Teaching and attendance
Mark and confirm class attendance
Record the right pupils for a school day, save a draft if needed and confirm the completed register.
2 min readReviewed 27 October 2026
Before you begin
- Permission to view and mark attendance for the class.
- Correct term dates, school days and pupil class start dates.
On this page
Choose the class and school day
- Step 1. Open Students → Mark Attendance.
- Step 2. Select the class and check the date. Use the earlier-date option only for the day you intend to record.
- Step 3. Confirm the term and eligible pupil list. For a historical register, check that class start dates are correct.
- Step 4. If the page is being edited by someone else, follow the editing-status controls and wait or use the authorized handover process.
Desktop app view
Review every pupil and confirm
- Step 1. Mark each pupil Present, Absent or Excused using the actual register.
- Step 2. Review any pupils who have no status. Earlier dates must be recorded explicitly rather than inferred from today’s defaults.
- Step 3. Save a draft if you need to pause. A saved draft remains incomplete.
- Step 4. Open the confirmation review, check the date, totals and any required explanation.
- Step 5. Confirm attendance and check the register’s confirmed state and calendar.
Correct a confirmed or historical day
Use the review and editing controls available to your role. Historical changes, closed-term changes and adding a pupil to an earlier register may need review permission and an explanation. If the save response is lost, reload the same class/date register before trying again.
- Do not treat a missing register as all pupils absent.
- If the source record cannot be recovered, use the unavailable/review workflow with a reason rather than invent statuses.
- When another person changes the register, reload their latest version before editing again.
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Still need help? Open Support in School Mann or email Warmkeys.