The life of an enrolment, start to finish

For whom:
Front office
Time:
4 min

What you will get

The ability to read any enrolment's status tag and know, at once, what has already happened and what is still missing.

The enrolment is the system's central piece. It joins the student, the product, the cohort, the plan and the contract — and the instalments are born from it. Everything registered beforehand exists to arrive here.

The five statuses

Status What it means
Awaiting contract The contract was generated and the student has not signed
Awaiting payment Everything is ready; the first instalment has not been paid
Active The student is studying and paying
Cancelled The enrolment was ended early
Completed The course finished

Where an enrolment comes in

On save it is born in one of two statuses, and the contract template decides which:

  • With a template that requires a signature → born Awaiting contract. Nothing moves until the student signs.
  • With no template, or one that does not require it → born straight into Awaiting payment.

It is the only choice on the form that changes the enrolment's course, and it sits in step 3.

The normal path

Awaiting contract → Awaiting payment → Active → Completed

Each arrow has a trigger:

  • Contract → payment: the student signs in the portal.
  • Payment → active: the first instalment is paid.
  • Active → completed: the course reaches its end.

The detours

Cancelled can happen from any of the first three. It is the only exit the system offers for ending early, and it has its own screen.

An expired contract is a separate case: when the template has a signing deadline and it passes, the contract expires. If the school turned on automatic cancellation in settings, the enrolment falls with it.

What each status unlocks and locks

Status Charging Cancelling
Awaiting contract Instalments already exist Allowed
Awaiting payment Instalments already exist Allowed
Active Instalments running Allowed
Cancelled Ended No
Completed Ended No

Instalments are born with the enrolment, not when it turns active. An enrolment stuck at "Awaiting contract" already has its payment book built and can already produce a charge.

Enrolments list with the status column The tag in the last column is the status. The filter at the top splits the list by it.

How you know it worked

You open the enrolments list, look at the Status column and know, without clicking anything, who is waiting to sign, who is waiting to pay, and who is already studying.

If something goes wrong

The enrolment is stuck at "Awaiting contract". The student has not signed. Check Contracts › Pending Signatures.

The enrolment is active but the student paid nothing. The status changes on the first recognised payment. If it was paid outside the system, someone has to record it.

You want to undo a cancellation. You cannot. A cancelled enrolment stays in the history and a new one has to be created.

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