Attendance Assistant
The Elmgreen School, London, SE27 9BZThis job expired on 6 October 2025 – see similar jobs
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
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Elmgreen School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1082 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- The Elmgreen School website
- Email address
- recruitment@the-elmgreen-school.org.uk
- Phone number
- 02087665020
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, 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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