Attendance and Admin Officer

Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S7 1BE

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 27.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,427.00 - £26,847.00
• Actual salary: £16,894.78 - £17163.29
• Pay scale: Grade 3 Point 5

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Proactively monitor daily pupil attendance by contacting targeted families, responding to absence notifications, and maintaining accurate attendance records in line with school procedures.
• Support punctuality and positive attendance habits by welcoming late-arriving pupils, addressing concerns with a relational and restorative approach, and promoting high expectations.
• Identify and investigate unexplained absences through attendance checks, data monitoring, telephone communication, and preparation of follow-up actions, including home visits where appropriate.
• Conduct attendance follow-up activities, including home visits, welfare checks, and direct engagement with families to improve attendance, safeguard pupils, and remove barriers to regular school attendance.
• Maintain detailed and confidential records of attendance interventions, correspondence, parent communications, and follow-up actions, including issuing letters and escalating concerns in accordance with school policy.
• Provide general clerical/admin support e.g. photocopying, filing, answering phone calls and face to face queries and complete standard school forms
• Maintain manual and computerised records/management information systems.

What the school offers its staff

For all your hard work, we provide:

• A successful and visionary team to support you
• The opportunity to work with a supportive, established team
• We cover the cost of your enhanced disclosure check
• Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
• Pension Scheme
• Employee benefits including Westfield Health and Cycle to Work

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

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

Sharrow - Application Attendance and Admin Officer 2026 - Perm.pdf - 2.29 MB (opens in new tab)

About Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: Up to 420 pupils
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School website
• Email address: jobs@sharrow.sheffield.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0114 2551704
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sharrow-nursery-infant-and-junior-school-sheffield

Please see our application pack

Arranging a visit to Sharrow Nursery, Infant and Junior School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@sharrow.sheffield.sch.uk.

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