to link to your child and gain access to the services.  

To link to your child the data you provide during the sign-up process must match the data that the school holds.  

If your child is starting primary 1 - your school will let you know how and when you can set up myaccount.