National Attendance Portal
Student Hub · Attend · Belong · Thrive
This hub is about what school actually feels like: belonging, pressure, confidence, attendance, catching up, exams, difficult days and finding the words to ask for help.
Belonging can change the whole experience of school. This is a quick way to notice what feels strong, what feels less secure and what may be worth talking about.
Use the Belonging Check to think about connection, support, confidence and how school feels to you right now.
You will build your own Belonging Profile, highlighting strengths and areas that might benefit from a little more support.
TAKE THE BELONGING CHECK ↗No long menu of generic advice. These are direct interactive routes built around real situations students experience — difficult mornings, returning after absence, confidence, being heard and simply getting through today.
Five days. One manageable reset. Use it to build momentum without trying to fix everything at once.
See where the school day feels easier, harder or unpredictable — then use that pattern to start a useful conversation.
Turn what you are thinking into clear words you can use with a tutor, pastoral lead or another trusted adult.
Tell the story behind the percentage: what has happened, what helps, what gets in the way and what you want adults to understand.
A structured way to make sure your experience and ideas are heard rather than reduced to an attendance number.
For days when simply getting through school feels difficult. Focus on what you need now and what could make the day safer or more manageable.
Break a difficult return or emotionally based school avoidance into smaller steps you can actually imagine doing.
Plan what to do when you feel shaky, overwhelmed or close to leaving — including people, places and strategies that may help.
Do not redesign your whole life. Identify one realistic change that could make tomorrow just a little easier.
A straightforward check-in for the days when attendance, learning, friendship or simply being there feels hard.
Return after absence without being buried by everything you missed. Prioritise, reconnect and build a sensible catch-up plan.
A one-minute weekly reflection: what worked, what did not and what might make next week better.
The National Belonging Check 2026–27 is a UK research project exploring how children and young people experience belonging in school.
There are no right or wrong answers. Whether you love school, find it challenging or feel somewhere in between, your experience matters.
Your Personal Attendance Journey gives you a place to track attendance, recognise progress and keep an eye on what is changing across 2026/27.
Use the dedicated student journey to follow your progress and make attendance feel more understandable, personal and achievable.
GO TO MY ATTENDANCE JOURNEY ↗A difficult week does not erase what came before it. Use your journey to notice patterns, build on what works and work out what support might help next.
Short, practical guides for three moments when students often need something clearer than general advice: returning after absence, exams and navigating school itself.
How to return to learning without feeling that every missed lesson and task has to be fixed immediately.
A student-facing look at how attendance connects with learning, preparation and making the most of examination opportunities.
A reference guide for the questions, situations and challenges that can shape everyday school life.
The A–Z Guide is designed to be dipped into. Find the issue that matters to you, get a clear explanation and move on to the next step.
OPEN THE A–Z GUIDE ↗The Student Hub can help you reflect and communicate. It is not an emergency service and it does not replace speaking to a trusted adult or professional.
The Student Hub is here to help you think about school, attendance and how you are feeling, and to help you explain this to adults who can support you.
It is important to know that:
Use the tool that helps today, come back to another when you need it, and take what you learn into a real conversation with someone who can support you.