Set it and forget it: The product you can trust with your summer data sync

Why spending 20 minutes in your Wonde School Portal this June means total peace of mind over the summer break.

The big picture

June is an absolute marathon for school admin teams and IT leads. Between final assemblies, sorting leavers, and packing up classrooms, your to-do list is already stretching out the door.

But before you turn off the office lights and head off for a well-deserved summer break, there’s one quick job that will completely transform how your next Academic Year Rollover starts – and it’s one every EdTech-savvy school should have on its checklist.

What the community says

We recently asked school teams how they feel when their data syncing is set up early. Here is what one of them told us:

“Every night it updates automatically: it adds new pupils and takes off those that have left. In September, it promotes them to new classes and assigns new teachers, so long as we keep our MIS system up to date, Wonde takes care of the rest. It genuinely is a game changer.”

Richard Slade | Plumcroft Primary School

Why manual data entry is a summer risk

Relying on manual data uploads or chasing spreadsheets in August doesn’t just drain your holiday time – it opens the door to security and administrative headaches, especially when your school’s Identity Management (IdM) isn’t kept in sync with who’s actually on roll.

The September scramble | If cohorts aren’t mapped before the holidays, new staff and pupils won’t be able to log in on day one.

Mismatched permissions | Old accounts stay active longer than they should, while new starters are left waiting for access – a clear sign that Single Sign-On (SSO) and account provisioning need to be working from the same source of truth.

The password reset chorus | Teachers lose valuable teaching time troubleshooting logins instead of starting their lessons.

Your 5-step summer-ready checklist

We want to help make your work simpler. Ticking off these five straightforward tasks right now means your data runs quietly in the background all summer long:

1. Review pending app connections | Approve or decline outstanding requests in your School Portal so the right tools – and their Cloud Integration – are sitting ready for September.
2. Check updated data permissions | Existing apps change their requirements from time to time. Give them the green light now so your data flows smoothly through every API Integration you rely on.
3. Keep your SIMS server on | If your school uses SIMS, please leave your server running over the holidays so your background syncs don’t stall.
4. Moving MIS? Give us a heads-up | If your school is changing its management information system entirely, email us at [email protected] so we can guide your transition.
5. Tidy up your portal users | Update your school contacts, add new team members, and remove old accounts before you log off.

Let Edusync handle the heavy lifting

Instead of spending your summer manually provisioning accounts, Edusync automates the bridge between your MIS and your cloud environments through reliable Cloud Integration. This kind of automated user provisioning is what makes the next academic year rollover feel effortless rather than overwhelming.

Whether your school runs on Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or Apple, your new cohorts sync automatically – and with Single Sign-On (SSO) in place, pupils and staff get the right access from day one without IT having to lift a finger. It is quite literally a case of setting it, forgetting it, and enjoying your summer.

“Every summer it took me two days to update our Google directory for our school, messing around with all sorts of spreadsheets. Edusync gives me back those days and simplifies everything when pupils come and go throughout the year.”

Simon Lewis | Carlow Educate Together