Schools

How schools are classified, and where they sit.

School Categories

The kind of institution: private, academy, church funded.

A category is chosen on a school, and also on a prospectus — which is what makes it more than a label. Because a prospectus can be aimed at a category, you can offer one set of activities to your academies and another to your private schools without building a separate prospectus for each school.

School Types

The education provided: primary, secondary, special needs.

Types and categories answer different questions — what a school is as an organisation, and what it teaches — which is why both exist. A private secondary is one of each.

Local Authorities

The authorities you work with. Only available if Use Local Authority is turned on.

Wards

How a local authority is divided. Every school belongs to a ward, and a ward can be assigned to its authority.