We've introduced a dedicated Graduated student status to help schools accurately manage students who have completed their journey, while ensuring related workflows are handled automatically across illumine.
Instead of using workarounds like Withdrawn or Inactive, schools can now mark students as Graduated, providing clearer records and more accurate reporting.
What's New
๐ New Student Status: Graduated
A new Graduated status is now available alongside the existing student statuses:
Active
Inactive
Withdrawn
On Hold
Signed Up
Transferred
Graduated
Graduated students remain inactive in the system while preserving their historical records.
The new status is available across:
Student Profile
Student List
Student Transfers
Excel exports
Learning & Assessment records
Billing modules
The Student List also includes a dedicated Graduated count card, along with a unique icon and color for easier identification.
๐ Track Graduation Date
Every time a student's status is changed to Graduated, illumine automatically records their Graduation Date.
Schools can:
View the Graduation Date on the Student Profile
Edit the Graduation Date if required
Pre-fill the date automatically when updating the student's status
This provides greater flexibility while maintaining accurate graduation records for reporting.
๐ Automatically Revoke Parent Access
When a student is marked as Graduated, parent access to the student is automatically revoked in line with the platform's access management rules.
This helps ensure only active student records remain accessible to families.
๐ Automatically End Active Programs
To keep student records accurate, any active program enrollments are automatically ended when a student is marked as Graduated.
A confirmation message is displayed before completing the action, ensuring administrators are aware of the impact.
๐ฐ Continue Billing Administration
Schools can continue managing financial records for graduated students without reactivating them.
Billing actions such as refunds, credit notes, debit notes, deposits, and balance settlements remain available, while no billing email notifications are sent to parents after a student has graduated.
This allows finance teams to complete outstanding financial reconciliation without unnecessary parent communication.
๐๏ธ Graduated Students Excluded from Daily Operations [Coming Soon]
Graduated students are automatically excluded from workflows intended only for active students.
They will no longer appear when:
Recording Attendance
Creating Activities
Sending Messages
Sending Newsletters
Creating New Invoices
This helps keep operational workflows focused on currently enrolled students.
๐ New Graduated Students Report [Coming Soon]
A new Graduated Students Report is now available, making it easy to track students who have graduated within a selected date range.
The report includes:
Student Code
Student Name
Centre Name
Category
Program
Graduation Date
Outstanding Amount
Deposit Amount
This provides schools with better visibility into graduation records and any outstanding financial information.
๐ Available Across All Languages
The Graduated status is fully supported across all 28 languages available in illumine, ensuring a consistent experience for schools worldwide.
Why this matters
With the new Graduated status, schools can:
Maintain accurate student lifecycle records
Clearly distinguish graduated students from withdrawn or inactive students
Automatically end active programs and revoke parent access
Continue managing financial records without sending unnecessary notifications
Exclude graduated students from operational workflows
Track graduation dates and generate dedicated graduation reports
This enhancement provides a more complete and accurate way to manage students who have successfully completed their enrollment journey.