Administration Support/Attendance Officer

Maplefields Academy, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN18 0TH

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  16 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 Hours per week (Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 4.30pm; Friday 8.30 - 4.00pm) Weeks per Year: 38 plus 5 days teacher training days.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,254 (39 wks) £25,989 FTE (52 wks)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Purpose of job

The purpose of this role is to provide high quality administrative support for the school leaders and teaching staff. The role will include daily recording and monitoring of student attendance, contacting families where a child is absent from school and managing the system of reporting attendance information to families and other agencies. Providing pupil data as required. Administrative support to the SENCO.

Duties and Responsibilities Attendance/Administration

To be responsible for providing administrative support as part of the admin team.

To record and check the daily attendance of students, recording all absences correctly.

Monitor the late arrival of pupils and contact parents/carers to identify reasons for non-attendance, ensuring all safeguarding procedures are followed.

Monitor and issue letters regarding non-attendance as per the Academies Attendance Policy/Procedures.

Ensure all referrals to the Educational Inclusion Team for non-attendance are actioned as per the Schools Attendance Policy/Procedures and in liaison with the attendance lead.

To prepare analysis of attendance data and evaluative reports for the Leadership Team and Trustees.

Answering telephone calls and dealing with visitors as required. Ensure that the reception area is presented to visitors in a positive manner.

Provide general wellbeing support to pupils as required, contacting parents/carers as necessary when requested by a member of the senior leadership team.

To provide secretarial and administrative support-to the Leadership Team/SENCO. These duties to include letters and associated documents; arranging meeting dates and all administrative tasks associated with pre-admissions, attendance and other meetings.

Qualifications/Experience

GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English, Managing staff, use of Microsoft Office including word and excel and database knowledge. Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.

What the school offers its staff

We are a high-performing, SEMH special school which was judged as Outstanding in every area by Ofsted in June 2023. We are not remotely complacent about this and are committed to ensuring that the quality of provision we offer to our students is consistently excellent. We believe that such sustained success is a team effort and every member of staff contributes to that level of excellence. We are a relatively small school, but we still have a distinctly ‘family’ atmosphere. Visitors to the School often comment on the friendly and supportive ethos.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Person spec v2 (004).pdf - 105 KB (opens in new tab)

Admin Support and Attendance Officer March 2026.pdf - 160 KB (opens in new tab)

Accompanying Letter Admin.pdf - 267 KB (opens in new tab)

About Maplefields Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 19
• School size: 119 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Maplefields Academy website
• Email address: dwatt@maplefields.northants.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01536424090
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/maplefields-academy

We are a high-performing, SEMH special school which was judged as Outstanding in every area by Ofsted in November 2016. We are not remotely complacent about this and are committed to ensuring that the quality of provision we offer to our students is consistently excellent. We believe that such sustained success is a team effort and every member of staff contributes to that level of excellence. We are a relatively small school, but we still have a distinctly ‘family’ atmosphere. Visitors to the School often comment on the friendly and supportive ethos.

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