​How to record a past or future absence  to your school as a parent


Future absence
  • To inform the school that your child will be absent for a holiday, medical appointment etc., go to the main Attendance screen for your child on the VSWare App, scroll down to Absence Requests and click Submit Absence​
  • Then select either Single Day or Multi Date and hit Next
  • Select the date, the type of absence (holiday, illness etc), and provide a reason for the absence
  • Hit Submit. Your absence request will be sent to the school for approval
Note: if you select Single Day you will be given the option to select a Full Day or Partial Day absence
This function is particularly helpful if recording students coming late to school. In this case you should use the LATE code.

If students are being collected early for appointments etc please used the CE Collected early code. 

Please accurately input times
Past, unexplained absence 

If your child has been absent in the past without an explanation being given to the school, you can record the reason in one of two ways
  • Go to the main Attendance screen for your child, scroll down to Absence Requests and click Submit Absence
  • Select Past Absence and hit Next 


​Then select the date in question, enter the type and reason for the absence and hit Submit. The information will then be sent to the school
  • Alternatively, there will be a notification on in red at the top of the Attendance screen. Click into this to record the reason for the absence