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Attendance that is done the moment a card is tapped

Tap at the gate, summaries build themselves, and parents know without having to ask

No more manual registers reconciled again at the end of every month. Students and teachers tap their card on arrival and departure, the system matches it against the school's attendance schedule, then marks who was on time and who was late.

  • Arrival and departure times can differ for each day of the week
  • Separate rules for students and for teachers and staff
  • A maximum lateness threshold sets the status automatically
Daily attendance time settings per day for students and staff

What you get

  • Rules that follow your school's habits

    Set arrival, departure, and lateness thresholds per day. Monday can differ from Friday, and staff rules can differ from student rules.

  • Lateness detected on its own

    The system compares the tap time against the maximum lateness threshold, then separates out the late list without anyone counting by hand.

  • Student and staff summaries stay apart

    Student summaries and teacher and staff summaries stand on their own, so form teachers and HR each see the data relevant to them.

  • A way out for edge cases

    A forgotten card or a faulty reader can still be handled through manual attendance, recorded as an added entry with its own trail of changes.

In the app

From settings to summary

Set it once at the start of the academic year, and what remains is simply reading the summary.

  • Daily attendance time settings per day for students and staff

    Attendance Time Settings

    Arrival, departure, and lateness threshold per day

  • Daily student attendance summary in the Cards School dashboard

    Student Attendance Summary

    Per-student summary with search and filters

  • A child's daily attendance in the parent app

    Attendance in the parent app

    Parents see their child's attendance day by day

FAQ

Questions about Daily Attendance

What if arrival times differ from day to day?
The attendance schedule is set per day, Monday through Sunday. You can define different start times, end times, and maximum lateness thresholds for each one.
Do teachers and students follow the same rules?
They do not have to. There is an option to separate student attendance times from teacher and staff times, each with its own schedule.
What if a student forgets their card?
Staff can add attendance manually from the dashboard. The entry is recorded as a manual one, so it remains visible in the summary and can be audited.

See Daily Attendance working at your school

Free demo with our team — or start a trial and set up your own data.