Parents can use this guide to view Attendance information for their child in the MCAS ( MyChildAtSchool parent portal
The screenshot examples in this guide are for illustration purposes only and may differ from the view for your child
See also How to use MCAS Parent Portal and How to reset MCAS Password
From the Dashboard either click on Attendance in the left hand menu or click More on the Attendance Widget.
In this example the Attendance Widget has been named Attendance in School
When we click More we can see the full year for the Student with each day colour coded, the colours are configured by the school and a key to understanding the colours will be displayed at the top of the screen.
If the Student is present for all sessions, the date will have the colour corresponding to ‘Present’; however, if the Student has a different code for any of the sessions, the date will have the colour according to that code.
For Example:
- If the Student was marked Present in both the AM and PM session, the day will be displayed in the colour corresponding to Present.
- If the Student was marked Late in AM but Present in PM, the day will be displayed in the colour corresponding to Late.
- If the Student was marked Present in AM but Authorised Absent in PM, the day will be displayed in the colour corresponding to Authorised Absent.
Use the Select Year and Select Subject dropdowns to further filter the view
Hover on the pie chart to see Attendance Percentages
Click on a specific date to see more detail
If enabled by the school, parents can also use MCAS to Report an Absence. The option to Report an Absence is available on both the Attedance widget on the dashboard and on the Attendance page.
After clicking on the Report an Absence button – parents can enter details of the absence (for whole days only) and then press Send to notify the school.
- Student: Parents can select one or more students.
- Date From: Parents will be able to select today’s date or a date in the future.
- Date To: Defaults to the Date From. Parents will be able to select today’s date or a date in the future.
- Time : Parents can tick this box if the Absence spans only part of a day to enter the start and end times for the absence.
- Time From : Enter the Start Time of the absence
- Time To: Enter the End Time of the absence
- Message: Parents will provide details of the absence.
- Attachments: Parents can attach multiple files up to 20MB each (PDF, JPG, Word, Excel, and XML) .
- Close: No action will be carried out and parent will return to the previous page.
- Send: Will send the Absence Notification to the school.
After selecting Send, a Confirmation popup will appear. Click Proceed.
A success message will appear:
The parent will receive a confirmation email when the Absence Notification has been sent successfully.
IMPORTANT: Please note, currently if a parent replies to the confirmation email, these replies will NOT be received or recorded anywhere in the MIS or MCAS.
Note: After selecting Proceed, the following alert will appear only if:
- An Absence Notification is in progress or has been approved for that student for that period:
- Or, if an Absence Notification is in progress or has been approved for one or more students when selecting multiple students for that period, the following message will appear: