Studybugs

The platform provides a shared system for parents, schools and public services to report and track pupil illness and absence. Parents use a mobile application or website to notify their child's school of an absence, with the reported information made available to relevant agencies such as local authorities, academy trusts and NHS services.

The system is designed to support a whole-school approach to attendance and welfare, allowing patterns in absence data to be identified and acted upon at an early stage. Studybugs combines attendance reporting with safeguarding and wellbeing functionality, providing a single channel through which schools, families and external agencies can exchange information about children's health and welfare.

The service is used by primary and secondary schools, multi-academy trusts, local authorities and NHS bodies in the United Kingdom. Features include parent-to-school absence notifications, attendance and welfare data shared across organisations, and tools intended to support early intervention where children may be at risk of persistent absence or safeguarding concerns.

Sign-in options include Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook authentication, and the platform offers multi-factor authentication for user accounts.