Attendance & Admissions Officer
Thameside Primary School, Grays, Essex, RM17 6EF8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
10th November 2025
Closing date
10 October 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
2 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,132.00 - £28,808.00 Annually (Actual) Thurrock Band C - Point 13-19
Attendance & Admissions Officer job summary
Attendance & Admissions Officer
Salary: Band C Point 13 - 19
(£25,132.14 - £28,808.61 per annum)
37 hours per week
8:00am - 4:00pm Monday, Wednesday & Friday)
8:15am - 4:00pm (Tuesday & Thursday)
30-minute lunch break (unpaid)
38 weeks of the year - term time plus inset days
Start Date: 10th November 2025
Thameside Primary School are seeking an enthusiastic and organised individual to join their school as Support Officer, responsible for Admissions and Attendance. The role will involve, ensuring that the school is compliant with the School Admissions Code and the law relating to admissions, ensuring accurate information relating to school admissions (enquiries/visits /applications/withdrawal/starters and leavers) is available on BROMCOM, and any other systems required in line with GDPR restrictions.
In addition, the Admissions element of the role will require being responsible for organising and managing the administrative procedures relating to the accurate and secure maintenance of pupil records. It will also be necessary to work closely with the SENDCO to ensure that children with SEND or medical conditions receive the support they need when they join our school.
The core Attendance duties will include recording pupil absence accurately on BROMCOM, working closely with the Education Welfare Officer and Pastoral Team to reduce pupil absence, arranging meetings with parents/carers and completing relevant correspondence. The provision of termly reports for the Local Governing Body detailing attendance and barriers will also be required.
The ideal candidate should have:
- A good level of numeracy and literacy,
- The ability to deal sensitively with children, parents, carers and colleagues
- An understanding of the issues that may affect a pupil’s ability to attend school
- A good understanding of the attendance/admissions process
- Working knowledge of BROMCOM or a similar system
Thameside Primary School and Nursery is a vibrant and diverse school where children are enthusiastic and motivated to achieve endless possibilities. The children are at the heart of every decision we make to ensure that they are happy, confident and that the opportunities that are provided for them are relevant to their needs both now, and in the future.
Thameside Primary School is a member of the Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust. The Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, with twelve member schools within Essex. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the school’s Co-operative Society. Our Co-operative Values focus on enabling all students to achieve their potential both academically and as young people.
What the school can offer:
- Relocation package of up to £8,000 where applicable for new employees renting or buying a property
- 2-week October half term
- Support from highly experienced SLT members, and the wider trust network and collaboration with our other schools
- Support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance
- Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools
- Recognition of continuous service
- Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust
- Fully Subsidised Employee Assistance Programme
- Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
- National Conditions of Service
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme for support workers
If you feel you could make a positive contribution to the school, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please apply now or you can request a visit of the school. For more information speak to Ayshen Uluhan hr@osborne.coop or call 01375 648944.
Thameside Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of, and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information. If you would like to be considered for this post, application forms are available via our website Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust
Closing date: Friday 10th October 2025 - Midday
Interview date: Friday 17th October 2025
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate before the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring 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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Thameside Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 856 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Thameside Primary School website
School location
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