Attendance and Family Engagement Officer

Co-op Academy Brierley, Leeds, LS9 0BA

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  12 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,824 - £27,576 Pro rata (26/27 pay award pending)

Attendance and Family Engagement Officer job summary

Make a Real Difference Where It Matters Most

Are you passionate about helping young people reach their full potential? Do you thrive on building trust with families and breaking down the barriers that keep children from school?

At Co-op Academy Brierley, we are looking for a proactive, empathetic, and organised Attendance and Family Engagement Officer to join our dedicated Pastoral Team. In this role, you will be the key link between our school, our students, and their homes driving positive engagement, removing barriers to education, and improving attendance across the academy.

Purpose of the Role

Your primary mission is to promote high levels of attendance and engagement across the academy. You will support our Pastoral and Senior Leadership Teams by:

Identifying trends, highlighting attendance concerns early, and proactively working to remove the root causes of absence.

Issuing routine correspondence to parents and carers in line with the academy's attendance strategy.

Implementing target initiatives that help students and their families re-engage with education.

What You Will Be Doing Day-to-Day

As our Attendance Officer, your key responsibilities will include:

Direct Family Engagement: Communicating directly with parents and carers via telephone, in-person meetings, and home visits to encourage attendance and address lateness or persistent absence.

Data Management & Analysis: Inputting precise registration data into school systems (such as Arbor), monitoring attendance trends, and providing data reports to senior leaders.

Intervention & Support: Organising school attendance panels, setting attendance targets, and establishing parenting contracts where required.

Legal & Policy Guidance: Advising parents on statutory legal processes when pupils become persistently absent, adhering to Trust and school policy.

Multi-Agency & Safeguarding Collaboration: Partnering with pastoral colleagues, social services, health professionals, and local authority teams to safeguard students and address wider family needs.

Your Impact at a Glance

As our Attendance Officer, you will:

Build Relationships: Work directly with parents, carers, and students via telephone, in-person meetings, and home visits to encourage consistent attendance.

Analyse & Act: Maintain precise attendance records, spot trends early, and implement targeted support strategies alongside senior leaders.

Problem Solve: Help families identify and remove root barriers to attendance, creating personalised action plans and parenting contracts where needed.

Collaborate: Partner with multi-agency teams, health services, and local authority professionals to safeguard and support our students.

What We Are Looking For

We are seeking a resilient, self-motivated problem-solver who brings:

Qualifications: Educated to NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent experience), including GCSE English and Maths (grades 9–4 / A*–C).

Technical Skills: Experience with administration, record-keeping, Google Docs/Sheets, and attendance databases (working knowledge of Arbor is a bonus!).

Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to connect with diverse families and professionals.

Mobility: A full driving licence and access to your own transport for home visits.

Values: A firm commitment to child safeguarding, equal opportunities, and our Ways of Being Co-op: Do what matters most | Be yourself, always | Show you care | Succeed together.

Why Join Co-op Academy Brierley?

We offer more than just a job; we provide a supportive community and a comprehensive benefits package:

Work-Life Balance: Enjoy school holiday periods off work (Term-time + INSET days).

Financial Wellbeing: Local Government Pension Scheme, competitive pay, travel season ticket and rental deposit loans, and a discount on Co-op branded food (with boosted seasonal discounts).

Health & Wellbeing: Free flu vaccines, Cycle to Work scheme, discounted Nuffield Gym memberships, and 24/7 access to free health and financial support.

Co-operative Culture: Be part of an inclusive trust built on values of equality, equity, solidarity, and social responsibility.

Ready to Apply?

If you have a 'can-do' attitude, high integrity, and the passion to empower students and their families, we want to hear from you! Please view the attached candidate pack for more information and apply via the online application process.

Co-op Academies Trust as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles, and the Ways of Being Co-op.

Co-op Academies Trust is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.

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 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 Co-op Academy Brierley

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 4 to 16
• Size: 248 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Co-op Academy Brierley website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/co-op-academy-brierley

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