Monitor your school attendance pre-populated attendance codes

You may have noticed an update to your data in the Monitor your school attendance tools. This change happened because we fixed a limitation with pre-populated attendance codes.

The limitation meant pre-populated attendance codes that had been entered in school management information systems (MIS) were not appearing in the Monitor your school attendance dashboard and Compare your school attendance.

We resolved this limitation on Friday 24 April 2026. If you had pre-populated attendance codes, you may find that sessions that were pre-populated have now updated in the Monitor your school attendance dashboard.

This should improve the alignment between the attendance data in Monitor your school attendance and your MIS.

Please remember schools should not input future attendance session codes into attendance registers. The attendance register should be recorded during your morning and afternoon sessions.

Frequently asked questions

1. What if my school does not pre-populate attendance sessions?
2. What tools are not impacted?

3. Are local authority and trust downloads impacted? 

    

What if my school does not pre-populate attendance sessions?

 You are not impacted if your school does not pre-populate attendance sessions.

What tools are not impacted?

The following tools are not impacted by the change:

• Year 6 transition downloads
• Similar schools comparison reports (for schools, trusts and local authorities)
• Data shared with Ofsted

Are local authority and trust downloads impacted?

If schools in your local authority or trust had pre-populated attendance codes, this may have impacted attendance data downloads. Downloads will include pre-populated attendance codes from Monday 27 April.

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