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Attendance and persistent absence analytics

Turn attendance data into actionable insight

Turn attendance data into actionable insight

Turn attendance data into actionable insight

Attendance figures show what is happening. Purple helps explain why.

Attendance figures show what is happening. Purple helps explain why.

Attendance figures show what is happening. Purple helps explain why.

Purple helps schools, trusts and educational organisations move beyond attendance percentages to understand absence drivers, attendance risk and long-term attendance patterns. Analyse attendance, persistent absence, severe absence, attendance gaps, absence reasons and attendance journeys within one connected platform.

Purple helps schools, trusts and educational organisations move beyond attendance percentages to understand absence drivers, attendance risk and long-term attendance patterns. Analyse attendance, persistent absence, severe absence, attendance gaps, absence reasons and attendance journeys within one connected platform.

Purple helps schools, trusts and educational organisations move beyond attendance percentages to understand absence drivers, attendance risk and long-term attendance patterns. Analyse attendance, persistent absence, severe absence, attendance gaps, absence reasons and attendance journeys within one connected platform.

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Why attendance matters

Attendance is the measure. Understanding drives change.

Attendance is the measure. Understanding drives change.

A percentage only tells you where attendance is today. Purple helps teams uncover the patterns, risks and improvement opportunities beneath it—so they can decide what to do next.

From signal to improvement

94.6%

94.6%

94.6%

Attendance

Risk

12 pupils · PA risk

12 pupils ·

PA risk

3 cohorts ↓

Context

Vulnerability · behaviour · provision

Action

Support · monitor · evaluate

Improve

Recovering · narrowing · reducing

Explore attendance through the questions that matter

Explore attendance through the questions that matter

Explore attendance through the questions that matter

Start with the question you need to answer and see how Purple brings the relevant evidence into view.

Start with the question you need to answer and see how Purple brings the relevant evidence into view.

Start with the question you need to answer and see how Purple brings the relevant evidence into view.

Questions Purple can help answer

Identify attendance concerns before they become persistent

Monitor attendance patterns, persistent absence, severe absence and lost learning time in one place, helping leaders spot concerns early and target support before attendance deteriorates further.

Purple attendance ladder grouping pupils by attendance level and comparing each band with the previous year.

Questions Purple can help answer

Identify attendance concerns before they become persistent

Monitor attendance patterns, persistent absence, severe absence and lost learning time in one place, helping leaders spot concerns early and target support before attendance deteriorates further.

Purple attendance ladder grouping pupils by attendance level and comparing each band with the previous year.

Why Purple

Why Purple

From feature to support. One connected story.

From feature to support. One connected story.

Purple helps teams ask better questions, connect evidence and decide what should happen next.

Purple helps teams ask better questions, connect evidence and decide what should happen next.

01

01

What is happening?

What is happening?

Attendance, absence and persistence.

02

02

Who is affected?

Who is affected?

Year groups, vulnerable pupils and cohorts.

03

03

Why is it happening?

Why is it happening?

Absence reasons, attendance behaviours and underlying patterns.

04

04

What should happen next?

What should happen next?

Provisions, support and evaluation.

Purple attendance dashboard on a laptop, showing attendance trends, year-group comparisons and pupil filters.

Attendance equity

Attendance equity

See who is being left behind.

See who is being left behind.

Purple makes gaps visible so teams can focus support where it is most needed.

Purple makes gaps visible so teams can focus support where it is most needed.

Attendance risk pathway

Identify risk before absence becomes persistent.

Identify risk before absence becomes persistent.

Purple makes each change in attendance visible early—so the right conversation and support can start before a pattern becomes entrenched.

Purple makes each change in attendance visible early—so the right conversation and support can start before a pattern becomes entrenched.

One pupil · one connected journey

Good attendance

Stable and on track


Stable and on track

96.8%

96.8%

Positive trend

Positive trend

Emerging concern

A subtle drift appears


A subtle drift appears

93.7%

93.7%

Review feature

Review feature

Persistent absence risk

Risk is becoming clear


Risk is becoming clear

89.4%

attendance

3

features

features

Provision

Proactive support begins


Proactive support begins

Attendance review + family contact

Attendance review + family contact

Review in 10 days

Review in 10 days

Improved attendance

Progress becomes visible

95.2%

Risk reduced

Risk reduced

Individual to trust view

From one student to the whole trust

From one student to the whole trust

From one student to the whole trust

Start with the detail around one student. Then zoom out through class, year group and school patterns to a strategic trust-wide view — all through the same connected attendance dataset.

Start with the detail around one student. Then zoom out through class, year group and school patterns to a strategic trust-wide view — all through the same connected attendance dataset.

One connected attendance story

Individual student

Individual student

Am

Amina M

Year 8 · Pupil Premium

89.4%

89.4%

Attendance this year

Attendance this year

↓ 3.8pp in six weeks · review needed

↓ 3.8pp in six weeks · review needed

See the reasons, history and support behind one student’s percentage.

Zoom out

Class

Class

28 pupils

28 pupils

↓

→

→

Year group

Year group

6 classes

6 classes

↓

→

→

School

School

1,182 pupils

1,182 pupils

Same data · wider context

Trust overview

Trust overview

12 schools at a glance

12 schools at a glance

92.1%

Trust attendance

3

Schools to review

Schools to review

School 01 96.2%

School 04 94.1%

School 08 92.2%

School 12 88.9%

Compare variation and focus support where it matters most.

One pupil. One school. One trust. The same connected attendance story.

One pupil. One school. One trust. The same connected attendance story.

Related features

Related features

Keep the whole attendance story in view.

Keep the whole attendance story in view.

Behaviour & suspensions

Behaviour & suspensions

Connect behaviour patterns with attendance movement.

Connect behaviour patterns with attendance movement.

Inclusion & vulnerability

Inclusion & vulnerability

Understand vulnerability indicators and equity gaps.

Understand vulnerability indicators and equity gaps.

Provision tracking

Provision tracking

Turn attendance insight into coordinated support.

Turn attendance insight into coordinated support.

Impact evaluation

Impact evaluation

Evaluate which attendance strategies are working.

Evaluate which attendance strategies are working.

Further reading on attendance

Further reading on attendance

Go deeper on what attendance data shows.

Go deeper on what attendance data shows.

Why the fastest-improving schools look beyond absence

What the DfE's attendance analysis means for schools and trusts

What attendance data is really telling schools

Turn attendance data into earlier action.

See how Purple helps teams spot patterns, focus support and understand which responses appear to make a difference.

Book an attendance demo

Free personalised demonstration

Tailored to your attendance goals

No pressure or obligation

Attendance, made actionable

Turn attendance data into earlier action.

See how Purple helps teams spot patterns, focus support and understand which responses appear to make a difference.

Book an attendance demo

Free personalised demonstration

Tailored to your attendance goals

No pressure or obligation

Attendance, made actionable

Turn attendance data into earlier action.

See how Purple helps teams spot patterns, focus support and understand which responses appear to make a difference.

Book an attendance demo

Free personalised demonstration

Tailored to your attendance goals

No pressure or obligation