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Getting Started
Sign up, set up your tenant, and run your first term on Lectern.
Students & Admissions
Learner records, the public admissions form, and bulk imports.
Staff & Permissions
Invite staff, manage roles, and configure role-based permissions.
Academic Setup
Grade levels, subjects, classes, and enrollment.
Gradebook & Reports
Assessments, grading, results, and term reports.
Attendance & Timetable
Daily attendance, drag-drop scheduling, rooms and resources.
Finance & Billing
Invoicing, bursaries, payments, and reconciliation.
Communication & Discipline
Announcements, parent communications, and behavior incidents.
Account, Security & Audit
Tenant settings, the audit log, security, and integrations.
Guides written for your role
Lectern shows different things to different roles. So do these guides.
For administrators
Setup, day-to-day operations, finance, reporting, and audit trail.
For teachers
My Classes, grading, attendance, and announcements.
For parents
Children's progress, fees, attendance, and school messages.
For students
Courses, timetable, assignments, and results.
Start with these
Setting up your first school year
Configure grade levels, subjects, classes, and enrollment - in the right order.
Publishing your first term reports
From assessment definitions to publishing reports to parents - the full flow.
Configuring your public admissions form
Customize the application page that prospective learners and parents fill in.
Running a federation of schools?
If you manage branches under a parent school or operate as a system administrator across multiple tenants, jump to the guides for multi-school setup, group-level reporting, and the cross-tenant audit log.
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