Attendance and Family Help Officer
Hodgson Academy, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 7EU10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
To be confirmed
Closing date
22 March 2026 at 8am
Date listed
12 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,822 - £31,556 Term Time plus 5
Attendance and Family Help Officer job summary
Attendance and Family Help Officer
Grade 7 Points (19-25) £27,822 - £31,556; Term Time plus 5 days
Are you a confident, organised and professional communicator? Can you bring an approachable, determined attitude to help all our students achieve their full potential?
If you have answered yes to these questions then we want to hear from you!
At Hodgson Academy, we are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Attendance and Family Help Officer to join our thriving department. You will be a professional who embeds safeguarding into all attendance practice and ensures full compliance with current statutory guidance, including Working Together to Improve School Attendance, KCSIE, CME duties, and the national attendance framework.
By joining us, you become a key figure in our academy’s mission to raise standards of attainment and provide students from all backgrounds with the academic support to their future success. We pride ourselves on being a supportive, tight‑knit community where every voice is valued, contributions are celebrated, and teamwork makes a real difference every single day.
A day in your new role could see you:
• Deliver the school’s attendance pathway from early concern to persistent/severe absence, ensuring all steps show a support‑first approach.
• Complete whole‑family assessments; co‑produce Family Help Plans with SMART outcomes.
• Treat irregular attendance as a safeguarding indicator; work with the Safeguarding, Pastoral and SEND teams to triage and escalate concerns.
• Maintain live dashboards, cohort analysis, and early‑trigger monitoring.
• Promote whole‑school belonging, inclusion and consistent attendance routines.
If you’re ready to champion attendance, support families and help every student feel they truly belong, apply today and help us make a meaningful difference!
Closing date: 22nd March 2026 at 08:00am
Interviews: TBC w/c 23rd March 2026
Find everything you need here to get started with your online application.
Post start date: To be discussed
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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 Hodgson Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1120 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hodgson Academy website
Hodgson Academy is a mixed comprehensive school for students aged 11 to 16. We provide a first rate, all-round education for children of all abilities.
The academy is a vibrant and exciting learning environment. Students, after all, need to be happy to be successful. The academy’s ethos is friendly, positive and well disciplined. We have high expectations for every single student here, to ensure they strive to achieve to the very best of their ability.
Each individual is appropriately supported and challenged throughout their time here. Examination results are consistently amongst the highest in Lancashire and compare extremely well nationally.
The vast majority of Hodgson students go into further education at 16 and large numbers enter higher education at 18. There’s an exceptionally wide range of extra-curricular activities to complement learning.
All students are encouraged to participate in some form of our extended provision – entitled the Hodgson Experience – to aid personal growth.
The academy is especially proud of its reputation in music, drama and sport. Hodgson was judged as ‘outstanding’ following our last full Ofsted inspection in September 2008.
In 2011, Ofsted revisited to look at the provision within our English department. Achievement, teaching and learning, curriculum, leadership and management and overall provision were all judged to be ‘outstanding’ within English.
The academy is renowned for being cutting edge and at the forefront of exciting changes within the education landscape.
Hodgson is a National Teaching School, in partnership with Blackpool Sixth Form College, so plays a leading national role in supporting the training and professional development of the teaching profession.
We believe in lifelong learning for all. Education should be a challenging and enjoyable experience, where hard work and a desire to achieve the best bring their own rewards.
Students are supported to gain the appropriate qualifications, skills and attributes they need for further education and a successful life after school.
As a consequence, our students are well educated, well rounded, confident and respectful of others. A warm welcome awaits you at Hodgson Academy.
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