Attendance Assistant

The Elmgreen School, London, SE27 9BZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Term Time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC Scale 4 (7-10) £31,980 - £33,384 pro-rata (Actual Term Time salary £27,629.67 - £28,842.69)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Responsible to: Attendance Manager and ST member overseeing attendance

Thank you for your enquiry about the key post of Attendance Assistant at The Elmgreen School. The purpose of the role is to assist the Attendance Officer in providing administrative support in all issues related to raising standards of student attendance and punctuality.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist with receiving communication from parents/carers, and external bodies (e.g. Social Services) related to absences/lateness;
• Assist with organising all administrative tasks pertaining to lateness, manning the ‘late-gate’ to register students in the absence of the Attendance Officer, and aid (if required) with follow-up telephone calls to parents on a daily basis
• Support with “First day absence” contact for students not in school and for all persistent absentees (< 90% attendance).
• Sharing of information with relevant staff using the school's communication systems and maintaining accurate student attendance data on SIMS and any other information system.

What the school offers its staff

If you are successful in your application, you will join a staff who are hard-working,committed, positive in outlook and dedicated to the achievement of our students. We offer:

• a high standard of professional practice, with bespoke in-house CPD provision, and affiliation to nationally recognised courses and providers;

• a supportive and collegiate environment,
• a culture of high trust and accountability that values creativity and innovation, leading practice locally and nationally in a range of fields.

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

The Elmgreen School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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About The Elmgreen School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1110 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Elmgreen School website
• Email address: recruitment@the-elmgreen-school.org.uk
• Phone number: 02087665020
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-elmgreen-school

The Elmgreen School is an oversubscribed, high performing co-educational 11–18 secondary school and became part of the Dunraven Educational Trust in September 2021, and together we are focused on developing an exciting, dynamic and progressive community, focused on improving the outcomes for children and their families.

Dunraven Educational Trust Overview

Dunraven Educational Trust (DET) was established in 2016. It now incorporates Dunraven’s All-Through School, Goldfinch Primary, The Elmgreen School, Rosendale Primary School and Van Gogh Primary. DET is a Trust committed to one overarching aim: excellence for and from everyone. This is an expectation for both the children and adults in a school community. It is achieved in a variety of ways according to the context of each school but within the clear framework established by the Trust.

The Elmgreen School is committed to the safety and protection of its students. An enhanced DBS check and a barred list check are conditions of employment for this post.

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