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Reports and year end

Signatures, submission and report approval

Nominate approvers, save personal signatures and approve the exact report copy being issued.

2 min readReviewed 27 October 2026

Before you begin

  • Permission to manage report approval settings, or assignment as a report preparer or named approver.
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Set up signatures and approval responsibility

  1. Step 1. Open Report Cards → Signatures & approval. Staff may instead see My signature.
  2. Step 2. Administrators review whether approval is required and select the active named approvers.
  3. Step 3. Each teacher or approver saves their own signature. Upload the school stamp through the authorized settings.
  4. Step 4. Review the saved settings before the school begins submitting reports.

Send the prepared report for approval

  1. Step 1. Open the class reports workspace for the intended class and term.
  2. Step 2. Complete the missing requirements and select the ready pupils.
  3. Step 3. Choose Send for approval and review the confirmation and saved signature shown.
  4. Step 4. Confirm the submission and check Awaiting approval status.
  5. Step 5. If the report is returned, read the feedback, correct the draft and submit the updated copy again.

Review and approve the exact copy

  1. Step 1. As a named approver, open Approvals and select the class and term.
  2. Step 2. Review the submitted report, including marks, observation ratings, attendance and comments.
  3. Step 3. Return for correction with an explanation, or select the ready reports to approve.
  4. Step 4. Check the confirmation, personal signature and school stamp, then approve.
  5. Step 5. Verify the Approved state and download the official copy where offered.
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Review and approve the exact copy

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