Attendance sheet

How it works

1. Change the numbered columns to dates, weeks or session names if that suits the group better.
2. Set the rows to the number of people, with a few spare.
3. Every column after the first is a tick box, so each name gets a row of squares.
4. Print it in landscape and keep it on a clipboard.

Frequently asked questions

Should I print the names on it?

Either. Leave the first column empty for a sheet that lasts a term, newcomers included; or set “Fill the first column with” to “A list of my own” and type the names one per line: they print in the Name column, and the rows after the last name stay free.

How many names fit?

Twenty-five on a landscape sheet with ten sessions across, and the squares stay big enough to tick with a pen. Turned to portrait, the sheet takes thirty-five at full row height and up to forty-three; the number of columns changes how wide the squares are, not how many rows fit.

Can I mark late or excused rather than just present?

Use the boxes as boxes and agree a mark — a tick for present, an L for late, a stroke for absent. That is what a paper register has always done.

Is this a school register?

It is a sheet of paper, and whether it counts as a register is a matter for whoever keeps the records. Nothing on it is stored anywhere.

Is anything uploaded?

No. The PDF is drawn in your browser.

Is it free?

Yes. The free plan adds a small line at the foot of the sheet; Pro leaves it off.