United Kingdom · sixth form college

Leaving UK sixth-form colleges? Take your work with you.

Specialist post-16 institutions in the UK delivering A-level, IB, BTEC and T-Level programmes.

Typical account-closure pattern

Account closure typically falls within 30 to 90 days of A-level results in August. Portfolio-based qualifications (BTEC, T-Level) generate substantial file output that's worth downloading well before the window closes.

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 sixth-form colleges 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.