Course Overview

This course covers preparing the school’s pastoral arrangements for the new academic year, new student intake and associated activities.

The course will take approximately 3-4 hours to complete.


What will you learn?

This course will cover:

  • create a new academic year
  • make pastoral structure adjustments
  • perform the pastoral promotion
  • run new intake routines including admissions transfer file (ATF) and common transfer file (CTF)
  • print registration groups
  • process leavers
  • carry out general housekeeping.


Example Curriculum

  Introduction
Available in days
days after you enroll
  01. Creating an Academic Year
Available in days
days after you enroll
  02. Pastoral Structure Adjustments (New Academic Year)
Available in days
days after you enroll
  03. Promotion Paths for Registration Group Memberships
Available in days
days after you enroll
  04. New Intake Routines New Admissions
Available in days
days after you enroll
  05. Printing Registration Groups
Available in days
days after you enroll
  06. Dealing with Leavers and Generating a CTF
Available in days
days after you enroll
  07. Other Associated Activities
Available in days
days after you enroll
  Conclusion
Available in days
days after you enroll
Will I get a certificate? 

On Completion of the course you can claim a School ICT certificate of course completion.


How long do I have access to the course? 

You will have a year to complete the course.  


How much is this course?

£85 exclusive of VAT


How do I purchase the course?

To purchase this course via your school/organisation you can pay by invoice. Please E-mail: t[email protected] specifying if you have a purchase order and which course(s) you wish to purchase.  We require the name and address of the person paying for the course. If you are in a school this may be your Finance department. If you are purchasing a course for another member of staff, we will also need their name for the certificate and their email address to enroll them on the course. The student will receive an email once the course is available to access.

To purchase this course privately you can pay by bank transfer. Please contact our Finance team on 0345 2226802 to make a bank transfer. The course will be accessible on receipt of payment. We need your full name and an email address to enroll you on the course.  

Terms of usage.

  • Courses will be accessible for 12 months from the date of purchase.
  • Once access has been granted to distance learning, no refund will be given.
  • Under no circumstances should the course content be downloaded, copied or shared with other schools.
  • Under no circumstances should your access details be shared.
  • Support queries should be directed to [email protected]


Please see our FAQ page for more information.