6 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    1 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    24 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Temporary until July 2026, time term only plus 2 weeks

Contract type

Fixed term - Until July 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

Grade E, SCP 7-11

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic Attendance Assistant to join our Catholic secondary school, a community founded on service, and a commitment to excellence in all areas of education. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and passionate individual to contribute to a forward-thinking and supportive environment, where students are encouraged to develop academically and personally.

The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive and high quality support service to the school community to improve overall school attendance.

If you are a dedicated professional with high expectations of yourself and your students, and you are excited by the prospect of working in a caring, high-achieving school, we would be delighted to receive your application.

What the school offers its staff

What We Offer For All Staff

We recognise that employee wellbeing and work-life balance are essential to thriving in the workplace. The Trust places a high value on providing a range of benefits for all colleagues, beyond the essentials of receiving professional recognition, networking and CPD, commensurate financial reward and job satisfaction.

Please take a look at our website and social media channels to get a real sense of the support that we provide to all our employees, including our full staff benefits package: www.pfcmat.org/Staff-Benefits- Package/

All our schools will be delighted to have informal conversations with potential candidates before the closing date.

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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

About Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
757 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

At Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy, our mission is to become the number one school of choice in the local area. It will be a school characterised first and foremost by our faith and strength of our Catholic community. We will be recognised for having an exceptional curriculum
that provides pupils with powerful academic knowledge and the character development they need to really 'Live life to the full'.

Arranging a visit to Saint Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email l.worthington@seaca.pfcmat.org.

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