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Pillar 03 · Attendance & Pastoral Care

Every child accounted for — and cared for.

From the first lesson bell to the gate at home time, Commun tracks who's in, who's out and why — then carries the same care through house points, leave and pastoral records.

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Attendance, end to end

Marked in the lesson, tracked at the gate

Teachers mark present, late or excused in seconds. The gate kiosk catches arrivals and departures. Every mark rolls up to a daily picture the office can trust.

Per-lesson check-in

Open the register on any device and tap through the roster. Mark present, late or excused, attach an absence reason, and move on — the whole class in under a minute.

  • Present · late · excused, with structured absence reasons
  • Works on phone, tablet or desktop — no app to install
  • Late arrivals reconcile automatically against the gate
IMG: attendance-lesson-register Screenshot — class roster with present/late/excused toggles + absence reason picker

Attendance kiosk at the gate

A tap-in kiosk at the entrance logs arrivals and early leaves the moment they happen — so reception always knows exactly who is on site, in real time.

  • Fast tap-in for arrivals, late marks and early collection
  • Live on-site list for fire-drill and safeguarding checks
  • Feeds the same daily record as the lesson register
Screenshot — gate kiosk tap-in with large confirmation tick + live arrivals list

Daily aggregation & reports

Lesson marks and gate taps combine into one daily attendance picture — present, absent and percentage by class, year or whole school, ready to export or report on.

  • Daily totals and attendance-percentage reports
  • Drill from whole-school down to a single student
  • Flag persistent absence for follow-up
Screenshot — daily dashboard with present/absent counts by class + drill-down
Pastoral & co-curricular

The care side of school, on the record

Leave that follows a clear approval path. House points that build belonging. Pastoral notes kept where the right people can see them. Co-curricular life captured alongside the academic.

Leave applications

Families request leave with dates, reason and supporting documents; staff approve along a clear path, and the calendar updates itself.

House points & seasons

Award and track points by house across each season, with a live leaderboard that brings a bit of friendly rivalry to the whole school.

Pastoral issue tracking

Log wellbeing concerns, behaviour and follow-ups against a student, so form tutors and pastoral leads share one trusted history.

Co-curricular records

Capture clubs, activities and achievements beyond the classroom, building a fuller picture of every child for reports and references.

IMG: leave-application Screenshot — leave application form + approval timeline with document upload

One thread per student

Attendance, leave, house points and pastoral notes all hang off the same student record — so when a teacher or the office asks "how is this child doing?", the answer is in one place, not five.

  • Supporting documents attach straight to the request
  • Visible to the staff who need it, by role and tag
  • Carries through to report cards and parent updates
Screenshot — four-house points board with season leaderboard

Belonging you can see

House points and seasons turn everyday good choices into something the whole community rallies around — and the running leaderboard keeps the energy up right through term.

  • Award points from any staff device
  • Seasons reset and crown a winner each term
  • Live totals shown to students and families
Kept safe, kept available

Records you can rely on at the moment they matter

A safeguarding question can't wait for a system to come back up. Commun keeps attendance and pastoral records secure, role-controlled and available with 99.9% uptime — with automatic backups so nothing is ever lost.

99.9%
Uptime — there when you check the gate list
< 60s
To mark a full class register
1
Shared record per student, role-controlled
Auto
Backups, so a record is never lost
From the care team

Less chasing, more caring

"The gate kiosk and the lesson register finally agree with each other. At 9am I can tell you exactly who's missing and why — without phoning round."

Deputy HeadHead of Pastoral, KL

"House points used to live on a whiteboard. Now every tutor can award them, the leaderboard updates live, and the kids genuinely care about it."

HouseparentForm Tutor

"Leave requests with documents attached, approved in one path — no more lost notes in bags. The pastoral history sits right on the student record."

Attendance OfficerWhole-school

See attendance & pastoral in action

Walk through the register, the gate kiosk, house points and pastoral records on your own school's setup — in one guided demo.

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