Digital

Teacher Dashboard, pupil logins, groups and reading tools.

Most common questions

What you need to do to move to our new product, in the order to do it.

What's changing and whenThe new First News Digital launches in the week commencing 19 October. Here is what changes, what stays the same and what to do.
Set up your school's My AccountThe Primary Contact sets up My Account first. It is the only way to reach the new First News Digital.
Log in and bookmark First News DigitalEvery teacher logs in with their own work email and password, then bookmarks their homepage.
Invite colleaguesGive every teacher, TA and SENDCO their own login. The Primary Contact or any registered teacher can invite them.
A colleague hasn't received their invitationCheck the junk folder and the email address, then send the invitation again.
Add your pupilsUpload a class list as a CSV file, or add pupils one at a time. Logins are created automatically.
Set up the Pupil login on tablets and shared devicesThe app is being retired. Bookmark the Pupil login page in the browser on every device pupils use.
Create groups and choose Reading toolsOrganise pupils into classes, reading groups or clubs, then choose which Reading tools each group can use.
Before the previous version endsA checklist to complete before the shared school login and the previous version stop working.

Pupils, groups, activity, reporting and newspaper issues.

Find stories, read them and set up Reading tools.

Your basket and product selections will stay in place.