Overview

This article explains how to quickly make changes to a contact's details from a pupil record. When you create a contact within a pupil record, you enter basic contact details. After the contact has been created, you can further populate these details based on your needs. 

To update a contact's details from All Contacts, see MIS: How do I edit / update a contact's details?

Instructions

Follow these steps to edit / update a contact's details through a pupil record:

1. Select Pupils.
2. Select All Pupils.
3. Find the pupil you want to add a contact to (use the search bar or filters to speed up this process as appropriate):
   
4. Select the pupil's name to open their record:
   
5. From the pupil's record, select the Contacts tab:
   
6. From the Contacts tab, select the contact whose details you want to edit:
   
7. Select the ellipsis next to the contact whose details you want to change:
   

8. Select Edit from the menu:
   

   If you would prefer to view the whole contact record and edit through that view, select Edit Full Contact (see MIS: How do I edit / update a contact's details? for further information)

9. Edit the contact's details, making any changes as needed, including the relationship (using the drop-down list), parental responsibility, emergency contact details or whether the person has a court order recorded against them:

   

10. Select Save. 

Outcome

The changes are made to the contact, and you are returned to the Contacts page:

Related information

• MIS: How do I edit / update a contact's details?
• MIS: How do I change the relationship between a pupil and a contact?
• MIS: How do I add / edit a note about a parent (or other contact)?

Updated 13 November 2025 16:18