TOOLS puts option choices online, so the paperwork stops and the timetabling can start.
Package B
Free
Hosting costs nothing on a Gold-Start agreement. Up to three sites, SSL security, your logo on the log-in page, set up by us on a Tuesday.
Package C
£74.95 + VAT / year
The same thing, paid for: up to three sites, SSL security, your logo, and we do the set-up and configuration for you.
Training
Online
Courses for people running options for the first time, and a free half-hour one-to-one for Gold-Start schools.
Would rather host it on your own server? You can — it needs MySQL and PHP. Ask us for the files.
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Students, subjects and the logins Options generates. Nothing typed twice.
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On your own web address, over a secure connection, on whatever device they have.
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Import it back into Options while there is still time to change the blocks.
Data & privacy
First name, last name, registration group — and the subjects chosen. Your school stays the data controller throughout, and everything clears when the agreement ends in September.
An https address with a padlock, certified by RapidSSL — included on all packages.
Generated in your copy of Options and uploaded by you. We never issue them.
Check it properly after hand-over. If a problem can’t be fixed, we don’t invoice.
studentoptions.co/yourschool — you pick the ending, we check it’s free.
An online form for option choices. Families log in with details the school sends, choose subjects, and the school exports the results. It needs very little personal information about a student.
Up to three sites, SSL security, your logo on the home page. Free for Gold-Start users. Sites are set up on a Tuesday.
The same as Package B, for £74.95 + VAT a year.
Discontinued on 1 February 2023.
One per group choosing at the same time. Year 9 and Year 11 in the same window means two sites; one after the other means one. Unsure? Email us.
studentoptions.co/yourschool. You choose the ending; we check it’s available. Up to three included on B and C, and you can link to it from your school site.
Yes — send a PNG named logo.png to mist@mistservices.co.uk. Use alpha transparency if you need a transparent background.
Yes — you need a server with MySQL and permission to install PHP files. Email us for the files.
First name, last name, registration group, and the subjects chosen.
To give each family a unique log-in and put the right name on the right page.
Your school. We hold it only while the agreement runs — export it back into Options before it ends in September.
You do. We hand over an empty site with a changed admin password — change it again immediately. Student logins come from Options, so parent log-in queries are handled by the school.
The padlock in the browser: an encrypted https connection, certificate issued by RapidSSL CA.
Five days from hand-over to check the functionality and that data exports. Report anything odd; if it can’t be resolved in testing, we don’t invoice.