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title: How to create a Student Absence 
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# How to create a Student Absence

## This guide is to walk the reader through how to create a student absence.

1. 1. To create a student absence, use the left-hand navigation panel and click ‘People’.
        
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     2. Then click ‘Students’.  
        
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     3. With students you have three options of marking a student absent.  
        
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     4. You can mark a student as absent, and the absent record will show in the ‘Student Absence List’. To mark a student absent, please click the icon that is calendar with x that goes through it.
        
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     5. You can also set the date that the student was absent from and too. 
        
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     6. You can then set the time, that the student was absent from and too.  
        
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     7. Using the drop down, you can select the reason for the absence.  
        
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     8. There is the option to leave a note on the record too.  
        
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     9. To save the absence record, click ‘Submit’. 
        
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     10. You can also mark a student as an early leaver or late arrival.
     11. Using the icon with the arrow pointing away from the bracket, this will mark a student as an early leaver.  
         
         ![A screenshot of a computer
         
         AI-generated content may be incorrect.](https://knowledge.sgworld.com/hs-fs/hubfs/undefined-Sep-23-2025-07-14-22-2082-AM.png?width=903&height=441&name=undefined-Sep-23-2025-07-14-22-2082-AM.png)
     12. Use the icon with the arrow pointing towards the bracket which will mark a student as a late arrival.  
         
         ![A screenshot of a computer
         
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     13. Choosing either will allow you to follow the same process. You will be able to set a date in which the student was either a late arrival or early leaver.  
         
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     14. Then set a time. 
         
         ![A screenshot of a computer
         
         AI-generated content may be incorrect.](https://knowledge.sgworld.com/hs-fs/hubfs/undefined-Sep-23-2025-07-14-46-2103-AM.png?width=903&height=447&name=undefined-Sep-23-2025-07-14-46-2103-AM.png)
     15. Select a reason for the absence.  
         
         ![A screenshot of a computer
         
         AI-generated content may be incorrect.](https://knowledge.sgworld.com/hs-fs/hubfs/undefined-Sep-23-2025-07-14-52-2237-AM.png?width=903&height=447&name=undefined-Sep-23-2025-07-14-52-2237-AM.png)
     16. You can create a note about the absence as well.  
         
         ![A screenshot of a computer
         
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     17. When done click submit.  
         
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