Overview of the Settings Menu in Famly
The Settings menu is where you manage how your nursery appears and operates in Famly. From here, you can update your setting’s details, control permissions, configure finances, and tailor features to match how your nursery works day to day.
Below is an overview of what you can manage in each section of the Settings menu.
My account
This section takes you to your personal account settings, where you can update your own profile and login details.
General
Here you can manage core information about your nursery, including:
Your nursery details and contact information
Opening hours
Planned closure days
Security
Use this section to control login security, including configuring automatic logout times for staff accounts.
Rooms
In the Rooms section, you can:
View and manage all rooms in your setting
Add and manage custom statuses
Configure how room moves are handled
Children
This section allows you to configure how children are organised and managed, including:
Creating age groups and ratios
Setting collection passwords for safeguarding
Staff
Here you can manage staff setup and permissions, including:
Viewing staff working hours
Assigning roles and permissions
Managing staff absences
Recording staff qualifications
Parents
This section controls how parent accounts function. You can:
Decide whether parents can invite additional contacts
Configure parental permissions
Integrations
Use this area to manage external IDs and integrations with other systems.
Communication
This section lets you tailor how communication works in your setting, including:
Messaging settings
Newsfeed settings
Finances
Here you can configure how billing and payments work in your nursery. You can:
Set up pricing structures and attendance schedules
Configure public funding
Set up invoicing and payment settings
Add bill payer tags
Manage accounting settings
Sidekick
Use this setting to enable or disable the Sidekick writing assistant for your account.
Bookings
In this section you can configure notifications for unexpected sign-ins, helping you stay informed about attendance changes.
Child Development
This section controls how observations and assessments work. You can:
Allow parents to add observations from home
Configure assessment settings, reference material, and learning frameworks
Meals
Here you can set up and manage meal plans for your setting.
Safeguarding
Use this section to enable the headcount feature, helping you keep track of children on site.
Sign in/out
This section lets you manage your separate sign-in screen and view the password used for the sign-in display.
Playground
The Playground area allows you to enable beta features so you can try new tools that are still in development.

















