School attendance system with parent visibility
Enaton records attendance in a way that survives a real school day. Teachers mark in seconds, registers that were never marked surface before the day ends, senior staff review the cases that need attention, and parents can see their child was present.
Registers that nobody reads
Most schools take attendance. Far fewer do anything with it. Registers are marked in a book, the book sits in the classroom, and nobody finds out that a learner has missed eleven days until somebody notices they are failing.
The bigger risk is the register that was never marked at all. If a learner did not arrive and no one recorded it, the school has no idea, and the first the parent hears is when the child does not come home.
How Enaton handles it
Marking is fast enough that teachers actually do it, from a phone if that is what they have. What matters more is what happens next: unmarked registers are visible the same day, not at the end of the month, so somebody can chase them while it still means something.
Patterns surface on their own. A learner drifting from occasional absence into regular absence is flagged early enough that the school can have a conversation rather than write a letter.
For teachers
- Mark today’s register in seconds, on a phone or a laptop
- See which of your registers are still unmarked
- Mark for a past date when you were away, with the change recorded
- Reasons recorded, so absence with a reason is not treated the same as absence without one
For senior staff
- A queue of what needs review: pending, flagged and overdue
- Unmarked registers surfaced the same day rather than at month end
- Patterns per learner and per class, early enough to act on
- Reports by day, by class and by learner
For parents
Parents can see their child’s attendance in the portal rather than asking. For most families this is reassurance. For the small number of cases where a learner is not arriving where they said they would, it is the school and the parent finding out at the same time, which is exactly when it should happen.
Who this is for
Teachers mark in seconds instead of filling a book. Deputies and heads of section get a queue rather than a filing cabinet. Principals can answer a safeguarding question with a record. Parents see their child arrived.
Want to see this on your own school?
Bring a fee structure and a class list. Thirty minutes, no slides, and we will tell you what it would cost and how long moving would take.
From as low as KES 4,060 a month, never per learner. Every module, migration, training and support included.
Questions we get about this
Can teachers mark attendance from a phone?
Yes, which matters in schools where not every teacher has a computer.
What happens if a register is never marked?
It shows as unmarked the same day and appears in the review queue, so somebody can chase it while the information still means something.
Can parents see attendance?
Yes, in the parent portal alongside fees and results. Schools decide how much detail to show.
Does it handle absence with a reason differently?
Yes. Reasons are recorded, so an authorised absence is not counted the same way as an unexplained one.
Bring your own numbers. We will show you this working
Thirty minutes with your classes, terms and fee structure. No slides.