Attendance and Wellbeing Officer

West Park School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 7BT

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Summer term

• Closing date

  1 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: • Position Type: Full-time (Term-Time Only) 2 year fixed term initially
• Contract type: Fixed term - 2 years
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,598 to £30,518

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Strong understanding of safeguarding, child protection, and attendanceprocedures.

• Warm, confident communication skills with the ability to connect with children,families, and colleagues.

• A calm, solution-focused approach to challenges.

• Ability to manage a varied caseload with resilience, organisation, and care.

• High levels of professionalism, discretion, and emotional intelligence.

What the school offers its staff

West Park is more than a school — it’s a community built on trust, care, and sharedpurpose. We are proud of our strong sense of belonging, and we are looking for anAttendance and Wellbeing Officer who will become a valued part of our West Park School.

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.

In this role, you will be a warm, steady presence for pupils and families, helping toensure that every child feels supported, included, and able to thrive. Guided by ourvalues of hard work, resilience, achievement, and kindness, you will help strengthenthe relationships that make West Park such a special place to learn and grow. You willidentify families needing early help, address persistent school absence, and deliverearly interventions to prevent families from reaching a point of crisis.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

Attendance and Wellbeing Officer Advert.pdf - 374 KB (opens in new tab)

Job Description Attendance and Wellbeing Officer.pdf - 75.1 KB (opens in new tab)

About West Park School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1463 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: West Park School website
• Email address: jason.coupland@westpark.derby.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-park-school

West Park is an 11 – 16 school based in Spondon with 1450 pupils currently on roll. The school prides itself on exceptional pupil achievement, dynamic teaching and learning and excellent behaviour and engagement.

We have a committed and talented staff team who work cohesively to get the best for all of our pupils. The pupils themselves are focussed, polite, positive and determined to take full advantage of the range of opportunities provided to them.

❖Would you like to work in a single academy trust that has the autonomy to make the best decisions for their staff and pupils?
❖ Would you be inspired by working in a school where you are trusted as a professional and have the space to deliver creative and inspiring lessons?
❖ Would you flourish in a school that uses funding streams to benefit learning and to encourage modern and innovative approaches to learning, including virtual reality?

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