Digital solutions for Schools in underprivileged areas

Had a great conversation yesterday with a school who gave me food for thought.
She pointed out that she wanted to commission us to produce an app because as a school that is just on the border of being put into special measures, she felt that the best way to engage with parents on some of the changes they were having to make was through a mobile app. In an area of economic disadvantage few families had access to a computer or a laptop, but frequently families had taken out smart phone contracts for a variety of reasons. It was their way of accessing the internet.
 
What better way to reach out to them than with an app?
 
The idea could have been dreamt up by an app developer like us, but to come from a customer was very reassuring.