Ability to split the cover period into two and assign different teachers
We have hourly timetable periods but sometimes we need to split the period into two half hourly cover periods and assign different staff. This facility ensures that the relevant people are aware that they need to cover a class. Some of our staff a...
Switching to a new timetable loses all previous cover data in Cover Manager
We switch timetables during our academic year (as many schools do e.g. during exam periods). When we do that, it wipes out any historical data from the cover module, rendering the statistics meaningless. Is there a way we could retain the stats of...
Cover Manager indicated lessons with more than one teacher
We have a number of lessons on our timetable where there is more than one teacher allocated to a set - e.g. the lesson is team taught, one teacher is shadowing the other, they alternate taking the lesson, or use a breakout room. If one of those te...
Room cover - Allow two lessons to be added to one free room
We have many classes where we have to create two seperate sets but for all intents and purposes are one class taught at the same time by the same teacher. The best example of this are High Level and Standard Level IB Diploma classes. When re-roomi...
Cover Manager - ability to select range of periods/times within a day (e.g. p1, 3 and 5) rather than having to enter them all as separate absences
If a teacher is busy period 1, 3 and 5, for example, I have to enter three 'absences' separately, with start and end times all manually input. This is a waste of time. The manage cover sheet shows all parts of the day to allow you to set cover: if...
We've had a number of instances of parents being unlinked from their children within the Parent Portal, which we only ever find out when the parents contact us. Recently, a few days before A-Level results, we had a similar issue with a few Student...
Cover an absent teacher with a scheduled teacher and cover their lesson with a free teacher
When a teacher is absent we would like to be able to use a scheduled teacher to cover their lesson and then cover the scheduled teacher's lesson with another staff member
Global Lists - Allow mapping of fields for CTF, DfE and ISC modification with REST API
For the fields which require mapping to CTF, DfE, ISC, (e.g Nationality) update the Post / Put Rest API calls to allow updating of the mapping's required. Currently the Rest API only creates the object, but doesn't do anything with the mapping.