BCE Connect

Name: BCE Connect
Rating: 2.2 (86 reviews)
Author: Archdiocese of Brisbane

Education

Free

86 Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Archdiocese of Brisbane
Language

EN
English
Size

31.7
MB

BCE Connect: Your Ultimate School Companion! Parents and Guardians, get ready for the latest BCE Connect mobile app, with exciting new features! New Home Page: The revamped home page now provides quick access to your children’s profiles. You can also log absences and stay up-to-date with the latest news, blogs, and events for their school—all in one place. Streamlined Navigation: Finding information related to your children is easier than ever. BCE Connect offers direct links to Reports, Parent Slips, and the Assessment Calendar. No more hunting around—it’s all at your fingertips! Important Links: Need the school newsletter? Looking for the school directory or essential documents? BCE Connect has quick links to these crucial resources, making your life simpler. Personalisation: The app tailors itself to your needs. Customize your experience by updating your password, switching to Dark Mode, and accessing the Parent Portal — all personalised just for you. Remember, BCE Connect is all about keeping you informed and engaged!

Ratings & Reviews

2.2

out of 5

86 Ratings

Incredibly bad app, shame on Catholic education for having it
15 Mar
H/322
I regret enrolling my child into catholic education solely due to this app. It’s the single most frustrating app I have ever used. It will randomly logs you out and when you try to log in it will tell you password is incorrect, when you try to set up password it will tell you it’s used already but if you try logging with it will say incorrect. Sometimes you click on parental portal and will ask you to log in again even if you are already logged in app. Ohh and when you do put your credentials in it will just finish in white screen and you have to start again and if you are lucky it will not force you to again change password for no reason. Menus in app are stupid too, trying to book parent teacher meeting it’s in random location under booked…. Why would it be under booked if you have not booked yet. Terrible/horrible app and they refused to fix, think about enrolling your kid elsewhere…

Developer Response
Good afternoon, thank you for your feedback. I am sorry to hear of your frustration. For data and security reasons you may be logged out from time to time. We recommend enabling biometrics in BCE Connect, so you can simply sign in using your face id/thumb print when you open the app (available in your device settings). In regard to your password not being recognised, sometimes your phone saves old passwords and autofill's passwords that don't work anymore. You can turn this feature off in your phone settings. We also have some troubleshooting steps on our website: https://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/support/resources/Pages/App-troubleshooting-guide.aspx. Kind regards, The BCE Connect Team
Incredibly bad app, shame on Catholic education for having it
15 Mar
H/322

I regret enrolling my child into catholic education solely due to this app. It’s the single most frustrating app I have ever used. It will randomly logs you out and when you try to log in it will tell you password is incorrect, when you try to set up password it will tell you it’s used already but if you try logging with it will say incorrect. Sometimes you click on parental portal and will ask you to log in again even if you are already logged in app. Ohh and when you do put your credentials in it will just finish in white screen and you have to start again and if you are lucky it will not force you to again change password for no reason. Menus in app are stupid too, trying to book parent teacher meeting it’s in random location under booked…. Why would it be under booked if you have not booked yet. Terrible/horrible app and they refused to fix, think about enrolling your kid elsewhere…
Developer Response 09/12/2025
Good afternoon, thank you for your feedback. I am sorry to hear of your frustration. For data and security reasons you may be logged out from time to time. We recommend enabling biometrics in BCE Connect, so you can simply sign in using your face id/thumb print when you open the app (available in your device settings). In regard to your password not being recognised, sometimes your phone saves old passwords and autofill's passwords that don't work anymore. You can turn this feature off in your phone settings. We also have some troubleshooting steps on our website: https://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/support/resources/Pages/App-troubleshooting-guide.aspx. Kind regards, The BCE Connect Team
Hard to find information with new blog setup
23 Apr
Anonymous20154
Update after developer response The response from the developer does not address the issue. The new way may have been designed to make it easier but it makes it harder. There was never an issue when you could select the individual year level blogs. If you wanted to see information related to year 3 you could select the year 3 blog and see all the relevant blogs in one place. If you wanted to see information for prep you could select the prep blog and see all the blogs related to preps. The new blog set up does not give you any way to filter the blogs. All information is dumped together in a central blog, split between 2 tabs. This makes it incredibly difficult to find information related to one child in any given year level because it is now mixed in with every other year level that you have children attending the school. Combining all the blogs together does not make it easier, it makes it harder. Perhaps adding an option to filter the posts would be helpful, although having the individual year level blogs was a significantly better set up. Original reviewThe new blog setup makes it impossible to keep on top of information for multiple children. It was much easier to find information relating to a particular year level when you could choose the blog for that year level. Now you need to search through both the news and blog tabs as some year levels are posting in the the news and some are posting in the blogs tab. If you have multiple children, not only do you need to sort through multiple year levels worth of information, you also have to sort through all the other non year level specific posts that have been made that are all mixed in together.

