Share your daily school attendance data

We’re trialling getting automatic daily attendance data from schools. Getting daily attendance data will:

• give schools, local authorities and multi-academy trusts (MATs) access to more up-to-date pupilpupil-level level attendance data
• help you meet the new expectations set out in working together to improve school attendance
• not add to your school’s workload

Schools should use the reports to help improve school attendance by identifying trends and those pupils thatwho need support, and sharing attendance data with yourtheir board, governing body and local authority.

Who should send us data

Sending daily attendance data is voluntary for schools.

This includes:

• maintained nurseries
• primary schools
• middle-deemed primary schools
• middle-deemed secondary schools
• secondary schools
• all-through schools
• special schools (including non-maintained special schools)
• pupil referral units
• alternative provision
• academies (including free schools, university technical colleges (UTCs)(UTCs) and studio schools)
• city technology colleges (CTCs)(CTCs)

What data we need

We collect the following data items:

• forename
• surname
• unique pupil number
• gender
• ethnicity
• child looked after
• child previously looked after
• SENspecial educational needs (SEN) support
• education health and care plan
• free school meals
• national curriculum year group
• school URN unique reference number (URN)
• local authority code

We’re requesting each of these data items for:

• pupils in reception
• all statutory schoolschool-age age pupils
• pupils in years 12 and 13 (if this is recorded in your management information systems)system (MIS)

We’re not collecting information that is recorded in the comments fieldsfield in youra management information systems.MIS.

The data will be refreshed for codes changed within 7 days of registration.

How to send us your attendance data

1. The data will be collected by a company called Wonde.

   If Foryour schoolsschool that already workuses withWonde’s Wonde,secure theyportal

   Wonde will ask you throughvia theirits secure portal to agree to share your attendance data.

2. Once you agree, Wondeit will connect with your managementMIS information system (MIS) to extract and securely transfer the data to us.

3. Dataus will be shared automatically from your MIS each day. You can opt out of this datadata-sharing sharing at any time.

If your school does not currently use WondeWonde’s secure portal

IfYou’ll you do not use Wonde, you’ll be contacted by theirWonde’s team to help you install the secure portal. If you’ve not been contacted by them, first check your junk folderfolder, orthen email support@wonde.com. There will be no costs involved and it will enable you to share your attendance data with us.

Wonde can extract data from these management information systems:MISs:

• Arbor
• Bromcom
• Cloud School
• Engage
• Facility
• Integris
• iSAMS
• PupilAsset
• ScholarPack
• SIMSSchoolBase
• SIMS PrimarySchoolPod
• SchoolBaseSIMS
• SchoolPodSIMS Primary
• Teacher Centre
• WBCS
• Wonde Generic

How this data will be used (including DPIA)

All data we’re collecting is subject to a privacy notice (PDF, 128 KB, 3 pages). No information that identifies a child will be shared publicly.

We’ll use this data to identify national, regional and local trendstrends, and patterns in school attendance. We’ll also share our analysis with members of the Attendance Action Alliance. Read our data collection principles (PDF, 145 KB, 3 pages) forto morefind information.out more.

Any analysis we share will not include any data that could identify your school.

We will not use this data for:

• Ofsted or RSCregional decisionsschools makingcommissioner (RSC) decision-making
• judgementsjudgments aroundabout what constitutes a school causing concern
• inspection, academisation or decisions to place or remove a school in or remove it from a trust
• funding purposes

A data protection impact assessment (DPIA)(DPIA) (PDF, 199 KB, 15 pages) is available for this collection is also available.collection.

Accessing your schoolschool’s attendance reports

We will email you when your reports are ready to view. This can take up to 4 weeks from when you first start sharing daily data.

Using the service:

• you’ll be able to see data for your school
• MATs will be able to view the data of the participating schools theythey’re are responsible for
• local authorities will be able to view the data of participating schools withinin their area

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Get access to view your education data

You’ll only be able to view attendance reports if you’ve been given access by your school, trust or local authority.

If you’re from a school, you’ll need your DfEDepartment signfor inEducation (DfE) Sign-in account details to access the service. You’ll need to request the ‘View your education data – Schoolschool Attendanceattendance Data’data’ role from your organisation’s approver.

If you’re from a trust or local authority, you’ll need your IDAMSidentity and access management service (IDAMS) credentials to log in. You’ll then need to request access to ‘View your education data – Schoolschool Attendanceattendance Data’data’ from your organisation’s super user.super-user.