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Setting up the Attendance Calendar

Easily configure your childminding business academic year and term schedules

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Create your academic year and term dates so registers, bookings and invoices line up with how you work.

It’s best to set this before a new academic year starts.

Where to find it

Settings → Attendance Calendar

What it does

  • Defines your academic year (start/end dates)

  • Sets term dates and holidays/closure days used across the app (registers, bookings, invoices, reports)

How to set it up

  1. Create an academic year
    Click Add year, choose the start and end dates, then Save.

  2. Add term dates
    For each term, click Add term, enter the term name (e.g., Autumn Term), set start/end dates, Save.
    Repeat for Spring/Summer (add half-terms if you track them).

  3. Add closure days
    Click Add closure for bank holidays, training days (INSET), or planned breaks.

  4. Review & confirm
    Check the overview—terms and closures should cover the whole year with no overlaps.

Editing later

  • You can update future dates any time.

  • If you change dates mid-year, review affected bookings/invoices so they still match your plan.

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