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Release 4.58.1

07 May 06:20
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An updated version of the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) service has been released to all users. You do not need to take any specific action unless otherwise indicated below.

This release includes the following improvements:

  • bug fix, including:
    • 197245 – to resolve governor search loading results when selecting "All" in the filter section
    • 204172 – to resolve update issues when changes are made to the accommodation changed field - for the DfE independent schools’ team only
    • 204489 – to resolve update issues on the user interface and the change history when the start date and end date of a shared governance role is made

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GIAS support team

Release v4.58

28 Feb 14:00
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196400 – bug fix to remove semi colon on the governance tab
131309 – bug fix to correct the error message on closing a multi-academy trust (MAT)
195691 – bug fix to allow relevant users to create federations
196085 – update to the service to show the new royal cypher

Release v4.57

22 Feb 14:27
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bug fixes and fine-tuning to improve the overall user experience, including:
189702 – bug fix on the validation error message for secure single-academy trust (SSAT) when adding a member individual or member organisation
31309 – bug fix to ensure change request rejection reason is going through to users
188944 – fix to display the unique property reference number (UPRN) field on the establishment location tab user interface to all users. This field is already displayed in extracts.
189352 – allow other independent special school users and DfE staff to select from a number of options on the official sixth form field
181747 – fix to allow the deleted field to be set correctly in the database for deleted governance records

Release v4.56

05 Dec 19:06
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132796 V4.56 > Remove SendGrid integration
171959 V4.56 > 16-19 Secure academies - Bulk update governance
177836 V4.56 > 16-19 Secure academies - Bulk update governance - New field validation
178648 V4.56 > 16-19 Secure academies - Bulk update governance - Appointing Body
178958 V4.56 > External Service FSCP changing to CSCP
178972 V4.56 > 16-19 Secure academies - Bulk update governance - Add new fields to template
179118 V4.56 > 16-19 Secure academies - Bulk update governance - Pre-populate governors for an SSAT
180957 V4.56 > Governor download extract displaying TRUE/FALSE on the two new original columns added
183428 V4.56 > 16-19 Secure academies - Bulk update governance - Convert values
183840 V4.56 > GIAS > BAU > INFRASTRUCTURE > Auto-Heal implementation (add to pre-prod)
184993 V4.56 > 16-19 Secure academies > Alignment of UI, Bulk Upload and Database for isOriginalSignatoryMember and isOriginalChairOfTrustees

Release 4.55

06 Nov 18:32
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What's Changed

Full Changelog: v4.54...v4.55

Release v4.54

22 Aug 17:47
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Full Changelog: v4.53...v4.54

Bug fixes and fine-tuning to improve the overall user experience:

134180: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - Establishment banner
146381: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - Manage secure academies 16-19 openings
146409: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - View closed Companies House single-academy trusts (SATs)
146736: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - View establishment and group change history
154924: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - Establishment email reminder
157660: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - Establishment - Confirm updates to establishment
158434: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - Establishments - View
158754: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - Establishments - Statuses
163004: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - Establishments - Edit
164005: BO 16-19 Establishment edit - V4.54 - Establishment statuses that fail validation (Dependent on 164779)
164244: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - BO - Regional schools commissioner (RSC) region
164474: V4.54 - EFA - Data Owners can see Edit governance button
165180: V4.54 - Error when downloading establishment data for an Academy secure 16 to 19
165252: V4.54 - Setting establishment opening date in future not updating status
165260: V4.54 - Setting establishment closing date in future not updating status
165284: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - YCS - Search results status filters
166090: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - Age range
167633: BAU > V 4.54 > Establishment location - MSOA and LSOA 2021 pop-up
167637: BAU > V 4.54 > Update Guidance - Local authority name and associated codes - Needs to be done for Pre Production and Production as part of the release process.
168773: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - Remove governance review and confirm banner
169814: BAU > V4.54 > Issue with changing independent special school to independent school
170285: BAU > V 4.54 > Guidance - Local authority name and associated codes - North Yorkshire and Somerset - needs to be updated on Pre-Production and Production as part of the release process168854: 16-19 Secure academies - V4.54 - Academies: making significant changes or closure by agreement

Release v4.53

28 Jun 18:36
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Bug fixes and fine-tuning to improve the overall user experience

