What’s new
Each update says what changed, who it is for and where to find it in SchoolGo.
Latest update:
Parent and staff absence reports explain their specified dates whether awaiting review, authorised or not authorised. Enter/Exit remains available and actual attendance takes priority. School decisions use clearer authorisation wording.
History now changes the totals, filters and student cards in place. The dated view is read only and shows the last recorded state, including later corrections and missing Exits. Back to today restores live recording. Compact date and action controls stay aligned on desktop and phones.
People deactivation revokes the departing person’s school sessions while retaining history. Parents keep access to other active children. Deactivate/reactivate requires a named admin email; shared keys can view but cannot act. Archive and deletion automation are not enabled.
Three clear sections, compact subject and teacher tags, optional repeat controls and reachable actions on phones. Full names, custom choices and existing request rules are preserved.
From and To are grouped clearly, long durations stay visible in bold, and subject/teacher selections share colours and removable chips. Section icons and compact student rows improve the form. Config places subjects before reasons in matching desktop columns, stacked on phones. Subject/activity editing uses the same popup as reasons. Matching Config controls and icons keep both lists aligned without repeated descriptions.
Use the small History control to read saved movements and explanations for a past day. Later corrections are included; missing exits and unknown times remain explicit. Today’s recording controls stay separate.
Data retention settings hold your school’s periods, financial year-end and named DPO/CEO/data administrator assignments. Any named school admin can configure them; shared keys are read only. Saving settings does not enable archiving or deletion.
Subjects and teachers use visible selectable chips with search. The request form has consistent text sizes and weights. Config offers matching reason and subject/activity lists with add, edit and remove actions; school choices still leave past records unchanged.
Compact multi-select subjects with custom choices inside the picker. School choices are now managed by staff/admins in Config; older activity records remain unchanged.
Absence statuses, teacher-confirmed absences and approved leave appear in the matching Explained category. Active search/year filters are made clear. An explanation still never records physical Enter or Exit.
The form scrolls within the screen, keeps its action buttons reachable and contains the date field. Routine refresh pauses while you edit; unverified absence uses one day.
New absence and Expected later requests need an explicit admin decision, including requests entered by school staff or admin. Approved arriving-later requests use the agreed arrival time to assess punctuality. Approval never records an Enter or Exit. Review cards offer approved/not-approved response presets and custom notes.
New school logins last 30 days, without a mandatory admin idle sign-out. Existing logins retain their earlier expiry; signing out still removes this browser’s login. Shared devices should be signed out after use.
Current, upcoming and pending absence/arrival requests stay visible. Past decided requests sit under Past requests, keeping the page compact and activities easy to reach. Past-dated requests awaiting a school decision stay visible and are labelled clearly.
Admins can explicitly approve an unchanged past activity’s cancellation, with its original activity date and the actual review date retained. Changed activities remain protected. Close without cancelling is available when cancellation is inappropriate. Admins can reopen a rejected or closed request from Cancellation history with a reason; its earlier decision stays recorded. Only the pending reconsideration returns to Attention.
Unchanged selected records remain checked when Attention refreshes. Overlaps support bulk audited review, with compact Review and activity-action controls.
Independent request checks run alongside the main Attention calculation. The badge stays Checking until every check finishes; incomplete checks remain visible as a warning.
Admins can review matching requests and optional-teacher exceptions together. Intentional activity overlaps can be acknowledged with a reason. Individual audit history, source-change checks and safe retries are preserved.
Older background tabs no longer clear a newer login or ignore activity in another Go tab. School-configured idle and login expiry still apply. Refresh or close existing Go tabs once to load the fix.
Teachers can record an unverified absence without granting authorised leave. Later evidence can support a linked request for admin review; earlier decisions and supporting files stay in history.
Parents can see their currently linked children’s recorded presence, attendance and punctuality, then send a medical absence or authorised activity leave request and attach supporting evidence. Administrators review requests in Attention. Requests and approvals never create an Enter or Exit.
Administrators can approve or reject parent arriving-later requests directly from Attention or the student’s parent notice. Approval exempts punctuality when arrival is recorded; it never marks a student present. Student action buttons and dates are clearer.
Parents choose a reason and give details without selecting school approval. Requests show Pending school review; administrators decide and classify them in Attention. Child cards show punctuality without manual arrival or departure times, and distinguish Unconfirmed from Not applicable. Supporting evidence can be attached while submitting, or added later.
Required confirmations are easier to see. Handover drafts preserve details and signatures through validation failures and can recover after a refresh in the same signed-in session. The signature saves before optional photos, with separate photo retries and explicit close choices.
Staff can schedule Expected later for a future date. Parents can submit Arriving later with date, time and optional evidence. Every parent submission stays pending school review, appears in Attention and notifies the configured school email. Parent reports never auto-approve leave, authorise lateness or record movement.
Browse dated improvements by category and audience from the footer. “All updates” includes every audience; “General updates” shows improvements relevant to everyone.
Review supporting evidence, the guardian signature and collection photos from one cleaner status record. Secondary actions sit in a small menu; evidence already attached no longer offers “Evidence not required”. Handover viewing and action buttons have also been improved for phones.
Who’s here has direct Timeline and arrival-correction icons, improved punctuality spacing and filters that fit narrow screens. The handover viewer focuses its heading to avoid unwanted phone zoom.
The badge shows Checking while the calculation completes. If a check cannot finish, SchoolGo tells you instead of presenting an incomplete all-clear.
Staff can request a punctuality classification correction. The original stays effective until an administrator approves it in Attention. Arrival and departure times remain unchanged.
The original submitter can request cancellation of a current or upcoming approved activity. It stays Approved until an administrator approves cancellation in Attention. Requests and decisions remain in Cancellation history.
Save a status first, attach evidence now or later, and complete guardian details and a witnessed signature when the collector arrives. Photos are optional. Actual Exit is confirmed separately.
Key dates can use their own Google Sheet connection. Leaderboard and countdown connections are labelled separately so the source is clear.
What each person sees depends on the role their school gives them. Signed-in users can also open What’s new from the footer inside SchoolGo.