DfE guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19): attendance recording for educational settings

From Monday 23 March, educational settings will need to temporarily change their attendance recording practices. To minimise the burden on educational settings and ensure that only the most important information is submitted, settings must:

1. Stop taking their normal attendance registers

2. Complete this spreadsheet to record attendance for all children at the educational setting.

3. Use the information in the spreadsheet to complete this short form notifying the Department for Education about your status regarding COVID-19. The form should be submitted by midday each weekday.

Which educational settings should complete the form?

The form is for:

• academies (including free schools and studio schools)
• local authority maintained schools 
• local authority nursery schools 
• independent schools 
• non-maintained special schools 
• pupil referral units 
• university technical colleges 
• FE colleges and sixth form colleges