Attendance Administrator

Sir Harry Smith Community College, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1XB

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  24 September 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  9 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,662.00 Annually (Actual)

Attendance Administrator job summary

Sir Harry Smith Community College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff to share this commitment.

Sir Harry Smith Community College are recruiting a school Attendance Administrator to support our school’s Attendance Officer.

The hours for this role are 35 hours per week ~ 8.30am to 4pm, term time only.

Salary: Scale 3 - Actual Salary - 19,662 (pay award pending) ~ FTE is £24,790

The overwhelming body of evidence suggests that attendance is an essential ingredient in children’s learning. Because of this, a thorough and professional attendance team is essential to a successful and thriving school.

This role will require the successful candidate to follow up on absences within school, help to find solutions with families and young adults and notice trends and patterns with student absences. This information will provide part of children’s bespoke interventions and help to protect and educate the children in this community.

The successful candidate will:

Be inspirational, enthusiastic, and dedicated to improving student attendance and outcomes.

Have competent computer skills

Be prepared to learn on the job and undertake training

Work well both individually and as part of a committed team of supportive staff and skilled teachers.

Have a friendly and caring demeanour

This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive and supportive team who place all our children at the centre of excellent teaching and learning.

The successful candidate will benefit from:

A vibrant yet professional school environment

A friendly staff team

Making a difference within a school community

Excellent CPD opportunities

Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

We are a ‘good’ school. Our February 2024 Ofsted recognised that within SEND:

The school has redesigned its curriculum. It has thought carefully about how to inspire pupils. The school has a well-planned and ambitious programme of learning. The school has ensured that the curriculum reflects the diversity of modern life. Pupils explain how they celebrate difference. The school has planned so all pupils have access to the curriculum without limitation. This includes those pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)’.

For more information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Anna Wahlandt via awahlandt@sirharrysmith.com or 01733 703991.

Application deadline is midday on Thursday 17th July. We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we consider that we have received an appropriate number of suitable candidates for the post.

Applicants are thanked for their interest in Sir Harry Smith Community College. Please note that only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted after the closing date

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.

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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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Sir Harry Smith Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1104 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sir Harry Smith Community College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sir-harry-smith-community-college

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