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Deactivate a staff account without deleting it

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 6 steps written out below, in the labels you'll see on screen.

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How to deactivate a staff account without deleting it

  1. 1Click Users under Administration in the sidebar
  2. 2Find the person and click the Actions button at the end of their row
  3. 3Click Edit
  4. 4Untick "Active (can sign in)" — their attendance, grades and notes all stay
  5. 5Click Save — the row dims and shows an Inactive badge
  6. 6Click the Inactive chip to find them again later

Part of School setup & the year cycle

Configure the school once — branding, years and terms, classes, staff, roles — then let the June rollover wizard carry it all into the new year.

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Do it yourself in the live demo

Follow these steps in a real sandbox school — admin, teacher, family, and student views. Sample data resets daily.

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