Attendance Co-ordinator and Intervention Lead

George Spencer Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG9 7EW

29 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  3 December 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  15 October 2025

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: £11,156.00 - £11,921.00 Annually (Actual) NJC18-22 (Actual salary £11,156 - £11,921)

Attendance Co-ordinator and Intervention Lead job summary

We are looking to appoint a part-time Attendance Co-Ordinator and Intervention Lead. The successful candidate will be part of the wider inclusion team working together to improve pupil attendance. Working with families, partner schools, professionals and agencies will be integral to removing barriers to attendance and offering practical interventions.

The roles and responsibilities of this post include:

• To manage the school’s attendance systems and ensure consistency of monitoring across all year groups.

• To monitor all students’ attendance and ensure registers are taken for all am and pm sessions.

• To manage the use of SIMS / PARS for pastoral systems, for attendance and punctuality.

• To improve pupil attendance through systematic monitoring and interventions, including liaison with outside agencies when appropriate.

• To monitor the students’ punctuality and improve punctuality by liaising with Director of Learning / PSAs.

• Closely monitor the students at risk of becoming a persistent absentee and those who are persistent absentees through the school’s monitoring system.

• To plan, ensure consistent implementation and evaluate bespoke interventions for pupils whose attendance is a concern.

• Liaise with outside agencies and plan formal action for students with poor attendance that has been identified as being appropriate for possible legal action.

• To liaise with pastoral staff and conduct home visits for targeted pupils where necessary.

• Monitor and report on attendance progress, including half termly reports for SLT, and Directors of Learning.

• Ensuring school compliance with statutory requirements.

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

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.

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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 George Spencer Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1633 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: George Spencer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/george-spencer-academy

George Spencer Academy
Spencer Academies Trust
A World Class School as designated in 2016 by DfE.

Based in Stapleford, Nottingham and is over-subscribed with approximately 1500 students aged 11-18, with the possibility of further expansion.
We have a national reputation for providing high quality education for students of all abilities, which has been consistently recognised in Ofsted inspections, most recently rated outstanding in 2010 and again in 2015. We were also one of the first Teaching schools in the country, run a highly successful SCITT , are the lead school for the East Midlands West Maths Hub and a designated World Class School. As the lead professional, you will need to take an outward facing approach, connecting every facet of the academy to the local and regional community including being the representative at key educational and community platforms.

Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity and academy sponsor which is committed to ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has access to an outstanding education and real choices in life. Our successful track record of providing high quality teaching and learning ensures improved outcomes for children and young people. Our mission statement for the Trust reflects our vision and aim for all Trust schools. Our highly-successful network of 17 schools (8 Secondary and 9 Primary) educates students across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Nottingham City, Derby City and Leicestershire:

Vision
The Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, which provides an outstanding education for local children. Our Trust is a model of national excellence. We work collaboratively to achieve the best possible outcomes for all young people, in an environment where partnership is valued and success is celebrated. Our education delivers real life experiences for students, promotes independent enquiry and stimulates intellectual curiosity; whilst developing a strong sense of individual responsibility and a personal belief and confidence. All of our students fulfil their potential and make unparalleled progress. They are fully prepared for the next phase of their education and have unrivalled opportunities to become future leaders.

We Believe:
• All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
• Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
• We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

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