The A Star system has been a game-changer for our school's approach to attendance. It's allowed us to conduct a thorough analysis of attendance data, giving us insights we've never had before due to time consuming administrative tasks. The best part is that it's not just the management and analysis of data—it's how the entire staff, especially the pastoral team, has become more focused on improving attendance thanks to the support this system and our attendance team. The A Star system has drastically reduced the administrative burden that used to come with tracking and managing attendance, and this has had a noticeable impact on staff well-being. Instead of spending countless hours on manual tasks, our team can now dedicate their time to meaningful interventions and support, which is where we really see the difference with our students and their parents/carers. Quite simply, the results speak for themselves. Since implementing the A Star system, our school's attendance improved by 3% in the first year alone. In our second year, attendance continues to improve. On top of that, the A Star support team is fantastic—always ready to help and guide us whenever we need it. If you're considering a solution to boost and support the management of school attendance, I can't recommend A Star enough!

A* is a fantastic tool to assist Attendance Officers. It is like having a virtual assistant. I am very impressed and I am always praising this to other attendance officers that I speak to. I cant recommend it enough and the staff are always helpful and nothing to much trouble if you need assistance. You are not just left to your own devices they are always there to help. Thank you A*

At Fortis Academy, we have improved by 3.56% since 2022/23 and 1.71% YTD since last year 2023/2024. This has been an accelerated improvement due to The A Star Attendance System. My staff find A Star Attendance professional, innovative, accurate and efficient. We are working with VIP Attendance for more enhanced support and progression through the legal process if there has been no improvement. They absolutely love A Star and have subsequently been telling other schools about how efficient the system is.

What a game changer A Star Attendance is! As attendance lead this has saved me so much time. We have been using the A Star System to monitor our attendance for a couple of years now and can't imagine being without it. Our attendance continues to be around 97% because it tracks all the children and alerts me to which children's attendance is a concern. It also allows me to create a chronological log of events, support offered, meeting etc for each child which can be printed out whenever it is needed. The system is very easy to use but if you do need any support, Jill and her team are there whenever you need them.

We have been using the A Star system now for about 18 months. The key change that we have noticed is the amount of time our attendance team have for other interventions and supportive measures, that previously they were spending running reports and producing letters to send to parents. The user friendly layout of the software and excellent reporting system also makes producing legal paperwork to submit to the local authority incredibly easy for our staff. I have been in communication with a number of A Star staff members throughout our time using the product, all of who have gone above and beyond to help me and my team.

A Star Attendance provide a fantastic service which perfectly complements the strategies and approaches that we have in place as a school. As an organisation they provide the perfect blend of people focused strategies aimed at offering encouragement alongside clear, methodical approaches towards ensuring that no child slips through the net and every attendance concern is addressed. It also reduces administration time, with letters populated appropriately and quickly. They have been invaluable in helping to move our overall school attendance up by a whole percentage point and our persistent absence closer to 8%. If ever we have queries, nothing is too much trouble. A star attendance solutions offer a crucial tool that underpins our strong attendance.

A Star has been transformational, in that, it acts like an attendance admin person collating information, tracking and generating the general administration requirements which take up most of the working day. This has enabled our Attendance Officer and Pastoral Team to replace the admin drain on their day to day working, to spend more time communicating with students and parents, removing barriers and supporting better attendance and overall outcomes. The relationship between the Assistant Headteacher and Attendance Officer is much more impactful and enables them to be student focused opposed to being operational. The positive impact of the system was confirmed by a 2% increase in the first six months of the programme. Currently, even with the challenges presented to all schools, we are just above National. Amazing and wouldn’t be without it!

The system is easy to install, easy to use and saves many hours of work. As the system does the checking there are no mistakes made with dates and manual checks. The override facility ensures you still have control over the letters and communication that goes to parents. The A Star team are always at the end of a phone and will reply straight away to an email. I cannot fault it.

We have found A-Star Attendance to be an essential tool in monitoring our attendance across school. It is extremely user-friendly and has enabled us to identify any trends in attendance quickly and easily.