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What if tracking pupil attendance could do more for your school?
Student attendance in England has reached a critical crossroads. Persistent absence rates are at record highs, with 18 per cent (around 1.6 million) regularly missing school. That’s one in five students!
More than just a classroom register
Managing attendance is not just an admin headache – it’s a safeguarding, wellbeing, and attainment emergency.
Gone are the days of chasing attendance slips across six floors at my London school, juggling form time, safeguarding concerns, and my Year 11 GCSE classes – if a tool like A Star Attendance had existed then, it would have transformed how we supported students and tackled absence before it became a serious issue.
Attendance is more than a statistic; it’s the heartbeat of school life and a powerful predictor of wellbeing, engagement, and academic success.
Attendance matters
While most schools rely on their MIS to monitor registers, a new breed of systems like A Star Attendance is reshaping how schools manage, monitor, and act on attendance data. With intervention tracking features, vulnerability indicators, and automated home visit recommendations, A Star Attendance aims to make absence management smarter, quicker, and more effective – so teachers can focus on what really matters: supporting students.
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Why belonging matters most
The Department for Education reports that students who feel they do not belong at school are significantly more likely to become persistently absent; it shouldn’t be a number-crunching exercise. With the right technology, built by people who understand real school life, A Star Attendance can be a game-changer for schools seeking efficiency and compassion in attendance practice.
A Star Attendance integrates with your school’s MIS to automatically track data, flag at-risk students, and log every intervention—from early concerns to home visits. It reduces admin with automated, trackable letters and clear reporting that helps school leaders act early and support families. Key features include student-level profiles with vulnerability indicators, escalation through attendance stages, live dashboards, and on-the-go home visit logging.
With Stage Impact Reporting, accredited CPD, and policy support, it offers a smart, safeguarding-first system teachers can trust. Discover more or book a demonstration.
Teachers who want to reduce workload, safeguard students, and raise attendance can consider integrating a smarter system like A Star Attendance into their practice. Over 230 schools across England are already seeing the benefits.
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