School Closure (whole or partial) for Election Purposes - Code #: Planned whole or partial school closure

This code should be used for whole or partial school closures that are known or planned in advance such as: between terms; half terms; occasional days (for example, bank holidays); weekends (where it is required by the management information system); up to five non-educational days to be used for curriculum planning/training; and use of schools as polling stations.

Excerpt from ‘School attendance – Departmental advice for maintained schools, academies, independent schools and local authorities’, DfE, October 2014

1. Select Focus | Attendance (or Lesson Monitor) | Exceptional Circumstances

2. Click the New button to display the Create an Exceptional Circumstance page

3. Enter the dates e.g. from 05/05/2016 AM to 05/05/2016 PM

4. By default the Group Type is displayed as Whole School. If a different group is required, select this from the drop down list and then click on Search to refresh the display.

5. Select the required Attendance code from the drop down list i.e. #

6. Enter the reason in the Description field e.g. School used as Polling Station

7. Highlight the pupils/students e.g. Whole School

8. Click the Apply button; you will see a message confirming that the marks have been applied