# QR attendance at the school gate

Source: https://scoolin.com/features/biometric-attendance

> Scan ID cards at the gate with a USB scanner or phone camera. Arrivals, late marks and early leaving go on the register; the photo catches a borrowed card.

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## QR attendance

Scan the ID card at the gate. The register fills itself as children walk in, and a teacher’s mark always wins.

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How it works

## The gate does the register.

No fingerprint machine to buy. A USB scanner or any phone camera will do. Here is a morning.

### At the gate

- **Open the scan page,** on a laptop with a USB scanner, or on a phone.

- **Choose Arriving or Leaving.** One tap at the start of the day, one at the end.

- **Scan each card.** Present, or late after your late time. The child’s photo shows, to catch a borrowed card.

- **That’s the register.** Arrival times are on each class’s sheet before the first bell.

[Scan a card with us on a call](https://scoolin.com/demo)

### Every scan is kept

Back in, early leave, and refused cards: lost, left the school, expired, or a holiday. Two gates scanning one card don’t mark it twice.

### Early pickups

When a child leaves early, the gate sees the guardians on file before letting them go.

### For staff too

Staff cards mark present, late or half day against the staff times you set, in [Staff attendance](https://scoolin.com/features/staff-attendance) . Only office roles can scan staff cards.

Works with

## The rest of the attendance desk.

- [Student attendance Tap only the children who are absent](https://scoolin.com/features/student-attendance)

- [Staff attendance Present, late, half day, on leave](https://scoolin.com/features/staff-attendance)

- [Leave requests Approve once, the register follows](https://scoolin.com/features/leave-management)

- [Monthly registers Each child’s month, already added up](https://scoolin.com/features/attendance-reports)

- [Gate alerts An email home on late arrival or early leave](https://scoolin.com/features/absent-alerts)

**Bring an ID card to the call.** On a 30-minute call we print a test card and scan it in from your phone.

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FAQ

## Questions about the gate.

**Still have questions?** Ask us on a [30-minute call](https://scoolin.com/demo) .

### Devices

### Can we connect our biometric machine?

Not yet. Fingerprint and RFID devices are planned, writing to the same register as the QR scan.

### Teachers

### What if a teacher marks absent a child who scanned in?

The teacher’s mark stands. A scan never overrides a mark made by hand.

### Lost cards

### What happens when a lost card is scanned?

It is refused, and the office is told, once a day.

### Internet

### What if the internet is down at the gate?

The scan needs a connection today. Scans that save offline and catch up later are planned.