Classifying a Program for Pre-Prep

To support Pre-Prep, the Programs module includes a field called Pre Prep Group?. This is what classifies a program for a Department of Education priority cohort, and it's the field that determines which children can see and access the program on your forms. You set it when you first create a program, and you can update it any time afterwards by editing the program.

How the Pre Prep Group? field works

Pre Prep Group? is a multi-select field with two options, P1 and P2 (Priority Cohort 1 and Priority Cohort 2). How you set it determines who the program is for:

• Left blank — a standard program, accessible to any child.
• P1 only — accessible only to children in Priority Cohort 1.
• P2 only — accessible only to children in Priority Cohort 2.
• P1 and P2 (both selected) — accessible to children in either priority cohort.

A program's classification works hand in hand with each child's calculated cohort: a child can only see a Pre-Prep program if their own Pre-Prep Priority Cohort matches the program's Pre Prep Group. 

For how a child's cohort is calculated, see Updating the Pre-Prep Priority Cohort for a Child.

Setting it when creating or editing a program

The Pre Prep Group? field sits alongside the other program details, so you set or change it the same way you would any other:

• When creating a program, set the Pre Prep Group? field as part of the program details — see Create a new program individually or in bulk.
• To change a program's classification later, edit the program and update the field — see Editing Programs.

Related articles

• Updating the Pre-Prep Priority Cohort for a Child
• Create a new program individually or in bulk
• Editing Programs