To support the end of year routines in the GO 4 Schools MIS the Academic Year set up page will help to navigate each stage of this process. School > Academic Year set up the article Academic Year set up explains these stages in more detail.
Prior to the end of the Academic Year
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Create New Academic Year to set the date for rollover. This can be set to any date to promote students into new year groups. |
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Copy previous set up. Retains set up for behaviour, attendance marks, homework and seating plan data sets. | |
Staff: record changes to teaching staff in staff records. Add in new staff joining for the next academic year and leavers at the end of the year with leaving dates. |
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Student Houses: copy house structure and students. (Optional) |
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Departments: copy and set up departments in the new academic year. Required prior to setting up courses. Manage Departments (MIS) |
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Courses: copy courses into the new academic year or set up new courses to start in the new year. Curriculum Management – Courses |
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Groups: Export group memberships to update and re-import for the new academic year. Managing group memberships |
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Markbooks: set up and copy markbooks required for the next year. Any new assessment marksheets can be added once markbooks are copied over. |
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Leavers: set leaving dates for students to off-roll and update course memberships. This can be backdated once exam results are released to retain communication and access for parents and students. End of Year leavers process |
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Timetable import: upload a new timetable. Support team will complete this process currently. |
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Pre-admission: add new admissions via admission groups, import admissions from transfer files. Admissions |
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Pastoral structure: allocate pre-admissions to registration groups and/or Houses. Use Registration courses and add students to registration groups via the group upload. Pastoral course and group managment |
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Once rollover is completed.
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Set up calendar with training days and school holidays. Important as makes attendance analysis accurate for possible days attendance. Calendar and timetable settings |
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Enrol Pre-admission students |
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