Attendance register session and code checklist

Review the school timetable and attendance-register configuration to identify the morning session and the afternoon session for the day being checked.

Verify that the attendance register was taken at the start of the morning session and at the same time for all registered pupils.

Verify that the attendance register was taken once during the afternoon session and at the same time for all registered pupils.

Review both session registers to confirm that every registered pupil has an entry for each applicable registration occasion.

For each registration occasion, verify that the register records whether each registered pupil was physically present and, where the pupil was not physically present, records the reason for absence.

Compare absence entries with the applicable national attendance and absence codes set out in regulation 10 of the School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024.

Where a pupil has an agreed part-time timetable, identify the parts of the week or day covered by that timetable and check that the resulting absence is recorded accordingly, normally using code X or C2.

Record any missed session, inconsistent registration time, missing pupil entry, absent reason, incorrect code or part-time timetable discrepancy requiring follow-up.