School attendance system with parent visibility
A learner can miss eleven days before anyone notices. Unmarked registers show the same day, and parents see their child arrived.
Enaton records attendance in a way that survives a real school day. Teachers mark on a phone or a laptop, 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.
Grade 4 register, today
31 of 32 in| Learner | Today |
|---|---|
| Wanjiru Kamau | Present |
| Brian Otieno | Present |
| Amina Hassan | Absent, sick |
| Kevin Mutua | Present |
| Faith Chebet | Present |
Marked at 7:42 by Mrs Achieng
- Wanjiru KamauPresent
- Brian OtienoPresent
- Amina HassanAbsent, sick
- Kevin MutuaPresent
- Faith ChebetPresent
What it does
Enaton records attendance in a way that survives a real school day. Teachers mark on a phone or a laptop, 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.
For teachers
- Mark today’s register 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
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- 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
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- Reports by day, by class and by learner
- Boarders and day scholars expected on their own days, weekends included for boarders if you choose
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.
Give every role its own portal
You create the portals and decide what each person can see and do.
See how portals work- TeachersYou choose access
- DriversYou choose access
- ParentsYou choose access
- StorekeeperYou choose access
- MatronYou choose access
- Anyone you addYou choose access
Who it helps
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Teachers mark on a phone instead of filling a book.
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Deputies and heads of section get a queue rather than a filing cabinet.
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Principals can answer a safeguarding question with a record.
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Parents see their child arrived.
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How it works
Teachers mark today’s register from a phone
Registers left unmarked show up the same day, not at month end
Senior staff review what is pending, flagged or overdue
Parents see their child’s attendance in the portal
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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.
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.
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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.
Does attendance work for boarders at weekends?
Yes. Boarders’ attendance days are set separately from day scholars’, so a weekend register for boarders is expected rather than forgotten.
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