Attendance and Welfare officer

Ken Stimpson Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 6JT

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £22,571.74 Annually (Actual)

Attendance and Welfare officer job summary

Make a Difference Every Day

Are you passionate about improving the lives of young people and helping them achieve their full potential?

We are seeking an enthusiastic, resilient and highly organised Attendance and Welfare Officer to join our dedicated pastoral and safeguarding team. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who believes that excellent attendance is fundamental to educational success and who wants to make a genuine difference to the lives of children and families.

Working closely with the Attendance Lead, safeguarding team, pastoral staff and external agencies, you will play a key role in improving student attendance, reducing persistent absence and ensuring that vulnerable young people receive the support they need to engage successfully in education. The role combines attendance management, family engagement, safeguarding awareness and early intervention, making it ideal for someone who enjoys building positive relationships while providing both support and challenge to families.

What You'll Be Doing

You will:

• Monitor attendance and punctuality across the academy.
• Identify patterns of absence and coordinate interventions to improve attendance.
• Carry out first-day response procedures, welfare checks and home visits.
• Work directly with students and families to overcome barriers to attendance.
• Lead and participate in attendance meetings with parents and carers.
• Support reintegration plans following absence, suspension or reduced timetables.
• Work alongside safeguarding, SEND and pastoral teams to identify and support vulnerable students.
• Contribute to Family Help and multi-agency support plans.
• Use attendance data and systems such as Bromcom, FFT and DfE attendance tools to monitor impact and drive improvement.
• Maintain accurate records and provide evidence for statutory attendance and Children Missing Education processes.

What We're Looking For

We would love to hear from candidates who have:

Essential

• Experience working with children, young people or families.
• Knowledge of school attendance processes.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to manage a caseload and prioritise effectively.
• Experience interpreting and using data to support interventions.
• An understanding of safeguarding and child protection responsibilities.
• The confidence to support and professionally challenge families where required.
• Strong ICT, administration and record-keeping skills.
• A commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people.

Desirable

• Previous experience in an attendance, welfare or safeguarding role within a school.
• Training in safeguarding, Family Help, Early Help or attendance management.
• Knowledge of KCSIE and current DfE attendance guidance.
• Experience of home visits and multi-agency working.

We offer:

• Salary commensurate to your experience
• A strong and ongoing CPD program
• Opportunities for career development and progression
• Teachers’ pension scheme
• Use of the onsite gym
• A Senior Team that are keen to drive school improvement and are open to innovation and creative thinking
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing

The Four Cs MAT is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All appointments involve regulated activity and are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, Barred Check List and two successful references. Online searches are carried out on all shortlisted candidates.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications. If you have previously applied for this role in the past 6 months, please do not reapply.

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 Ken Stimpson Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 996 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ken Stimpson Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ken-stimpson-academy

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