Help for attendance leads

Attendance analytics, unexplained absences, strategies, support plans and statutory cohorts.

Understand your attendance analytics: The attendance analytics page shows attendance across your school or a group of pupils: the headline figures, how attendance is changing week by week, how it compares with national figures, and…
Spot pupils close to persistent absence: A pupil is persistently absent when they have missed 10% or more of their possible sessions, so their attendance is 90% or below. Pupils just above that line, or slipping towards it, are the ones…
Contact parents of today’s absentees: The attendance analytics page lists the pupils marked absent today, so you can see who to follow up, open each pupil’s parent and carer contacts, and download the list. This article explains how…
Create an attendance action from a pupil profile: When a pupil’s attendance needs following up, you can turn it into an action from the Attendance section of their profile. Student Radar fills in the details from the attendance concern, so you…
Export a cohort summary: The Cohort Summary shows, for each year group, how many pupils are in each group, such as Pupil Premium, SEND or EHCP, and their attendance. You can export it as a PDF to share with senior leaders…
Resolve unexplained absences: When a pupil is absent and nobody yet knows why, the register records an N mark: no reason yet provided. Unresolved Absences lists every N mark for the pupils you can access, so you can follow…
Choose an attendance strategy for a pupil: Attendance Support groups pupils into four waves by their attendance this year, and suggests ready-made strategies for each wave. Each strategy explains when to use it, the actions involved, who…
Compare your attendance with similar schools: Benchmarking puts your school’s attendance next to published attendance for other schools in England. It picks the schools closest to yours on one measure, such as the share of pupils on free…
Record a child missing education: The Children missing education register in Statutory cohorts is where your school keeps track of pupils it’s monitoring because they may be missing education. It records each pupil’s monitoring…
Set up a part-time timetable: A part-time (reduced) timetable is a short-term arrangement for a pupil who can’t attend full time for now. In Student Radar, each one is a dated plan in the Part-time timetables register. The…
Record a penalty notice decision: Penalty consideration lists pupils whose unauthorised absence means their case should be reviewed. Use it to look at the evidence, record where each case has got to and record any penalty notice…
Change the AM and PM session times: The session times are the start and end times of the morning (AM) and afternoon (PM) registration sessions. They’re shown on every register in your school, so check them at the start of the year…
Create an attendance support plan: An attendance support plan records what will help a pupil come to school, who owns each action and when you’ll review it. You write the plan, agree it with the pupil and their family, then start…
Record support delivered and review an attendance support plan: Once an attendance support plan is underway, record what was actually delivered on each planned date, then review the plan on its review date and decide what happens next. This guide also covers…