  1. 131303 GIAS > BAU > v4.53 > Updating existing GIAS Google Analytics property from Universal Analytics to GA4 ** DEADLINE: START OF JUNE 2023 **
  2. 131324 GIAS > BAU > V4.53 > Change data owners email addresses
  3. 132810 GIAS > BAU > GIAS V4.53 > Update create a federation process to remind users to update establishment governance
  4. 133347 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Reference data
  5. 133354 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - YCS - Create
  6. 133548 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - YCS - View
  7. 133701 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - YCS - Create
  8. 133738 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - YCS - View
  9. 134840 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - DSI - Simulator
  10. 134869 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - Public - View
  11. 134870 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - Public - View
  12. 138307 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - YCS - Edit
  13. 138308 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - YCS - Edit
  14. 138858 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Manage change requests
  15. 140429 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - UKRLP - Edit
  16. 140432 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - UKRLP - Edit
  17. 140445 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - UKRLP - View
  18. 140469 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - UKRLP - View
  19. 140610 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - ESFA - View
  20. 140613 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - ESFA - View
  21. 140664 BAU > v4.53 > Remove button is selected twice to remove a predefined local authority set
  22. 140748 BAU > V4.53 > Children's Centre Groups allowing non-children's centres to be added
  23. 140781 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - SSAT - View
  24. 140787 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - SSAT - Edit
  25. 140826 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - SSAT - View
  26. 141478 BAU > V4.53 > School Performance - Remove the SAT field "Data from other services"
  27. 141546 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - BO - Create
  28. 141548 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - BO - View
  29. 141550 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Establishments - BO - Edit
  30. 141551 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - BO - Create
  31. 141555 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - BO - View
  32. 141556 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - BO - Edit
  33. 141789 BAU > v4.53 > Error message is not displayed when there is no change in the federation group-- in Preprod/Prod/Dev
  34. 142579 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - 'care of' address and geo data informational message
  35. 144009 BAU > V4.53> Addresses - Countries listed in the County field - final bit needs to be added at release
  36. 144202 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Change establishment type name
  37. 144281 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Governance and Legal duty
  38. 145832 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Change API security/group/create-permission to return correct permissions for 16-19 establishment group
  39. 145835 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Change API group/{uid}/canedit to return correct permissions for 16-19 establishment group
  40. 145860 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Make the governance tab visible for 16-19 establishment groups
  41. 145875 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Change the API group/{uid}/governance/canedit to return the correct value for users that can edit the governance
  42. 145915 BAU > V4.53 > Change the user interface name from school type to establishment type for online provider records
  43. 145916 BAU > V4.53 > Add a new field for online providers only called accreditation expiry date
  44. 146140 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Assign test user to an establishment
  45. 146342 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Bulk update establishments
  46. 146386 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - View data owner teams' data status - Dependent on 16-19 release to Preprod
  47. 147160 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Remove 'New prevision' from reason establishment closed
  48. 147382 v4.53 > Inconsistent access control - able to edit field which displays as disabled/readonly
  49. 148008 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Search
  50. 148501 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Data owner - data is up-to-date
  51. 148872 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Helpdesk
  52. 148899 V4.53 > Production Lookup API config issue - needs production release to close
  53. 149237 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - YCS - Data owner pop-up on login
  54. 149275 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - SSAT - Landing page
  55. 154384 BAU > V4.53 > Allow IEBT and Back Office User groups to select the status of pending approval for the online provider establishment type
  56. 156473 V4.53 > Update node packages front-end
  57. 157490 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Group - BO - Check your updates to the following field
  58. 158244 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Flyway database scripts for establishments and groups
  59. 161635 16-19 Secure academies - V4.53 - Rename Create new secure-single academy trust title
  60. 164750 Getting 500 error while trying to fetch establishment details without selecting "Include Open Schools only"

Release v4.52

21 Mar 19:27
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An updated version of the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) service has been released to all users. You do not need to take any specific action unless otherwise indicated below.

This release includes the following improvements:
Bug fixes and fine-tuning to improve the overall user experience, including:

  • pagination issue when navigating to last page
  • search term text box behaviour when using the browser back button
  • download LA name code data in ZIP format
  • glossary formatting
  • no effective date set from bulk update establishments tool
  • bulk update instructions - LA field name is incorrect
  • rename DfE service reference of the School Performance service to Find and Compare School and College Data in England (FSCP)
  • add MSOA & LSOA pop-up message on the tool tip

Release v4.51

15 Nov 19:05
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An updated version of the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) service has been released to all users. You do not need to take any specific action unless otherwise indicated below.

This release includes the following improvements:

Bug fixes and fine-tuning to improve the overall user experience, including:
fix establishment breadcrumb which is incorrect in edit mode on IEBT tab
fix establishment edit view local authority code
fix establishment change history missing pagination chevrons
fix pagination functionality in GIAS with missing chevrons
fix spelling error in the academy joined date error message
fix news and sign out links where overlapping

Further information

Office for National Statistics (ONS) frequency update

We mentioned in our last release note that we had paused the frequency update from yearly to quarterly of the ONS data as we needed to resolve some technical issues and advised that we would keep users updated. This work is still paused, and we will provide a further update in our next release.

For reference the fields updated are:

District
Ward
Parliamentary constituency
Urban/rural description
Middle super output area (MSOA)
Lower super output area (LSOA)

Release v4.50

04 Oct 17:50
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An updated version of the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) service has been released to all users. You do not need to take any specific action unless otherwise indicated below.

This release includes the following improvements:

Bug fixes and fine-tuning to improve the overall user experience, including:
Corrected incorrect establishment breadcrumb in edit mode.
Added more padding between 'Search' and 'Clear search' on the download no results page.
Added breadcrumbs to the establishment governance tab for "Edit Person" and "Replace Person" pages in edit mode.
Amended the alignment and increased the font of 'Clear search' on the individual search - choose specific download no results page.
Update styling for 'Closed' label.

Further information

Office for National Statistics (ONS) frequency update

We mentioned in our last release note that we would be increasing the frequency from yearly to quarterly. We still plan on doing this, but we need to resolve some technical issues before we can complete the next update. We will keep users updated with progress on this work.

For reference the fields updated are:

District
Ward
Parliamentary constituency
Urban/rural description
Middle super output area (MSOA)
Lower super output area (LSOA)
Further information

The yearly update of data from the underlying data of the schools, pupils and their characteristics statistical publication has now been completed.
The fields that were updated were the:

total number of pupils
total number of boys
total number of girls
number of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM)
percentage of children eligible for free school meals (FSM)
The yearly update of data from the school level annual school census (SLASC) data collection for independent schools has now been completed.