User guide for the DfE monitor your attendance tool

The monitor your school attendance data tool is available on the View your education data (VYED) service. It provides useful information on your school’s attendance and absence.

The DfE have recently published a guide to help schools use and navigate the tool.

You can use the tool to:

• view secure attendance reports for the whole school, individual pupils or pupil characteristic groups
• compare your school attendance within the local authority and see your school’s position for attendance and performance nationally
• download attendance data

If you do not have access you will need to:

• be already sharing your daily attendance data with the Department for Education (DfE)
• request access to the tool

The monitor your school attendance tool can help you:

• identify trends
• identify pupils who may need support
• save time building attendance reports
• compare attendance within the local authority and nationally