This page explains the FrontOffice/Administration part of the two part process of fully recording a students late arrival at school.
Care also refer to: Entering a Early Departure (Class Room Teacher/Class Roll)
Inevitably students will from time to time need to leave class/school early. Their early departure from school and to their scheduled class both need to be recorded to fully capture accurate attendence data for this event.
To enter a late arrival at the front office/reception:
Go to:
Students Profile > Attendance > Arrivals/Departures
Select:
New Arrival
Complete the necessary data fields and Save.
Explanation of Data Fields
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Date/Time | Record date time of student arrival at school. |
Reason | Explanation given for Late Arrival |
Notes | Any additional information you would like to record |
Categories | Select from the absence categories set up and approved by your school/department. |
Arrival is school approved | Click this box to mark the absence as School Approved, meaining the absence will not count towards any government attendance calculations. E.g. a student was attenduing an off site event representing the school and whilst they were not phyiscally at school during this time the absence will not affect their government attendance results. |
To ensure all Early Departure attendance records are fully accurate it is essential both the Front Office/Adminstration and Classroom Teacher/Roll components are fully completed.