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Detentions: connect the school decision with duty follow-through

Student Radar helps authorised staff arrange detention sessions, check family-notice choices and record attendance, while retaining the source and reasons for corrections or cancellation.

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Staff make and review detention decisions under school policy. A recorded miss or rescheduled outcome does not automatically authorise or create a further sanction.

Date, type and pupil filters lead to grouped sessions and the near-day duty register. Fictional example.

Record the decision and the observed result

Keep session arrangements and the actual attendance record together.

Find school-entered and MIS-synced sessions, arrange authorised detentions and record duty outcomes with a clear saved-register workflow.

  1. 01

    Find the session and its origin

    Date, type and pupil filters lead to grouped sessions and the near-day duty register.

  2. 02

    Choose the observed outcome

    Attended, Late and Missed are distinct from an unknown outcome, with additional choices in Other outcome.

  3. 03

    Check the saved attendance in the session

    The register refreshes after a successful save rather than leaving a selection as assumed evidence.

Detentions

Confirm who is on the duty register

Check the session and pupil before recording an outcome.

Check the session and pupil before recording an outcome. Fictional example.

Detentions

Choose the observed outcome

Attended, Late and Missed are distinct from an unknown outcome, with additional choices in Other outcome.

Attended, Late and Missed are distinct from an unknown outcome, with additional choices in Other outcome. Fictional example.

Detentions

Check the saved attendance in the session

The register refreshes after a successful save rather than leaving a selection as assumed evidence.

The register refreshes after a successful save rather than leaving a selection as assumed evidence. Fictional example.

Detentions

Reopen the saved mark on duty

The phone register shows the stored attendance selection for the fictional pupil.

The phone register shows the stored attendance selection for the fictional pupil. Fictional example.

Keep session arrangements and attendance outcomes distinct

Keep the operational record useful for the staff decision that follows.

A usable session arrangement

Pupils, type, school-clock date, time, reason and arrangements remain together for staff running the session.

An attendance record that preserves uncertainty

Explicit outcomes and marked counts separate observed attendance from unmarked assignments, with corrections retained as history.

Communication followed through deliberately

Recipient previews and reported queue/cancellation results let staff identify contact that still needs the school’s normal follow-up.

Questions about Detentions

Can the register include school and MIS detention records?

The workspace brings school-entered sessions and MIS-synced records together. Staff check the source before updating the intended record.

Can duty staff complete a detention attendance register on a phone?

The workspace includes a phone duty-register view, saved attendance outcomes and a receipt to check. Staff follow the school’s authorised decision and notification arrangements.

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The value of a connected school

See the pattern. Bring the context.

A change in attendance or behaviour is the start of a conversation. The connected pupil record helps staff ask a better next question.

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Context for the next step

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Follow a connection to see what it makes possible

Relevant context, with access set by each staff member’s role and responsibilities. Staff decide the response.

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    Check whether support is reaching the pupil

    Put attendance and behaviour alongside plans, provision and review evidence. Staff can investigate missed support before deciding what needs to change.

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  2. Health + Core

    Bring health needs into the attendance conversation

    Authorised staff can check relevant medical needs and care plans when following up absence, then agree practical support with the family.

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  3. Family communication + Core

    Keep the family conversation with the follow-up

    Read the contact history around a pupil before reaching out. Record the next action so another colleague can pick up the conversation with context.

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Walk through the saved record with your team

Find school-entered and MIS-synced sessions, arrange authorised detentions and record duty outcomes with a clear saved-register workflow. Staff make and review detention decisions under school policy. A recorded miss or rescheduled outcome does not automatically authorise or create a further sanction.

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