When a child leaves your setting
Take a child who has left off your daily registers and active lists, keep all their records, and re-activate them if they return.
Who this is for
Who this is forChildminders with a child who is leaving, for example to start school. Needs a Solo or Team plan, or a free trial. It takes about a minute.
Setting a child as Left Setting takes them off your daily registers and active child lists. Their attendance records, contracts and compliance data are all kept.
1. Open the child's profile
Open the Children tab and tap the child who's leaving.
2. Choose Set as Left Setting
Tap the menu at the top of the profile and choose Set as Left Setting.
3. Confirm
KinderStart asks you to confirm. Tap Mark as Left Setting. The child is hidden from your daily registers and active child lists.
4. Find them under Past Children
Go back to Children. The child is now in the Left Setting (Past Children) section.
5. Open their records
Tap the child. Their profile shows a Left Setting banner. Tap Attendance to see every day they spent with you.
Re-activating a child
If a child comes back, open their profile from Left Setting (Past Children). Tap Re-activate on the banner, or choose Re-activate Child from the menu, then confirm. They go back on your active child lists and daily registers.
✅Why KinderStart does it this way
You need to keep a child's records after they leave, but you don't need them on every register. Moving them to Past Children keeps your daily screens clear, and their records stay one tap away.
What to do next
- Exporting a child's records: give the family a copy of their child's records.
- Adding a full child profile: adding a new child when a place opens up.
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