How Schools Can Create Custom Profile Fields for Staff and Students
Standard educational platforms force schools into rigid, generic fields that fail to capture vital campus-specific administrative data.
Generic profile schemas fail institutional record-keeping needs
When platforms lack custom fields, schools must maintain auxiliary spreadsheets for emergency contacts, student houses, and staff payroll IDs.
Create custom data fields across teacher and student directories
Open Teacher Management or Student Management and select Custom Fields.
Click 'Add Custom Field' and enter the field label (e.g., Admission Number, House).
Choose the appropriate data type: Text, Number, Date, or Yes/No Boolean.
Save the field to make it immediately available across all institutional member profiles.
Put it into practice
Example: Adding 'House Color' and 'Bus Route' to student profiles
An admin creates custom fields for school houses (Red, Blue, Green, Gold) and bus route numbers, standardizing student profiles across the school.
Worth checking first
- Text fields preserve leading zeros on ID numbers and biometric codes.
- Custom fields belong strictly to your institution and never touch personal profiles.
How EduVetta helps
EduVetta supports fully customizable profile fields for teachers and students, giving schools the flexibility to track any institutional metadata.
See how Teacher & Student Profile Fields works for institutions.