About Group Management

The Group Management setup section enables you to create customised groups of individuals which exist alongside existing groups, such as forms, houses or subject sets. The custom groups can then be used for specific searches across the system and for various other tasks, such as emails and pupil events.

Pupil and Staff Custom Groups are identical in principle, but one is for groups of pupils only and one is for groups of staff only. These custom groups enable you set up groups of pupils or staff for specific events or set of events.

If your school is putting on a summer theatre production, say 'A Midsummer Night's Dream, and some pupils from all years are involved, you may wish to create a 'Midsummer Night's Dream' pupil group. This will enable you to email the relevant pupils and their parents easily regarding rehearsals and costumes. In addition, you could set up markbook tasks specific to the summer play, such as 'Team work' and 'Acting capability', and record and assess your pupils' progress.

Groups include:

• Pupil Custom Groups - See Managing Pupil Custom Groups.
• Staff Custom Groups - See Managing Staff Custom Groups.

Note: The options you see depend upon the permissions set by your System Administrator.