This list of updates may change before release, this is just a provisory list.
Visibility to changes are subject to having the relevant Roles & Permissions.
Here is what is planned in the next release.
A brief list of some of the expected enhancements/updates
This list highlights the features currently in development during the ongoing sprint. These items are planned for release, with a provisional release date of Friday 18th October.
Last updated 4th October 2024.
Administration
- Email confirmations will be sent for Equipment Bookings. Moving to a future sprint.
- Ability to view and edit the student contact’s preferred communication language in the Student Profile page. Moving to a future sprint.
- Staff Contracts – Update Leadership pay range minimum and Leadership pay range maximum in line with the School Workforce Census.
Attendance
- Updates to Commented Attendance report – To include new column ‘Nature of the activity’.
Behaviour
- Ability to bulk delete up to 50 (from 10) Behaviour Event Records. Moving to a future sprint.
Dashboards
- Ability to click on the Headline Figures tiles to get straight to detailed views without the need for scrolling.
- A new student Medical Dashboard dropdown option will be added to the Homepage. Moving to a future sprint.
- Attendance Dashboard – a new dropdown value will be added to display the National data separately for Current & Previous Year.
- Attendance Dashboard – hover over tooltip will be updated in line with the DfE message.
- Update student Disadvantaged Definitions for KS4 and KS5 Cohorts. Moving to a future sprint.
Census
- School Workforce Census 2024 date parameters will be updated.
Diary
- Ability to choose more than one room in a Room Booking Request. Moving to a future sprint.
Finance
- Introducing central option for Accounts Receivable Receipts and Paying in slips
- Update on the Import/Export page – highlighting Journal row import errors.
- Updated Aged Creditor Report to use the As At date to show the position of the creditors as of a specific date.
- Journal enhancement providing error reporting if a potential Journal browser error is detected on creation of Automatic Reconciliation.
- Matching Current Budget to the Total Fund Allocation in the Fund Review page.
- VAT reports – Ability to create flat files required for upload to the Local Authority.
- Ability to run the Trial Balance By Ledger Code report for a specific period range.
- Corrections to the Balance Sheet report – Specifically aimed to ensure return of the correct opening balances.
- Enhancements to the Salary Projections page.
MAT Finance
- Ability to remove VAT from a Cashbook Journal by row.
- Update Aged Creditor report to use the As At date to show the position of the creditors as of a specific date. Moving to a future sprint.
- Update to the Aged Creditors Dashboard widget – To work the same way as the Aged Creditor report. Moving to a future sprint.
MCAS
- Administrators will have the ability to add the school’s bank account details to be used for transactions. Moving to a future sprint.
Options
- Forms will be updated with a more uniform layout to make it easier for students to complete.
- Review Pupil Choices page:
- Enhancement to the Review Pupil Choices page to reflect the look and feel of the new Forms page.
- In the Review Pupil Choices page, users will not be able to overwrite the rules for weighted subjects.
- Ability to set preferences in the Review Pupil Choices page
- Timetable Patterns:
- Ability to export classes by subject or block in the Pupil Review tab. Moving to a future sprint.
- Ability to copy a subject class in the Block Review tab. Moving to a future sprint.
- Ability to assign a block to a specific subject in the Subject Information tab. Moving to a future sprint.
Parent App
- Reinstate the Timetable module.
- Enhancements to the Calendar view. Moving to a future sprint.
Reports
- Attendance Certificate report will be updated to reflect the new DfE Statutory Attendance codes.
- New report to highlight students with 10 session absences.
- Ability to “Save As” an existing Quick Report via Actions without opening the report. Moving to a future sprint.
Timetable
- Rename ‘Review’ tab to ‘Block Planning’ tab. Moving to a future sprint.
- Add a ‘Select All’ check box to the Year Group dropdowns in the Curriculum Plan > Auto Assign & Scheduling > Auto Schedule screens. Moving to a future sprint.
- Ability to collapse Groups in the Subject Information tab. Moving to a future sprint.
- Ability to revert a Complex block to back to an Optional block in Subject Information tab.Moving to a future sprint.
Vision
- Vision users will now view pages and fields tailored only to their region.