Developer Response
Good morning, Thanks for sharing this feedback - I can understand how frustrating it would be to have to hunt through multiple areas, especially when you’re trying to keep up with information for more than one child.The good news is that the new blog process is designed to make this easier. Teachers can publish updates targeted to a specific class, so you will only receive blogs related to your children.In general, Teachers will use the Blogs tab for targeted class news, and you’ll find the News tab is used for broader, school-wide communication.I hope this information is helpful. If you have any further questions, please contact your children's school - they’ll be happy to assist.Kind regardsThe BCE Connect Team
Hard to find information with new blog setup
23 Apr
Anonymous20154

Update after developer response The response from the developer does not address the issue. The new way may have been designed to make it easier but it makes it harder. There was never an issue when you could select the individual year level blogs. If you wanted to see information related to year 3 you could select the year 3 blog and see all the relevant blogs in one place. If you wanted to see information for prep you could select the prep blog and see all the blogs related to preps. The new blog set up does not give you any way to filter the blogs. All information is dumped together in a central blog, split between 2 tabs. This makes it incredibly difficult to find information related to one child in any given year level because it is now mixed in with every other year level that you have children attending the school. Combining all the blogs together does not make it easier, it makes it harder. Perhaps adding an option to filter the posts would be helpful, although having the individual year level blogs was a significantly better set up. Original reviewThe new blog setup makes it impossible to keep on top of information for multiple children. It was much easier to find information relating to a particular year level when you could choose the blog for that year level. Now you need to search through both the news and blog tabs as some year levels are posting in the the news and some are posting in the blogs tab. If you have multiple children, not only do you need to sort through multiple year levels worth of information, you also have to sort through all the other non year level specific posts that have been made that are all mixed in together.
Developer Response 22 Apr
Good morning, Thanks for sharing this feedback - I can understand how frustrating it would be to have to hunt through multiple areas, especially when you’re trying to keep up with information for more than one child.The good news is that the new blog process is designed to make this easier. Teachers can publish updates targeted to a specific class, so you will only receive blogs related to your children.In general, Teachers will use the Blogs tab for targeted class news, and you’ll find the News tab is used for broader, school-wide communication.I hope this information is helpful. If you have any further questions, please contact your children's school - they’ll be happy to assist.Kind regardsThe BCE Connect Team
Do better BCE
10/03/2025
Bluey869
For an app thats main purpose is to communicate important information related to my children’s education, this app is abysmal.Despite having notifications enabled, neither my partner or I receive notifications and miss important updates. This is basic functionality that should be working. When I do log in, sometimes I can’t even view the ‘blogs’ where class information is communicated. I would be happier if the school reverted to emails for all communication. At least I could be assured I could easily find the information I need.

Developer Response
Good afternoon, thank you for getting in touch. Sometimes data from a previous session can be stored in BCE Connect and this can build up over time and slow things down. Please try doing a hard close on the BCE Connect app to clear your app's cache. If you continue to experience issues, please reach out to your child/ren's school for troubleshooting steps. Kind regards, BCE Connect Team
Do better BCE
10/03/2025
Bluey869

For an app thats main purpose is to communicate important information related to my children’s education, this app is abysmal.Despite having notifications enabled, neither my partner or I receive notifications and miss important updates. This is basic functionality that should be working. When I do log in, sometimes I can’t even view the ‘blogs’ where class information is communicated. I would be happier if the school reverted to emails for all communication. At least I could be assured I could easily find the information I need.
Developer Response 04/11/2025
Good afternoon, thank you for getting in touch. Sometimes data from a previous session can be stored in BCE Connect and this can build up over time and slow things down. Please try doing a hard close on the BCE Connect app to clear your app's cache. If you continue to experience issues, please reach out to your child/ren's school for troubleshooting steps. Kind regards, BCE Connect Team
Full web sign on each time opening app?
30/01/2025
Sazerooni
Not sure if I am using this app correctly as since an update, every time I open the app I am redirected to a webpage to perform a sign in with email an password? Often this takes a couple of attempts with the password (even when I’m using the correct password). This isn’t user friendly to a time-poor parent scrambling to check things on the last minute whilst leaving the house in a rush! Maybe I’m just using it wrong or there’s a setting I can change perhaps?

Developer Response
Good afternoon, we apologise for your experience using bce connect; we strive to provide a seamless experience to our users. For data and security reasons you may be logged out from time to time. We recommend enabling biometrics in BCE Connect, so you can simply sign in using your face id when you open the app (available in your device settings). Kind regards, BCE Connect Team
Full web sign on each time opening app?
30/01/2025
Sazerooni

Not sure if I am using this app correctly as since an update, every time I open the app I am redirected to a webpage to perform a sign in with email an password? Often this takes a couple of attempts with the password (even when I’m using the correct password). This isn’t user friendly to a time-poor parent scrambling to check things on the last minute whilst leaving the house in a rush! Maybe I’m just using it wrong or there’s a setting I can change perhaps?
Developer Response 04/11/2025
Good afternoon, we apologise for your experience using bce connect; we strive to provide a seamless experience to our users. For data and security reasons you may be logged out from time to time. We recommend enabling biometrics in BCE Connect, so you can simply sign in using your face id when you open the app (available in your device settings). Kind regards, BCE Connect Team

Decoupled from legacy Parent Portal environments. BCE Connect Admin Console enhancements including improved settings and feature flag management, and data migration of existing settings and school directory information. QoL improvements, including smoother and faster loading, and enhancements to posts processing.

Version 4.4.1 1 July

Data Linked to You

The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

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Information

Seller: The Corporation of the trustees of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane
Size: 31.7 MB
Category: Education
Compatibility: Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.

iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Languages: English
Age Classification: 4+

4+

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Ratings & Reviews

Incredibly bad app, shame on Catholic education for having it

Hard to find information with new blog setup

Do better BCE

Full web sign on each time opening app?

What’s New

App Privacy

Data Linked to You

Data Not Linked to You

Accessibility

Information

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