Change the AM and PM session times

Written for: Office managers, attendance officers and school leaders.

The session times are the start and end times of the morning (AM) and afternoon (PM) registration sessions. They’re shown on every register in your school, so check them at the start of the year or whenever your school day changes. They’re a school-wide setting, so only some staff can change them.

Who can change them

By default, these staff can change the session times:

headteachers and administrators
office managers and attendance officers
Designated Safeguarding Leads and their deputies
SENCos

Everyone else who takes registers can see the times but can’t change them. If the times are wrong, ask one of these colleagues.

Change the times

Open any register. In the sidebar, click Classes, choose a class, then click Register. See Take the register for your class.
Next to the AM and PM buttons, click Session times.
In Edit session times, enter the Start and End times for AM and PM.
Click Save times.
Student Radar asks you to confirm, and shows the new times. Check them, then click Confirm Changes.

You’ll see “Session times saved for your school.” The new times are used on every register in your school.

To close the window without changing anything, click Cancel.

Rules for the times

The AM session must start before it ends, and so must the PM session.
The AM session must end at or before the time the PM session starts.

If a time breaks a rule, a message explains which one, and Save times stays greyed out until you fix it. Save times is also greyed out until you’ve changed a time.

Notes

Before anyone sets them: until session times are saved, Student Radar works them out from your school’s start and end times. The AM session runs from the start of the day to 12:00, and the PM session from 13:00 to the end of the day.
Lesson registers: session times apply to the AM and PM registers. Lesson register times come from your school’s lesson times.
Greyed-out times: if you open Session times and the boxes are greyed out, your account can’t change them.

If something doesn’t work

What you see	What to do
“AM start time must be before the end time.”	Change the AM Start or End so the session starts first.
“PM start time must be before the end time.”	Change the PM Start or End so the session starts first.
“AM end time must be at or before the PM start time.”	The morning session overlaps the afternoon one. Make the AM End earlier or the PM Start later.
“You do not have permission to change session times.”	Your account can’t change the session times. Ask a colleague who can, such as your office manager or attendance officer.
“Unable to save session times. Please check your permissions and try again.”	The times weren’t saved. Check that you’re one of the staff who can change them, then try again.
“Select a school before saving session times.”	Student Radar doesn’t know which school you’re in. Reload the page, check your school at the top of the screen, and try again.