United Kingdom · secondary
Leaving UK independent secondary schools? Take your work with you.
Independent (fee-paying) secondary schools in the UK, including HMC, GSA and Eton-style boarding schools.
Typical account-closure pattern
Most independent schools close Year 11 and Year 13 leaver accounts by end of August, sometimes earlier than state schools because they don't carry over to a state-funded sixth form. Check with your school's IT team for the specific date.
What to take with you
The work most often missed once a school Microsoft 365 account closes:
- OneDrive — all your files, all your folders.
- Class OneNote notebooks — your own section group.
- Personal OneNote notebooks — exam revision, mind maps.
- Outlook email attachments worth keeping.
- Co-authored SharePoint documents.
How mydocs.school helps
Sign in once with your existing Microsoft 365 account. The dashboard shows everything attached to your account — OneDrive, personal OneNote, every class OneNote. One click for each, or one click for the lot. Files stream straight to your browser as a zip.
For per-workload guidance, see the workload export guides. For the full leaver picture, see /leaving-school.
Caveat
The closure policy described above is typical for UK independent secondary schools as a category. Individual institutions inside this category may have different timelines — alumni licensing variations, longer retention windows for specific course types, shorter windows for contracted teaching staff. Treat this page as a starting point and verify the specific date with your institution's IT team.