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 coming release.
A quick overview of some key enhancements and updates
This list outlines the features currently under development in the ongoing sprint, with plans for release upon completion.
Last updated 13th January 2025.
| CATEGORY | FEATURE |
| ADMIN | When importing students via the ATF/CTF File siblings are automatically matched. |
| ADMIN | Student photos will enlarge when users hover over them. |
| ADMIN | Additional columns will be added to the Student List: Leaving Reason and Destination School. |
| ADMIN (WALES) | Teacher Number is relabelled to Teacher Reference Number in Staff Profile > Background Checks page. |
| ATTENDANCE | Validation enhancements for Nature of Activity comments in Attendance. |
| ATTENDANCE | Attendance Report – Nature of Activity/Reason for Absence Commenter added, attendance comments and Nature of Activity/Reason for Absence comments included. |
| CENSUS | Use the last digit of School establishment number to compare against latest DfE specification to determine the Spring Census time parameter. |
| CENSUS | Return all relevant Permanent Exclusions that fall within the Census Exclusion Parameter dates, ensuring accurate data submission to the Census. |
| CENSUS | Additional options to be made available when adding Access Arrangements to a Student Profile. |
| CENSUS | Statutory information collection for PRUs. |
| CENSUS | Updates to the Bulk Learning Aim page for users to manage their learning aims more efficiently. |
| CENSUS (WALES) | Introducing PLASC reports to assist users when checking data ahead of the PLASC data return. |
| DASHBOARDS | Ability to copy a Seating Plan on the Teacher Dashboard. |
| DASHBOARDS | Update KS4 Attainment Estimates with new DfE released KS4 Estimates. |
| DASHBOARDS | Update the Key Stage dashboards for KS4 & KS5 to include Disadvantaged Definitions allowing users to manually adjust the disadvantaged cohort. |
| DIARY | Email confirmations will be sent for Room and Equipment Booking Requests. |
| MCAS | ONLINE PAYMENTS: Administrators will have the ability to add the school’s bank account details to be used for transactions. |
| MCAS | ONLINE PAYMENTS: Limits on products in online payments will be applied per student, rather than per account. |
| MCAS | PARENT APP: Ability to hide Detentions from specific year groups, and scheduled Detentions will be added to the Calendar view in the My Child screen. |
| MCAS | PARENT APP: Ability to create a Product with Zero Value that can be selected by parents in the Parent App. |
| MCAS | PARENT APP: Content within the Parent app will be automatically translated based on the user’s language preference. |
| MCAS | STUDENT APP: Content within the Student app will be automatically translated based on the user’s language preference. |
| OPTIONS | Timetable Patterns – Automatic and Manual patterns: A second metric will be added called Main Choice Satisfaction and it will calculate student assignments as a percentage of possible student assignments for Main Choices only. |
| OPTIONS | Timetable Patterns > Subject Information tab – Automatic patterns: Ability to apply a Block to a specific Subject. |
| OPTIONS | Timetable Patterns > Pupil Review tab: Users can now Export subjects by Class |
| OPTIONS | Forms – Allow selecting a disallowed subject as a reserve even if one of the subjects is already chosen as a main subject. |
| OPTIONS | Timetable Patterns > Pupil Review tab: Restrict the ability to manually assign a pupil the same subject twice. |
| TIMETABLE | Auto Schedule > Timetable Specifications – The ability to see and manage unbooked sessions, with details on why they are unbooked based on timetable rules, plus options to fix the issues. |
| VISION | Exclusions that are cancelled in the MIS will be immediately reflected in Vision and its associated dashboards in real time. |
| VISION | The Distribution process in Vision will run as a background process, users will receive a Success or Failure notification, and a new Distribution Summary page will be introduced. |
| FINANCE | Generate a return for the current financial year 2024-2025. |
| FINANCE | Extended schools income and expenditure to be shown as a completely separate area on the Budget Monitoring report. |
| FINANCE | Run Trial Balance By Ledger Code Report for a period range for multiple periods or a single period. |
| FINANCE | Run a Balance Sheet report to show the correct balance of Finance accounts. |
| FINANCE | New Deliveries not Invoiced report export to Excel or PDF. |
| FINANCE | Cancel centrally paid invoices or credit notes in AP prior to reconciliation. |
| MAT FINANCE | Document date selector added to Journal input forms. |
| MAT FINANCE | View Document Date and Posting Date of each transaction within the MAT Finance system for audit purposes. |