This article is intended for schools that import their classes and students via CSV (see this article if your school uses MIS import).

Viewing your current classes and students

You may need to choose a year group from the class selector at the top of the screen, before your classes or students are listed.

Adding new students

Follow the instructions in Adding classes and students to add additional students.

Prepare a CSV file containing your student data, ensuring to include the students' new class assignments
- Ensure that the students' names and dates of birth in your CSV file match exactly what's in Sparx Maths to avoid creating duplicate accounts
- The CSV import process depends on these matching to update student records - if the names and dates of birth don't match, new student accounts will be created using the names provided in your CSV file.
Upload your CSV:
1. Go to 'Management' → 'Student Manager'
2. Click 'Add/update students'
3. Click 'Add/update students via CSV'
4. Select your CSV file
5. Wait for the upload to complete
Review and Confirm:
1. Check for any errors flagged in the preview
2. Correct any errors in your original CSV if needed
3. Click 'Preview Student Changes'
4. Click 'Import/Update Students' once you're happy

Go to 'Management' → 'Student Manager'
Click the pencil icon next to the name of the student that you want to change
Edit the relevant information under the 'Personal Details' and 'Parent Emails' sections
Click 'Save'

Prepare a CSV file containing your updated student data
- Ensure that the students' names and dates of birth in your CSV file match exactly what's in Sparx Maths to avoid creating duplicate accounts
- The CSV import process depends on these matching to update student records - if the names and dates of birth don't match, new student accounts will be created using the names provided in your CSV file.
- This means that you can't update students' names nor dates of birth via CSV import - you'll need to do this manually via student manager.
Upload your CSV:
1. Go to 'Management' → 'Student Manager'
2. Click 'Add/update students'
3. Click 'Add/update students via CSV'
4. Select your CSV file
5. Wait for the upload to complete
Review and Confirm:
1. Check for any errors flagged in the preview
2. Correct any errors in your original CSV if needed
3. Click 'Preview Student Changes'
4. Click 'Import/Update Students' once you're happy

If a student's name changes, their username won't automatically change - you'll need to change this manually if needed.

Follow the instructions in Adding classes and students to add additional classes.

You can update a student's gender, class, year group, email address, and parent/carer email address(es).
You can't update a student's name or date of birth, as the CSV import process depends on these remaining the same in order to match a student's record in your CSV file with the student's account in Sparx Maths.

No, you can include just the students you want to update.
Ensure that the students' names and dates of birth in your CSV file match exactly what's in Sparx Maths to avoid creating duplicate accounts (the CSV import process depends on these matching to update student records - if the names and dates of birth don't match, new student accounts will be created using the names provided in your CSV file).

In Sparx Maths, homework is linked to the class that it was generated for
When you move a student to a new class, you need to refer to the hand-in page for their old class to view previous homeworks
The student will start showing on the hand-in page for their new class once a homework has been generated for them in the new class (i.e. after the next homework hand-out day for the new class)