How Schools Can Keep Accurate Attendance Records Every Term
A term's attendance record should answer any question a parent, inspector or head teacher might ask — not just produce a percentage.
What a complete record contains
- Daily attendance: who arrived, when, and who did not.
- Class attendance: lesson registers where the school takes them.
- Boarding: the nightly roll-call, sign-outs and sick bay.
- Late arrivals, with their real times.
- Sent-home and early departures, with the reason and who collected the pupil.
- Planned absences agreed with the school, so they are not counted against the pupil.
Build it daily, not at the end
A termly record assembled in the last week is a reconstruction. A record built one scan at a time, every day, is simply there when the term ends — accurate because nobody had to remember anything.
GatePass builds the term's record automatically, one scan at a time — try it free for a term.
Start freeStore it where it can be searched
Old registers in a cupboard are technically kept but practically lost. A digital record can be searched by pupil, class or date in seconds, and exported when an inspector or a parent needs a copy.
Keep the history honest
Past terms should never be edited quietly. If a correction is needed, it should be added with a reason. That is what makes the record trustworthy years later.
Common questions
Can we export the record?+
Yes — attendance reports can be exported, and every feature, including reports, is part of every plan.
Ntale Livingstone
Founder, GatePass
I started GatePass because no parent should have to phone the school to find out if their child made it there. I write here about what really happens at the gate, in the register and at home, and what we're building to fix it.
