Managing Term Dates
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Term dates are used by Insight for reporting and to ensure pupils are recorded as on roll correctly. Incorrect dates can result in certain pupil contextual data, such as class or SEN, being applied to the wrong year group.
It is important the dates are correct for your school.
Amending Term Dates
It is advised to check that your term dates are present and correct for the upcoming year.
Admin users can see, and amend, term dates by visiting Account > Admin > Term Dates
You will either see half-terms listed, regardless of your assessment frequency setting. For all but the last day of the summer term, only the start date is needed. The End date is inferred from the start date of the next term (so is taken to be the day before the term start date).
The Last Day for Summer is important, as Insight uses it to specify which pupils are on roll in any particular academic year.
If you haven't entered Term Dates, Insight will default to using 1st September as the start of Autumn 1. The full list of default term start dates are as follows:
Term | Default start date |
Autumn 1 | 1st September |
Autumn 2 | 1st November |
Spring 1 | 1st January |
Spring 2 | 19th February |
Summer 1 | 16th April |
Summer 2 | 4th June |
The Last Day (that pupils attend) is set to the 19th July by default.
If any default dates fall on a weekend Insight will use the following Monday date instead.
For Multi Academy Trusts, term dates may be set via the Trust Admin page. Any changes will apply to all the schools in the Trust, but individual schools are still able to override their term dates if they wish.
