SkieHow do we hand the tablets to a new batch next year?
Reassign them. Open each device or group and assign it to the new student. The old student's data is cleared and the device's history stays. No factory reset is needed, and the seat remains in use. Combined with promoting a class, most of the year-end work is a few steps in the dashboard.
At the end of a school year two things happen to tablets. Some students move up and keep their device. Others leave, and their tablets go to new joiners. Skie keeps those two cases separate so neither is a rebuild.
For students who stay, promote the group. For tablets freed by leavers, create the new students in the dashboard, then reassign each tablet to a new student. One student, one device is the rule, so you assign a tablet to one student and the link follows the student. The previous student's details are cleared and the device's history stays.
Because the tablet stays enrolled, the same policy, app list and hardening apply. You do not reset the hardware, collect it for re-provisioning or need a new token. The seat stays in use and nothing extra is charged for the handover.
If you need a clean device for any reason, such as a tablet that had a problem, use the replace flow or reset and provision again. Identity recognition by IMEI or serial means a reset device does not take a second seat.
Before term starts, check the Insights view: how many devices are online, how many are fully compliant, and which are on the latest policy and app version. Devices that stayed off all summer will take a moment to sync when switched on, and a sync happens automatically when internet returns.
A practical tip: do the handover in the same week as the school's own admissions, and keep a printed list of tablet to student, so a parent query is answered at the desk.