Attendance Administrator
Downham Market Academy, Downham Market, Norfolk, PE38 9LL20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
November 2026
Closing date
2 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
13 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 10 hours per week (Monday to Friday) 8.30am - 10.30am
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £27,275-£29,071 FTE £14.18- £15.11 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a highly organised Attendance Administrator to support the effective management of student attendance. This is an important role within the school, helping to ensure attendance records are accurate, up to date and maintained in line with school procedures.
The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring the attendance email inbox, processing absence information and maintaining pupil attendance records using SIMS.
The successful candidate will have:
- Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good IT skills and the ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Experience of using SIMS (desirable, but not essential).
- The ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and confidentiality.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
What the school offers its staff
Downham Market Academy can offer you:
- An aspirational culture where students and staff are encouraged to maintain high standards and be at the forefront of education
- Students who are ambitious, polite and hard-working
- A supportive and collaborative staff body that works closely with colleagues in other schools within our Trust
- Excellent facilities and equipment where all staff have their own laptop; students have their own iPad to use in lessons and at home and where the school community makes excellent use of IT to communicate, collaborate and learn more effectively
- A commitment to providing extensive and tailored CPD that allows all our staff to flourish
- A wellbeing package including reduced gym membership rates, partnerships with local restaurants, cycle to work scheme and a comprehensive mental health service
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Downham Market Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1329 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- KCoupland@dma.tela.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01366389100
Arranging a visit to Downham Market Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email KCoupland@dma.tela.org.uk.
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