Attendance & Family Support Officer
Sarum Academy, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP2 9HS7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
22 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 June 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
- £24,998.00 Annually (Actual)
Attendance & Family Support Officer job summary
Purpose of the Role
To improve student attendance by working directly with students, families, tutors, and school staff to identify and overcome barriers to attendance. This is a highly visible, relationship-focused role that prioritises face-to-face engagement with students and parents, alongside close collaboration with school staff. The postholder will provide early intervention, conduct home visits, facilitate attendance meetings, and deliver practical support to help students attend school regularly and achieve their full potential. The role complements the work of the school's Attendance Officer, who is responsible for the majority of attendance administration and data management.
What We Are Looking For
We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive individual who enjoys working directly with young people, families, and staff. The successful candidate will spend much of their time engaging with students, telephoning and meeting parents, attending attendance meetings, conducting home visits, and working alongside tutors and pastoral staff to improve attendance. They will play a key role in helping students overcome barriers to school and ensuring every child has the best possible opportunity to succeed.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Sarum Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 781 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sarum Academy website
Welcome to the Sarum Academy website. Sarum Academy is a Voluntary Controlled Church of England Academy founded in 2010 delivering high quality, non-selective, personalised education to pupils aged 11-19 years. The Academy is a member of the Magna Learning Partnership Academy Trust.
Sarum Academy is an ambitious school, which celebrates excellence, nurtures creativity and engenders social responsibility. We work with all pupils in helping each child to think big, work hard, exceed their ambitions and in doing so be the person God created them to be.
What makes our school different is the care we afford every member of our Academy. Relationships founded on trust and respect are the lifeblood of our warm and happy school, this is why we care for one another, this is why our pupils achieve more than they think possible.
As a Church of England School our ethos is underpinned by Christian values and principles and embraces the Church of England vision for young people, a vision of ‘human flourishing for all’. The four basic elements of wisdom, hope, community and dignity are reflected in our values of respect, aspiration, excellence, service, tenacity and partnership. Sarum Academy pupils leave the school as young adults, successful and thoughtful, and we are proud of each and every one of them and the contributions them make.
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