Keeping Children Happy, Healthy and In School

We help schools improve safeguarding, attendance and wellbeing so children can flourish.

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“This is the best product I’ve seen in education in a long time.”

Gavin Oulton
Gavin Oulton
Headteacher, Merstham Primary School

“Studybugs has completely streamlined the way we manage attendance at our school.We are able to more efficiently, quickly and collaboratively manage attendance in the mornings, and SLT are able to keep a closer eye on strategic attendance issues.”

Russell Kinch
Russell Kinch
Assistant Headteacher, New Moston Primary School

“Studybugs has been a godsend for our attendance team. Don’t know how people cope without it.”

Sophie Fairbank
Sophie Fairbank
Assistant Headteacher, Downlands Community School, Hassocks
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Take a Smarter, More Effective Approach to Managing Attendance

Dramatically Improve Outcomes by Intervening Earlier

Never miss a warning sign again. Studybugs automatically highlights and alerts you to attendance and wellbeing concerns so you can act faster.

Get the Support You Need to Transform Attendance

Managing attendance is not just one person’s responsibility. We help you take a whole-school approach to attendance and wellbeing, supporting all staff in their roles. And with a dedicated one-to-one consultant, expert advice is always on hand.

Make Pupils and Staff Happier

Being efficient isn’t just about saving time and money. It’s about making your school a better place for pupils and staff. We take away long-winded manual tasks so you can spend more time on the rewarding stuff like building relationships with families and fostering pupils’ sense of belonging.

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Why Studybugs?

We Make It Easier to Look After Your Pupils

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Attendance

The essential attendance management system. Get one-to-one support from an attendance consultant to enable a whole-school approach with early intervention at its core.

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Registers

Fast, interactive and engaging. Quite simply, the best way to take the register. Schools using it gain 3 weeks of teaching time in every classroom.

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Wellbeing

Get automatic alerts for wellbeing concerns, helping you act sooner to address the underlying causes.

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Parent Time

Connect with hard-to-reach families while putting staff in control of their time. Backed by the DfE as a tool for parental engagement.

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Free Platform

Drastically reduce the time you spend processing absences and vastly improve parental engagement.

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6,000+
UK schools and alternative provisions registered with Studybugs ranging in size from 2 to over 2,000 pupils.
7x Better
In 2024/25, Studybugs schools improved their attendance by seven times the national average.
2x Faster
Studybugs schools are reducing their persistent absence two to three times faster than the national average.
100
Average weekly number of tailored alerts sent to parents by Studybugs schools.
70
Average weekly number of attendance alerts sent to school staff by Studybugs.
31 Hours
Average staff time freed up by Studybugs for a school each week – time that can be spent instead making a difference.

Get Started With the Free Platform

Studybugs gives you a secure space for open dialogue between parents and staff. Every day, thousands of parents report their children’s health and mental wellbeing issues to schools via Studybugs. We process around 1,500,000 reports every year, helping schools identify and tackle potential problems early.

Why is it Free?

We provide our core service free of charge so we can support as many schools and families as possible. Which is why when the Department for Education asked us to commit to providing it free forever, we were happy to agree.

Improve Parent Engagement While Easing Staff Workload

Streamlined Absence Reporting

Your school office doesn’t have to become a call centre every morning. Lighten the load using our secure, app-based absence reporting system . You’ll free up hours every single day to spend on tasks that require a human touch, like working with families to address barriers to attendance. Schools typically see 70% parental uptake in the first term, with many going on to reach 100%.

Health Guidance for Parents

When parents report absence in the app, we display official UKHSA guidance for certain illnesses and symptoms, so parents can see if their child should really be in school.

Live Health Alerts

Receive automatic notifications when illnesses or symptoms of your choice are reported, like chickenpox.

MIS integration

Studybugs seamlessly integrates with your MIS, ensuring you’re always working with live data.

Instant Group Messaging

Keep parents engaged in their children’s school life and eliminate your SMS costs with completely free instant messaging for individuals, year groups, classes and custom groups.

Best-in-Class Online Support

We’re not exaggerating when we say our support team is the best. They’re constantly told by school staff how helpful and efficient they are. Get started today and you’ll soon see why.

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“I must say if there was an award for support/customer services Studybugs would definitely win it.”

Charlie Sheppard
Attendance Officer at The Arthur Terry School

“Alex, you are a STAR! You have no idea how much time you have just saved me. I can now cease banging my head against SIMs to make data fall out!!!”

Sian Lennox-Gordon
Pastoral Lead at Bannerman Road Community Academy

“I think I’ve told you this before but wanted to say again support are fabulous and super speedy; super helpful in getting things done”

Emma Cowley
Business Manager at Honeybourne Primary Academy

“Support is great, so efficient, things are done same day; nothing is too silly to ask, and the after-sales is great too; really pleased!”

Helen Matthews
School Business Manager at New City Primary School
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See Studybugs in Action

Speak to one of our expert consultants about improving attendance and wellbeing at your school.