Attendance & Community Engagement Officer

Horn Park Primary School, London, SE12 9BT

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  26 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £36,212.00 - £37,179.00 Annually (Actual)

Attendance & Community Engagement Officer job summary

Attendance & Community Engagement Officer - 35 Hours per week (8am - 4pm)

Apply by: Thursday 26th November 2026

Job start: January 2027

Salary: SO1 (35 hours per week, Term Time only, 41 weeks) - £36,212 - £37,179 (Actual)

Location: Horn Park Primary School, Royal Borough of Greenwich

Contract type: Permanent

At Horn Park Primary School, strong relationships between home and school are at the heart of everything we do; we are looking for someone exceptional to help strengthen them even further.

As a key link between our children, families and staff, you will make a real difference every day: supporting a child to return confidently after absence, guiding a family through challenges, and helping build a community where every child feels they belong. Your work will underpin our approach to attendance, safeguarding and inclusion, enabling every child to feel safe, valued and ready to thrive.

We are looking for a warm, proactive and highly organised individual to join our team as our Attendance & Community Engagement Officer. You will play a vital role in improving attendance, supporting safeguarding processes and developing meaningful connections with families. Working closely with leaders and staff, you will help ensure that barriers to learning are removed and that all children are supported to succeed.

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusting, positive relationships with children, families and colleagues

- High levels of emotional intelligence, with a calm, non-judgemental and solution-focused approach

- Excellent organisation and the ability to manage multiple priorities confidently

- A strong sense of professionalism and discretion when handling sensitive and confidential information

- Confidence in using systems and data to track, monitor and support pupil outcomes

Experience of working with children, families or within a school or community setting would be an advantage. Knowledge of safeguarding, attendance processes or multi-agency working would also be beneficial. However, more important is your commitment to making a meaningful difference and your ability to connect with others. We will ensure that your role builds on your strengths, offering a varied and rewarding mix of responsibilities that directly impact children’s lives and strengthen our school community.

Horn Park Primary School is in the process of moving to become a one form entry school; year groups in Years 5 and 6 are still two form entry. The school has recently been judged by OFSTED to be a good school with areas of outstanding practice. We are a research-engaged community and are constantly seeking new and innovative ways of developing teaching and learning. We foster an ethos of mutual respect and positive values for lifelong learning. We are part of an innovative and forward-thinking Trust comprising of 28 schools that work as one to achieve the very best for all children and all communities. The Trust offers immense opportunities to develop the quality of provision, sharing of good practice and professional growth.

We can offer you:

- A team committed to raising standards for all children.

- A commitment to your own CPD.

- A part in a forward thinking, dynamic partnership who see children at the heart of the learning process.

Horn Park is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils attending the school. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidate will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Criminal Records Bureau.

Visits to school are warmly welcomed

Closing date for applications: Thursday 26th November 2026 at midday

Interviews: Week beginning 30th November 2026

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 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 Horn Park Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 257 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Horn Park Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/horn-park-primary-school-london

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