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MCAS
v5.2025.8
August 22, 2025
MCAS - Report absence now with time periods
MyChildAtSchool > Dashboard > Attendance
Parents can now record both full-day and partial-day absences. This enhancement allows absence entries for specific time periods within the school day.
Please refer to the original release note MCAS - Parents can notify the school of child's absence through MCAS for full details of the process.
New Features:
- 'Time' checkbox: "Select a time only if your child will be arriving late or leaving early during the school day"
- Checked: Time pickers remain unlocked, mandatory, and enabled.
- Unchecked: Time pickers become locked and disabled.
- 'Time From' Selector:
- Allows parents to select the time from which the student will be absent.
- Defaults to the Morning Begins time set in Config > Curriculum > Period Structures.
- Displays time options in 5-minute increments.
- 'Time To' Selector:
- Allows parents to specify when the student will return to school.
- Defaults to:
- Post-primary/Secondary: Last period start time + last period duration from the active period structure (excluding wrap-around care).
- Primary: 3:30 PM.
- Displays time options in 5-minute increments.
- Time selection is limited to:
- Post-primary/Secondary: End of the active period structure as above.
- Primary: 5:00 PM.
Modules > MyChildAtSchool > Administration > Absences Notifications
Two new columns have been added to the Manage Absence Notifications table to display absence time periods. The selected time will appear in HH:MM format, or show N/A if no time was entered.
- Time From
- Time To
Double clicking on a notification opens the Absence Notification popup where Time From and Time To have also been added to the popup. If a time window was selected, users will see a read only list of the Impacted Periods for that student.
Accepting an absence opens the Attendance Code popup, where users will also see a read only list of the Impacted Periods for that student.
Note: When confirming attendance codes, all affected periods with a timetabled class or tutor group will be updated to the selected code. Any protected marks will be overwritten.