Editing an application

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Open the student's profile and select the pencil icon at the top right to edit the application form. Other forms, access settings and parent details are in the panel on the right of the profile. Select Save Changes after each edit.

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Editing an application

How staff change an applicant's forms, let parents edit them again, archive an applicant and update parent details.

I want to Where on the student profile
Edit the application form Pencil icon, top right
Edit another form Right panel, select the form
Let parents edit again, or archive Right panel, Access & Permissions
Change parent details or resend the welcome email Right panel, Parent & Guardian

Edit the application form

  1. Open the student's profile and select the pencil icon at the top right.

    Screenshot: Pencil icon at the top right of the student profile
  2. Move through the tabs of the Application Form and make your changes.

  3. Select Save Changes.

Edit supplementary and other forms

Supplementary, questionnaire, feeder school and other forms are listed in the right panel of the profile. Select the form, update it and select Save Changes.

Screenshot: Forms listed in the right panel of the applicant profile

Access & Permissions

Set what the family can do from Access & Permissions in the right panel.

Setting What it does
Locked (default) Parents cannot change forms they have already submitted
Unlocked Parents can edit submitted forms and family information. Lock it again once they are done
Archived Hides the applicant from rosters without changing their status. Useful for enquiries that went quiet. Search or filter to find them again
Archived as Graduated Set automatically when the student's status changes to Graduated
Archived as Withdrawn Set automatically when the student's status changes to Withdrawn
Screenshot: Access and Permissions options in the right panel

Edit parent and guardian details

  1. In the Parent & Guardian section of the right panel, select the Edit icon.

    Screenshot: Edit icon in the Parent and Guardian section
  2. Update the name, email, password, Parent ID, relationship or gender, then save. Use Link Parents to link or unlink a parent from the student.

  3. To help a parent sign in, select Re-send Welcome E-mail. To see what a parent has changed, open the Parent Audit Log.

    Screenshot: Re-send Welcome E-mail and Parent Audit Log options

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