Attendance and Behaviour Lead

Seva School, Coventry, CV2 2TB

33 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  6 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  3 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185.00 - £26,403.00 Annually (Actual)

Attendance and Behaviour Lead job summary

As Attendance and Behaviour Lead, you will play a vital role in promoting excellent attendance, positive behaviour, and high levels of pupil engagement across the school. Working closely with students, families, staff, and external agencies, you will identify and remove barriers to learning, ensuring every pupil has the opportunity to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

You will lead on attendance monitoring and behaviour support, implementing targeted interventions, mentoring pupils, and developing individual engagement plans to improve outcomes. The role involves analysing attendance and behaviour data, supporting restorative approaches, working proactively with parents and carers, and contributing to a positive school culture built on high expectations, respect, responsibility, and wellbeing.

This is an excellent opportunity for a compassionate, resilient, and highly organised professional who is passionate about making a meaningful difference in young people’s lives while supporting the school’s values, safeguarding responsibilities, and commitment to pupil success.

Safeguarding and inclusion are integral components of the post. You will uphold all school and statutory policies related to child protection, equality, health and safety, and the welfare of students. The role requires a reflective, proactive practitioner committed to ongoing professional development and contributing positively to the growth of a thriving, values‑driven school.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference to pupils’ attendance, behaviour, wellbeing, and engagement in learning.
• A rewarding role at the heart of pastoral support, helping pupils overcome barriers and achieve their full potential.
• The chance to work within a values-led school community founded on Selfless Service, Excellence, Virtues, and Aspiration.
• A varied and impactful role involving direct work with pupils, families, staff, and external agencies.
• The opportunity to lead interventions that positively influence attendance, behaviour, personal development, and academic success.
• Ongoing professional development through relevant training and participation in school improvement initiatives.
• A supportive and collaborative staff team committed to high expectations and positive outcomes for every child.
• The opportunity to contribute to a culture of respect, responsibility, kindness, honesty, courage, and tolerance across the school.

If this role is of interest to you and you believe you can contribute to our continued success, further information is available on our website: https://www.sevakeducationtrust.org/

Should you require any further details, please contact Fatuma Taj HR, at HR@seva.coventry.sch.uk Closing date: 6 July 2026

Start date : 1st September 2026

we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested, Please submit your application as early as possible.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.   For further information please refer to our Child Protection & Safeguarding policy which is available on our website. Any successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service

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 Seva School

• School type: Free Schools, Sikh, ages 4 to 16
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 702 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Seva School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/seva-school

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